Luckily for Los Angeles, Brooklyn still boasts several win-now players, on a roster that is now fully embracing the tank. Old pal Dennis Schröder, the Lakers' best point guard during its charmed run to the Western Conference Finals in 2023 and a still-good distributor and point-of-att...
Wings are worth their weight in gold and the Lakers will have the opportunity to add one to their roster in the 2024 NBA Draft. By Edwin Garcia June 18, 2024 45 Comments / 45 New What draft picks do the Lakers still have available? Win-now moves have largely sapped the Lakers of dr...
James said the team has a razor-thin margin for error because of the way the roster has been put together. Asked if there is a way to improve that internally, James responded,“Nah. That’s how our team is constructed. We don’t have room for error — for much error.” Presented wi...
D'Angelo Russell had 17 points for the Lakers, who won nine of their last 11 games and went 18-9 after revamping their roster at the trade deadline. Los Angeles was six games under .500 as recently as Feb. 13 before finding its groove with the new players led by Russell, defense-min...
Klay Thompson had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Warriors, but the rest of the roster beyond their top three scorers struggled mightily, combining for just 18 points before coach Steve Kerr pulled his starters with 9:11 to play. Draymond Green had two points in 23 minutes while playing...
s for sure. Teams are known to hold their own internal valuations of every rival team’s accumulated assets so that, when needed, they can quickly calculate the value they perceive for second-round picks and rostered players in comparison to the return of a potential first-rounder. Not all...
The Los Angeles Lakers have added two new players to the roster via the 2023 NBA Draft. Here is how those selections grade out.
Klay Thompson had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Warriors, but the rest of the roster beyond their top three scorers struggled mightily, combining for just 18 points before coach Steve Kerr pulled his starters with 9:11 to play. Draymond Green had two points in 23 minutes while playing...
The Houston Rockets' opening Summer League matchup has been cited as one of the best potential matchups in Vegas this year.
Now James, 38, is the only player aged 30 or older on the Lakers' 14-man roster. And only James, Davis, Vanderbilt and Max Christie are under contract for next season, giving the Lakers flexibility to go a different direction this summer if their new acquisitions don't pan out the way...