Slovenia has also hired Lakers assistant coach Greg St. Jean as a member of its coaching staff for the upcoming EuroBasket campaign — for the second time — so Dončić can have a daily Lakers presence alongside him later this summer.More NBA: https://t.co/HpE639WN7H https://t.co/vb7jfztyMh— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 4, 2025

Bring some sets home with you, Luka.

Hi Jamie, we actually don’t have a spot left. We have yet to sign our rookie, that’s why it appears that a spot is available. They have until July 24 to waive Shake. I would be very surprised if they don’t. We are at 3.3 mil under the cap but we still need to sign Adou. Waiving Shake gives us 3mil more to play with. Deanthony Melton is a name that was a Lakers target. If he is recovered from his injury he would be the guard you are looking for. He was hurt in the 6th game with the Warriors. He was a full MLE guy, so it really hurt the Warriors. They ended up trading him for Dennis. He is an elite defender with a decent offensive game. He hasn’t been mentioned much. Wonder what is going on with his rehab. He was projected to be ready for the season but so was Wood and Vando last year.

This is how I look at this thing….where do we rank against our competition? Folks like to tout the #3 seed we earned last season but fail to talk about how we were only 2 games out of the play-in…that’s how closely bunched the West is. So the margin of error is small. Have we improved? A little bit. Have other teams gotten better? You better believe it. Spurs will be in the mix this year so that means somebody else ain’t making it. Denver got better after taking OKC to 7 games. Rockets for sure. Dallas picking up D.Russell is big. Now that 2 game cushion gets even tighter.

And I’ll add this. Save it for future reference. D.Ayton will let this team down at the worst possible time..bank on it.

He’s always been my last expiring contract to trade for the same reason.

A career 35% three point shooter (with more seasons under 35% than over) and under-sized? Nothing to worry about!

Glad to see it. JJ should have done a better job countering what the Wolves did to neutralize Jax during the playoffs. I am still hoping against hope that Horford will not retire but join us. We need a stretch center in our offensive repertoire.

The Lakers get their backup center: Jaxson Hayes is back on a 1-year, $3M deal, via ESPN pic.twitter.com/nagZmtphm5— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) July 3, 2025

With a one year deal for his 3rd year with the Lakers, Jaxson Hayes will have a de facto no-trade clause. He can block any trade if he chooses.— Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) July 3, 2025

Vastly prefer a younger option to signing Al, need to see if we can develop talent that’s not prohibitively expensive.

They love this guy Tom. He was their Rep at the lottery drawing. They plan to extend him in February when he becomes eligible for an extension.

One Miami won’t be trading for this (Ware) and the other is toast.

Doubt it. Also we got one headcase in Ayton, don’t need 2. This dude vastly overstated his overall impact.

Preaching to the choir, man, I gave up on Rob after we chose THT over Caruso. That was all the writing on the wall I needed. Everything else has fallen into the same pattern. His best move was digging us out of a hole he created and he didn’t botch the Luka trade. Not inspiring.

Rob Pelinka is always one trade away from next monster out-of-the blue winning trade or nightmare franchise killing trade. He is the definition of untrustworthy.

The Miami Heat are reportedly seeking a first-round pick, Dalton Knecht, and Rui Hachimura from the Lakers in trade talks centered around Andrew Wiggins, per @jovanbuha (h/t @dru_star ) pic.twitter.com/AT6jBZ5SJP— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) July 3, 2025

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FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:

According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7, LeBron James “wants out of LA” and the Los Angeles Lakers “want him gone.”

James picked up his 2025-26 player option with the Lakers. He controls his future since he has a no-trade clause in his contract.

The Lakers lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the 2025 playoffs in five games. James averaged 25.4 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.8 blocks in the five-game series.

After James picked up his 2025-26 player option with the Lakers, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports Group issued a statement to Shams Charania of ESPN.

“LeBron wants to compete for a championship,” Paul said. “He knows the Lakers are building for the future. He understands that, but he values a realistic chance of winning it all. We are very appreciative of the partnership that we’ve had for eight years with Jeanie [Buss] and Rob [Pelinka] and consider the Lakers as a critical part of his career.

“We understand the difficulty in winning now while preparing for the future. We do want to evaluate what’s best for LeBron at this stage in his life and career. He wants to make every season he has left count, and the Lakers understand that, are supportive and want what’s best for him.”

Yeah…the radio guy from Arizona has his finger on the pulse of the NBA lol

Horford or Time Lord are my favorites for backup center.

Me too, still hoping for Richard’s or Hayes.