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• JJ Redick Reveals Plans To Stagger Minutes For Luka Doncic & Austin Reaves

  01-10-2026 23:05 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers have a clear hierarchy on the court with superstar guard Luka Doncic clearly being at the top of the pecking order while his backcourt partner Austin Reaves operating as the team’s secondary creator. And with two players who can score and create at such a high level, it would make sense to have at least one of them on the court at all times.
  That is certainly the plan for the Lakers as head coach JJ Redick did praise the team’s other backcourt players in their
  
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• Sandro Mamukelashvili Discusses Difference In Role Playing Forward Or Center

  01-10-2026 22:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  One of the first signings the Los Angeles Lakers made in free agency this offseason was bringing in forward Sandro Mamukelashvili, who was coming off a career year with the Toronto Raptors last season. A versatile offensive player, Mamukelashvili figures to play a big role for the Lakers whether he’s starting or coming off the bench and can play both the power forward spot as well as operate as a small-ball center.
  In terms of his offensive role, Mamukelashvili made it clear that he is wil
  
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• Lakers Hiring Pooh Jeter As Director Of Pro Scouting

  01-10-2026 19:40 via lakersnation.com
  
  Building out different departments within the front office has been a focus for the Los Angeles Lakers this season. After hiring former Miami Heat executive Eric Amsler as the team’s second assistant general manager in charge of player personnel, that growth within the organization is continuing with another important hire ahead of the start of this season.
  According to Marc J. Spears of Andscape, the Lakers have hired Pooh Jeter as the team’s new Director of Pro Scouting, after havi
  
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• Jake LaRavia Used Summer To Reflect On And Improve From Last Season’s Struggles

  01-10-2026 17:30 via lakersnation.com
  
  Jake LaRavia had among the most uneven 2025-26 seasons of anyone on the Los Angeles Lakers. In the campaign’s first 39 games — through Jan. 15 — LaRavia averaged 10.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game on 46.8% from the field and 35.3% from deep. None of those numbers are particularly special, but he was a consistent two-way role player for L.A.From Jan. 17 on — the final 43 games of the year — he fell off a cliff, averaging 6.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.
  
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• Matisse Thybulle Looking Forward To Playing With Walker Kessler On Defensive End

  01-10-2026 16:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers wanted to get better on the defensive side of the ball this offseason and they made some big additions in order to address that. Of course, the big one was adding center Walker Kessler, but another important signing in free agency was that of Matisse Thybulle.
  While injuries have hindered him over the past couple of seasons, Thybulle was a two-time All-Defensive Second Team selection earlier in his career and is still considered one of the best perimeter defenders in the l
  
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• Cameron Carr Admits To Feeling Jealous After Missing Lakers’ Slovenia Trip

  01-10-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  Luka Doncic treated the entire Los Angeles Lakers roster to a minicamp in Slovenia, where the team worked out, explored Ljubljana and spent some time with locals. Everyone on the roster was in attendance with one exception. Lakers first round draft pick Cameron Carr was held back due to a mandatory rookie onboarding by the NBA, forcing him to miss the entire trip.Slovenia appeared to be a fantastic bonding experience for a team with many new faces on it, and many wondered how Carr was feeling no
  
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• Austin Reaves Impressed With Lakers’ Defensive Personnel

  01-10-2026 00:57 via lakersnation.com
  
  Through the first two days of training camp for the Los Angeles Lakers, there has been a lot of talk about how much they expect their defense to improve the season.
  Austin Reaves was the latest one to harp on that after having to go against some of the team’s wings.
  “Let me tell you, trying to score on Matisse and Ziaire, especially with Adou out there too and then Walker on the back line, is not easy,” Reaves said after practice on Wednesday. “I had to deal with that all
  
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