The Lakers announced their Summer League roster on Wednesday, highlighted by Bronny James and Dalton Knecht. On Wednesday, the Lakers held their first practice of the year for their Summer League squad before officially announcing the roster.
With Deandre Ayton joining the Lakers, Luka Dončić finally has a legit starting center to play with in LA and he sounds pretty happy about it. It took longer than Lakers fans wanted, but Los Angeles has finally landed a center.
The 2025 NBA Draft and start of free agency came and went, which means that Summer League is just around the corner for the Los Angeles Lakers. As usual, the Lakers will play in the California Classic at Chase Center in San Francisco before heading to the desert for the annual Las Vegas Summer League.
The Los Angeles Lakers have dominated headlines all week after what has already been an eventful offseason. Following a painful playoff exit in Aprl, LA has been sweating things out to build a competitive roster for next season.
Ever since the first-round exit in the 2024 NBA Playoffs, all eyes have been on the Lakers regarding what lies ahead for them, and especially LeBron James.
The LA Lakers have been named as a team who have registered interest in Damian Lillard. Damian Lillard’s spell with the Milwaukee Bucks is over. The franchise will continue to pay him after stretching his contract, but he has been waived from the team.
LA Lakers legend James Worthy has shared his views on the newest recruit of the team Jake LaRavia, who he believes will benefit from playing with a key player on the Purple and Gold.
The Luka Doncic era appears to be in full motion for the Los Angeles Lakers as they’ve signaled that they’re setting up to build the team in his image moving forward.
It took until Day 3 of NBA free agency, but Los Angeles Lakers fans can rest easy knowing they finally have their starting center in place for the 2025-26 season.
The Los Angeles Lakers enter the 2025 NBA Summer League with one of the most compelling storylines—Bronny James’s playing time, development, and his strategy to earn a real role at the next level.
Deandre Ayton has agreed to a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. The deal is for two years and $16.6 million. Between the Portland Trail Blazers and Lakers, Ayton will make $34 million next season. According to Dan Woike and David Aldridge of The Athletic, Lakers superstar Luka Doncic is “excited” about playing with Ayton.
After officially clearing waivers on Wednesday, center Deandre Ayton has agreed to sign with the Lakers as an unrestricted free agent, confirms Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
LeBron James recently exercised the $52M player option on his contract. He will return to the Lakers for the 2025-26 season. Yet, for the first time in his illustrious career, James is going into a season where he's not the marquee name on the roster.
The Los Angeles Lakers have known that they need a center ever since they shipped Anthony Davis to Dallas in exchange for Luka Doncic. Jaxson Hayes had to step into the starting center role.
The Los Angeles Lakers front office faces a lot of pressure this summer as they look to improve the roster to get superstar Luka Doncic to sign an extension.
According to a new report from ESPN basketball insider Dave McMenamin, the Los Angeles Lakers are in talks with NBA teams regarding a trade for a center.