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• NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Surprised By Mark Walter Selling Lakers

  02-10-2026 22:20 via lakersnation.com
  
  One of the biggest surprises of the entire NBA offseason was the news that Mark Walter had agreed to sell the Los Angeles Lakers franchise to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger. The valuation it was sold at, $12.5 billion, was shocking enough as it was $2.5 billion more than what Walter had purchased the team for. But there was also the fact that the sale came only around a year after Walter had officially taken over the franchise.
  NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was like everyone else in being surprised at
  
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• Rival Executives Expecting Lakers To Cut Dalton Knecht

  02-10-2026 21:05 via lakersnation.com
  
  With training camp officially getting started and the regular season just weeks away, the Los Angeles Lakers have a big decision to make. The team currently has 16 players under guaranteed contracts and must get down to 15 before the start of the season, which means someone will either need to be traded or released.
  There are a handful of names that would seem to be on that bubble fighting for the final roster spot, but in the eyes of executives around the NBA, former first-round pick Dalton Kne
  
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• Jake LaRavia: This Is Best Training Camp I’ve Been Part Of

  02-10-2026 19:40 via lakersnation.com
  
  Jake LaRavia worked his way into a consistent rotation spot in his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers last year. However, he struggled mightily, particularly with his shooting, down the stretch and into the postseason, ultimately being mostly phased out by the end of the Lakers’ playoff run.
  Now coming into his second season with the team, LaRavia has somewhat been forgotten when it comes to this battle for rotation minutes amongst all the wings the Lakers have this season. This comp
  
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• Jarred Vanderbilt Already Teaching New Teammates What It Means To Play For Lakers

  02-10-2026 18:20 via lakersnation.com
  
  Much of the focus for the Los Angeles Lakers has been on all of the new faces the franchise added to the roster this offseason such as Walker Kessler and Quentin Grimes. But there are still a few returning players and one of the more interesting is veteran Jarred Vanderbilt.
  The defensive-minded forward is one of the more trusted veterans on this roster and has embraced that role over the past couple of years, even being something of a protector for superstar Luka Doncic. But putting on this Lak
  
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• Adou Thiero Understands Importance Of Health For Development

  02-10-2026 16:22 via lakersnation.com
  
  Second-year forward Adou Thiero was one of the players who was singled out by Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick for the outstanding development he has made this offseason. Thiero was recovering from knee surgery last summer and thus missed Summer League, wasn’t able to fully participate and was out to start the regular season as well.
  But the work Thiero has put in this offseason has stood out and the most important thing in his eyes is simply that he was healthy, and he focused on m
  
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• Lakers Media Day: Luka Doncic ‘Really Wanted’ Walker Kessler This Summer

  02-10-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  This offseason was all about building the roster around superstar guard Luka Doncic and it is no secret that finding a big-time center to pair with him was a top priority. The Lakers feel they did just that with their acquisition of big man Walker Kessler from the Utah Jazz.
  This wasn’t just a matter of the organization identifying Kessler as the ideal target, but Doncic himself pushed for the Lakers to bring him in after facing off with him so many times over the years.
  “Yeah, obvio
  
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• Lakers Hire Derrin Horton To Succeed Lawrence Tanter As Public Address Announcer

  02-10-2026 00:55 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers announced Derrin Horton as the team’s new public address announcer for the 2026-27 NBA season.
  “Horton will succeed the late Lawrence Tanter whose unmistakable voice served as the soundtrack to Lakers basketball for the past 43 seasons,” the Lakers said in a press release.
  Horton is expected to announce his first Lakers game Thursday, Oct. 8 during the preseason contest against the Sacramento Kings at Crypto.com Arena. One thing he will not do though is a
  
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