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The Los Angeles Lakers won't make the playoffs this year and are a long shot to qualify next season, too. Their first-round pick in the 2017 draft is headed to the Philadelphia 76ers if it lands outside the top three.

Add those two sentences together, and the result is an organization that has no business buying talent at this week's trade deadline.

But that doesn't mean the Lakers shouldn't sniff around for a young, unpolished player who fits their timeline.

Underused and ostensibly overlooked prospects who play on teams with win-now mandates are always helpful; given L.A.'s inability to lure noteworthy free agents these past few summers, this is a secondary path toward finding potential All-Star talent. (Though, admittedly, it's one unlikely to yield results.)

These types of players don't grow on trees, but here's a look at five candidates who fit what the Lakers should be looking for.