Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves is in line for a massive payday this summer after his best season yet. Reaves averaged a career-high 23.3 points and 4.7 rebounds while adding in 5.5 assists on 49.0% from the field and 36.0% from deep.
The free agency of LeBron James is one of the major dominos for the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason. L.A. can offer him more than any other team of interest to him, but the question is will they make that type of offer, and will James seek to play elsewhere if they don’t.
Los Angeles Lakers star guard Austin Reaves is set to hit free agency, and he could command a massive deal this summer. While Reaves could return to the Lakers, there have been reports of teams making near-max offers to the former undrafted star.
Welcome to our annual Lakers season in review series, where we’ll look back at each player on the team’s roster this season and evaluate if they should be part of the future of the franchise.
For the first time since he moved to the Western Conference, LeBron James is an unrestricted free agent. An insider has shed some light on what it will take for James to return to Los Angeles.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
When the Los Angeles Lakers drafted Lonzo Ball in 2017, he came to the team with a ton of pressure on him, due in large part to his father LaVar Ball constantly being in the media.
When Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves went down due to injury at the end of the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers needed many players to step up and one of the main ones was Luke Kennard.
The Los Angeles Lakers will have the No. 25 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft after a strong regular season where they went 50-32 and earned the No. 4 seed in the West.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
Decision 2.1 (if you count that Hennessy debacle) is already getting intense. LeBron James is at the center of yet another high-stakes game of trade poker, this time with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Well, here’s something that’s not exactly a shocker: The Cavaliers continue surfacing in speculation surrounding LeBron James’ future. Whether any of it actually gains traction remains another matter entirely.
Austin Reaves is yet to opt into his $14.9 million player option for next season as he is expected to be in the middle of negotiations with the Lakers’ front office for a potential $240 million contract extension in the summer.
The Los Angeles Lakers continue to undergo significant organizational changes under new ownership. According to multiple reports, the Lakers laid off more
LeBron James hasn’t made any public decisions about his future yet. But according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, there are already several layers to what could become another fascinating offseason around the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
Many people have questioned whether the younger Lakers stars provided more defensive value than James at age 41. Following a disappointing playoff exit,
The Los Angeles Lakers plan to make some moves with their roster this offseason, but there will also be new faces within other parts of the organization, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
The Los Angeles Lakers are entering a pivotal offseason and one with plenty of intrigue under new owner Mark Walter. On the basketball front, the Lakers have several players due to become free agents, with LeBron James, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura headlining that group.
Before being traded to the Dallas Mavericks in a massive deal to acquire superstar guard Luka Doncic, one-time NBA champion Anthony Davis played in 312 regular-season games for the Los Angeles Lakers over the course of six seasons.
There are certain arenas in the NBA in which the vibe and feel of games, especially high stakes ones, are just different. In the minds of many, Madison
Anthony Davis tricked Austin Reaves into thinking the Los Angeles Lakers guard owed two fans $500,000 and two cars. The prank worked because it did not start with chaos.
Being swept in the Eastern Conference semis and the glaring roster gaps the entire season were always going to make this a critical offseason for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Now that the Los Angeles Lakers' season has officially ended, it's time for the perennial debate among Lakers fans. Is the franchise better with or without LeBron James going forward?
The Lakers will hire former Pelicans vice president of strategy and operations Rohan Ramadas as assistant general manager, according to Dave McMenamin and Shams Charania of ESPN.