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• JJ Redick Makes One Thing Clear About Lakers’ Starting Lineup Competition

  30-09-2026 20:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers are going to look completely different this year than they did last year. They have nine new players that weren’t on last year’s roster, meaning head coach JJ Redick will have to build out a rotation effectively from scratch. That includes two open starting spots around Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and new center Walker Kessler.Training camp will play a major role in determining how the rotation looks to start the season, as the Lakers and Redick don’t have
  
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• Walker Kessler: Lakers Can Be ‘Nasty’ Team Defensively

  30-09-2026 18:50 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers have yet to play a game with their new-look roster, leaving speculation and prior performance as the only way to evaluate the team. The consensus surrounding L.A. is that — despite the addition of defensive stalwart center Walker Kessler — they are going to be an elite offense and a poor defense.This is in part due to an over-reliance on non-elite defenders like Quentin Grimes and Sandro Mamukelashvili to play larger defensive roles. However, Kessler, who is go
  
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• Luka Doncic ‘Sad’ To See LeBron James Leave Lakers

  30-09-2026 17:30 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers have many new faces surrounding Luka Doncic on this season’s roster. But in order to make room for all those new players, the Lakers had to say goodbye to most of their major contributors from last season’s second-round team. The biggest of those departures was LeBron James, who signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year deal for his 24th and 25th NBA seasons.The James departure had mixed reviews among those that follow the Lakers closely. The negative is
  
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• Lakers Media Day: Ziaire Williams Looking Forward To Contributing To A Winning Team

  30-09-2026 16:10 via lakersnation.com
  
  One of the more intriguing players the Los Angeles Lakers added this summer was wing Ziaire Williams. The five-year veteran fits the bill as the type of 3-and-D wing the Lakers covet around Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, and he still has plenty of room to grow at just 25 years old.
  Williams’ development over the past two years has gone under the radar as he played for the Brooklyn Nets, but now that he has joined the Lakers he feels he is a perfect fit around the team’s star backcour
  
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• Lakers Assistant Coach Bob Beyer Retiring; Greg St. Jean Moving To Front Of Bench

  30-09-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  The roster was not the only part of the Los Angeles Lakers franchise seeing some major changes in the offseason. Of course, there is going to be a change in ownership, with Josh Kushner and Bob Iger buying the team. But the coaching staff also saw one major change, involving Bob Beyer and Greg St. Jean.Beyer, a career assistant coach, was one of the first additions to JJ Redick’s staff when he took over the team in 2024. The Lakers represent his ninth NBA franchise as an assistant coach. S
  
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• Walker Kessler Fired Up By JJ Redick’s Speech Before Lakers First Practice

  30-09-2026 00:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  The new members of the Los Angeles Lakers got their first taste of the fire and passion that head coach JJ Redick brings to the table. The organization brought in a lot of new faces such as Walker Kessler, Quentin Grimes and Sandro Mamukelashvili and their first practice with the team apparently included a very hyped up Redick.
  Kessler spoke about it afterwards, saying that Redick’s speech during the team’s film study session had him ready to fight someone.
  “I don’t know,
  
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