The Lakers are expected to start Rui Hachimura, Austin Reaves, Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Deandre Ayton with Jarred Vanderbilt, Jake LaRavia, Marcus Smart, Jaxson Hayes and Gabe Vincent running the second unit 👀🔥(via Lakers Daily) pic.twitter.com/nvUtvKlaXA— Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) August 18, 2025
I’m not so certain Rui starts…camp may have a say in that but he is certainly the projected starter.
Are you basing these grades on anything concrete or just your unstoppable urge to make a trade every 6 minutes? Because the offense takes a step back with Wiggins, and a fairly big one because he’ll be the 4th option and an expensive one, at that. The defense doesn’t take a massive step forward, either so I’m calling BS on these made up grades. Unless they’re graded in a curve.