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• Lakers Rumors: Luka Doncic Heading Back To L.A. To Continue Preparation For 2026-27 Season

  19-09-2026 22:57 via lakersnation.com
  
  After sustaining a Grade 2 left hamstring strain and cutting his 2025-26 season short, Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic will be 100% heading into this upcoming season. Not having their No. 1 option in the playoffs hurt, but the Lakers were able to upset the Houston Rockets in the first round of the postseason.
  A majority of Doncic’s summers are spent back in Slovenia, where he trains and spends time with family. After hosting a Lakers minicamp there, he continues to ramp up ahead of the
  
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• Magic Johnson Congratulates Dodgers On Winning NL West Title

  19-09-2026 20:08 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Dodgers are have always been linked as the two premier sports franchises in Southern California that have been here for decades. That link only grew closer as Lakers legend Magic Johnson became a minority owner of the Dodgers.
  The Dodgers are now the standard of excellence arguably across all of American sports, having won back-to-back World Series championships. And they will be in pursuit of a three-peat after clinching the NL West title for the 13th time
  
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• Are New Lakers Owners Planning To Raise Ticket Prices?

  19-09-2026 18:50 via lakersnation.com
  
  When Mark Walter took over as majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, he and president of business operations Lon Rosen were very transparent that season ticket prices would increase moving forward.
  Walter has already decided to sell the Lakers to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger though, so it was unclear if the plan to raise ticket prices would remain or if the new owners had other ideas. According to Jessica Toonkel and Mark Maurer of the Wall Street Journal, the new Lakers ownership group laid out
  
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• New Owners Lay Out Plan For Lakers To Reach $30 Billion Valuation

  19-09-2026 17:21 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers have been sold twice in the last year-plus, and both for a record amount. First, the Buss family agreed to sell their majority shares to Mark Walter for a $10 billion valuation, which was the most ever for an American professional sports team.
  A year later, Walter, who also owns the L.A. Dodgers and other teams, agreed to sell the team to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a $12.5 billion valuation. Walter’s insurance companies are currently being investigated for financi
  
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• Jonathan Kuminga Claims Lakers Never Offered Lucrative Contract

  19-09-2026 16:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Jonathan Kuminga saga in free agency ran far longer than anyone anticipated. He didn’t choose his team until late August, and had several suitors, including the Los Angeles Lakers. He ultimately landed on a two-year, $13 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves that gives him a starting role and the ability to return to free agency next summer and land a bigger deal.All reports suggested that the Lakers were offering a deal in the ballpark of three years, $36 million. That is signi
  
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• Luka Doncic Picks Michael Jordan As NBA Legend He Would Want To Play Against

  19-09-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  Players and fans alike often dream of the greatest players of different eras facing off against each other. These fantasy dream matches are great to think about and almost always include Los Angeles Lakers legends as the franchise has had so many of the greatest players in the history of the NBA.
  But it isn’t just fans who think about this as current players often think about which legend of the past they would most want to play against if they could. And for Lakers superstar Luka Doncic,
  
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• Lakers Sign Meechie Johnson, Chase Ross To Exhibit 10 Contracts; Waive Anton Watson

  19-09-2026 05:05 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers announced they have signed guards Meechie Johnson and Chase Ross to Exhibit 10 contracts. Additionally, the team has waived forward Anton Watson, who was just signed to an Exhibit 10 contract earlier this week.
  This will allow the Lakers to shuffle players from their training camp roster, which can carry up to 21 players, to their G League affiliate. Unless Watson, Johnson and Ross get a better opportunity elsewhere, they will be suiting up for the Coachella Valley Lakers
  
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• Lakers Sign Meechie Johnson & Chase Ross To Exhibit 10 Contracts; Waive Anton Watson

  19-09-2026 05:05 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers announced they have signed guards Meechie Johnson and Chase Ross to Exhibit 10 contracts. Additionally, the team has waived forward Anton Watson, who was just signed to an Exhibit 10 contract earlier this week.
  This will allow the Lakers to shuffle players from their training camp roster, which can carry up to 21 players, to their G League affiliate. Unless Watson, Johnson and Ross get a better opportunity elsewhere, they will be suiting up for the Coachella Valley Lakers
  
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