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• JJ Redick Has Yet To Finalize Lakers’ Starting Lineup

  12-10-2026 20:27 via lakersnation.com
  
  One of the big stories going into training camp for the Los Angeles Lakers was which two players would be round out the team’s starting lineup on Opening Night. Head coach JJ Redick made it clear that it would be an open competition to decide who would join Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Walker Kessler in the starting five.
  So far through three preseason games, there have been some standout players and those watching closely could likely put together a decent guess as to who the final two
  
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• Lakers Reportedly Still Exploring Consolidation Trades

  14-10-2026 21:27 via lakersnation.com
  
  It has been a summer of change for the Los Angeles Lakers, and they apparently are still putting the finishing touches on their new-look roster.
  The Lakers addressed most of their needs early in free agency, but there was still another move to be made considering they had 16 guaranteed players on their roster and needed to get it down to 15 by Opening Night. There are a few different candidates to get cut or traded, and according to NBA insider Jake Fischer, trade possibilities are still being d
  
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• Lakers News: JJ Redick Assesses Bronny James’ Play This Preseason

  14-10-2026 20:30 via lakersnation.com
  
  Coming into the preseason, one of the names who would be most closely watched on the Los Angeles Lakers was Bronny James. Not only is this his first season without his father LeBron James being his teammate, but also, with the Lakers having 16 guaranteed contracts on the books, he is someone who would be considered a potential candidate to be cut before the start of the regular season.
  While James showed excellent signs of development down the stretch of last season, he has struggled in the pres
  
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• Sandro Mamukelashvili Has Close Relationship With Hip-Hop Icon Flavor Flav

  14-10-2026 19:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  No matter where the Los Angeles Lakers play, there always seems to be some celebrities in the building and in the team’s preseason game in Las Vegas against the Golden State Warriors, hip-hop icon Flavor Flav was in attendance. But this wasn’t just a case of Flavor Flav attending a random game, as he is actually good friends with new Lakers forward Sandro Mamukelashvili.
  The two have actually been friends since Mamukelashvili first entered the league and the big man was excited that
  
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• JJ Redick Diagnoses Lakers’ Turnovers Issues This Preseason

  14-10-2026 17:40 via lakersnation.com
  
  There have been a lot of positives for the Los Angeles Lakers this preseason, but there have been some negatives as well.Chief among them is their turnovers as the Lakers have at least 20 in all four of their preseason games and have averaged 25. Even for a brand new team trying to find their footing, that is an absurdly high amount. The Lakers had 29 in Tuesday night’s loss to the Golden State Warriors, and after the game head coach JJ Redick discussed their inability to take care of the
  
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• Austin Reaves Discusses Big Night In Lakers Preseason Loss To Warriors

  14-10-2026 16:10 via lakersnation.com
  
  After missing the Los Angeles Lakers’ first two preseason games, Austin Reaves had a decent debut against the Sacramento Kings as he led the team with eight assists, but shot just 2-of-7 from the field and finished with eight points.
  Reaves would bounce back in a big way on Tuesday night against the Golden State Warriors, however, looking in All-Star form as he knocked down 10-of-18 from the field and 4-of-7 from 3-point range to finish with a game-high 28 points to go along with seven ass
  
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• Lakers News: Walker Kessler Enjoyed Return To Court

  14-10-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  Walker Kessler was the biggest acquisition for the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason and after missing the team’s first three preseason games, his debut for the purple and gold was very much anticipated. But for Kessler it wasn’t just about his debut, but also getting back on the court for the first time in almost a year.
  The big man was limited to just five games last season due to a torn labrum, with his last game coming on Halloween night last year. And just being on the court for
  
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• Recap: Austin Reaves & Walker Kessler Shine In Lakers Preseason Loss To Warriors

  14-10-2026 06:24 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers made their annual trip to the desert on Tuesday night, hosting the Golden State Warriors in their penultimate preseason game at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
  While the Lakers’ rotation players looked great in this one, leading by as many as 20, the Warriors came back against the end of the bench in the second half to get their second win over L.A. this preseason.
  Warriors 101, Lakers 89: key takeaways from preseason game four
  Key players out
  While Walker Kessler was a
  
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• Walker Kessler Making Lakers Preseason Debut Vs. Warriors, But Luka Doncic & Others Out

  14-10-2026 02:41 via lakersnation.com
  
  Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick announced that center Walker Kessler will make his preseason debut on Tuesday night against the Golden State Warriors in Las Vegas after missing the first three contests with a finger injury.
  Unfortunately, he will not get to play with Luka Doncic at T-Mobile Arena as the Lakers star is sitting out due to rest. He is not dealing with an injury. Additionally, Collin Sexton, Adou Thiero, Ziaire Williams and Cameron Carr are all out as well with minor injurie
  
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• Walker Kessler Praises Lakers’ Defense In His Absence

  13-10-2026 21:05 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers suit up on Tuesday night for their fourth of five preseason games, and the status of starting center Walker Kessler remains up in the air. Kessler (finger) is yet to take the court for the Lakers in the preseason, leaving the Lakers to lean on Kevon Looney and Sandro Mamukelashvili for 48 center minutes.Still, the Lakers are 2-1 with two wins over the Sacramento Kings. And while preseason stats are both a small sample size and a minimal factor towards the actual quality of
  
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• Lakers Unveil Court Design For 2026 Emirates NBA Cup

  13-10-2026 19:05 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Emirates NBA Cup enters its fourth season of existence in the 2026-27 campaign, and it has quickly become a staple of the league’s regular season calendar. Last season’s championship ended up being an NBA Finals preview with the New York Knicks defeating the San Antonio Spurs. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Lakers — the inaugural champions of the tournament — have yet to return.One of the unique factors of the NBA Cup is the specialty court designs that all 30 teams deplo
  
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• Austin Reaves Likes What Sandro Mamukelashvili With Bring To Lakers

  13-10-2026 17:11 via lakersnation.com
  
  Without a doubt one of, if not the biggest standout, for the Los Angeles Lakers during the preseason has been big man Sandro Mamukelashvili. The new Lakers forward has shown off his array of offensive skills, operating in the halfcourt and transition, both off the ball as a floor spacer and with the ball in his hands, getting his own shot and creating for his teammates.
  One player who has certainly been impressed with what he’s seen from Mamukelashvili so far has been Austin Reaves, who ha
  
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• Walker Kessler Compares His Defensive Role On Lakers To Football Linebacker

  13-10-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  Walker Kessler was back to being a full participant in practice on Sunday as he inches closer to making his Los Angeles Lakers preseason debut.
  The Lakers have huge expectations for Kessler this season after acquiring him in a sign-and-trade with the Utah Jazz. L.A. gave up two first-round picks and two first-round pick swaps to get him before signing the seven-footer to a massive four-year, $130 million contract extension.
  The Lakers believe Kessler is the ideal big man to complement Luka Donci
  
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• Quentin Grimes Reveals How He Celebrated Signing With Lakers

  12-10-2026 22:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  When it comes to their free agency signings, the biggest contract given out by the Los Angeles Lakers went to guard Quentin Grimes who signed a four-year, $60 million deal after spending the last couple years with the Philadelphia 76ers.
  Grimes had been trying to earn a long-term deal for some time, so to be able to finally achieve that meant a lot for him. But earning that contract didn’t mean the work stopped. In fact, Grimes would celebrate the news breaking of him signing with the Lake
  
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• Lakers News: Austin Reaves Coy About Potential New Shoe Deal

  12-10-2026 19:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  Back in 2023, as he was first beginning to come into his own as a core player for the Los Angeles Lakers, Austin Reaves signed his first signature shoe deal with Chinese brand Rigorer. Reaves’ first signature shoe, the AR1, launched in August of that year and he has remained with the brand ever since.
  During this year’s training camp, however, it was noticed that Reaves hadn’t been wearing Rigorer shoes, but instead had been sporting other sneakers like Nikes, in particular the
  
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• Walker Kessler Returns To Full Practice; Eager To Make Lakers Preseason Debut

  12-10-2026 17:17 via lakersnation.com
  
  Walker Kessler was the big acquisition of the offseason for the Los Angeles Lakers, but fans have yet to see him in action this preseason.
  Kessler injured his right pinky finger after jamming it on the backboard on a block attempt in practice. The injury is not serious, but it has kept him out of the first three preseason games and portions of practice. Kessler was back to being a full participant on Sunday, however, he told Dave McMenamin of ESPN:
  “It feels good,” Kessler said after
  
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• Lakers News: Austin Reaves Details How Relationship With Luka Doncic Grew So Strong

  12-10-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic are the faces of the Los Angeles Lakers moving forward after LeBron James departure. It’s been a natural progression for Reaves to get to this point, while Doncic was surprisingly traded to the team in 2024.
  It took time for the Slovenian star to get acclimated to Los Angeles, but he clearly looks adjusted to his new home now. Reaves has built an extremely close relationship with the All-NBA guard and the Arkansas native spoke about how that wasn’t initi
  
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• Luka Doncic Pleased With Lakers’ Defense In Preseason

  11-10-2026 20:45 via lakersnation.com
  
  Luka Doncic is arguably the No. 1 believer in this new-look Los Angeles Lakers roster. He was in close collaboration with general manager Rob Pelinka and head coach JJ Redick in constructing how things would look without LeBron James.And through three games of preseason, there have been encouraging signs on both sides of the ball. Specifically on defense, Doncic likes how the team is playing, but he knows they still have room for improvement.“Yeah, I think it’s been very good. I feel
  
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• JJ Redick Details Keys To Lakers’ Lineups Without Walker Kessler

  11-10-2026 18:26 via lakersnation.com
  
  Through three games, the Los Angeles Lakers have not seen Walker Kessler in preseason action due to a finger injury. With only two exhibition games remaining, the hope for head coach JJ Redick is to have his full roster available for one of them, although it remains to be seen if that will be the case.
  One of the biggest question marks surround the Lakers roster is how they will look defensively without Kessler in the lineup given their lack of center depth. As Redick continues to evaluate his n
  
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• Kevon Looney: Lakers Have ‘Utmost Confidence’ In Luka Doncic

  11-10-2026 16:58 via lakersnation.com
  
  With LeBron James departing in free agency, Luka Doncic is now the unquestioned leader of the Los Angeles Lakers and he is acting as such.
  Doncic organized a minicamp in his home country of Slovenia for the entire team, giving them an opportunity to get to know each other and build chemistry ahead of the 2026-27 season. That did not go unnoticed by his teammates as Kevon Looney recently spoke about the confidence the Lakers have in Doncic to lead them this season.
  “For sure. When you got a
  
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• Luka Doncic Believes Lakers Have ‘Very Deep’ Roster

  11-10-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers have seen some encouraging things through their first three preseason games after overhauling the roster this offseason. Notably, Luka Doncic looks to be in great shape once again and ready to lead a new era of Lakers basketball.
  Although there are nine new players, Los Angeles has yet to play at full strength in their exhibition schedule. Despite not taking the floor together, Doncic is a believer in the Lakers’ depth, which will be needed come playoff time, via Chr
  
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• What’s Going On With Walker Kessler And Collin Sexton?

  10-10-2026 22:40 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers have played three of their five preseason games, but new acquisitions Walker Kessler and Collin Sexton have yet to see the floor.
  Lakers head coach JJ Redick has continued to express that Kessler (finger) and Sexton (lower leg) are dealing with minor injuries, but he was noncommittal about them being in the lineup for the Lakers’ next preseason game on Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors in Las Vegas.
  “I would say we’re not committed to that. He def
  
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• JJ Redick: Lakers Are Invested In Development Of Chris Mañon

  10-10-2026 22:01 via lakersnation.com
  
  One area of the organization the Los Angeles Lakers have spoken about being a priority over the past couple seasons has been their player development. The franchise wants to be able to develop younger talent into real contributors at the NBA level.
  Of course, much of the attention for that will go towards the likes of Bronny James or rookie first-round pick Cameron Carr, but the team has a very intriguing two-way player as well in guard Chris Mañon. And head coach JJ Redick made it clear
  
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• Lakers News: Sandro Mamukelashvili Enjoying Being Austin Reaves’ Teammate

  10-10-2026 18:45 via lakersnation.com
  
  In the Los Angeles Lakers’ first three preseason games, one bright spot unquestionably has been the play of Sandro Mamukelashvili. He has fit in well with his new teammates, which includes Austin Reaves, who made his preseason debut on Thursday against the Sacramento Kings.
  In 25 minutes, Reaves put up eight points, five rebounds and eight assists on 2-for-7 from the field. Mamukelashvili knows the type of player Reaves is and is already enjoying having him as a teammate.
  “Well, he g
  
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• JJ Redick: Jake LaRavia Is Shooting With ‘A Lot Of Confidence’

  10-10-2026 16:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  There are a lot of minutes and rotation spots up for grabs for the Los Angeles Lakers in training camp and preseason, particularly on the wings. Players such as Ziaire Williams, Matisse Thybulle, Jake LaRavia, Adou Thiero and Cameron Carr are all battling to secure a rotation spot and consistent playing time for the upcoming season.
  One player who has certainly made a great case so far is LaRavia, one of the only returning players from last season’s roster. The wing had his best game of th
  
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• Lakers New: Luka Doncic Regrets Decision To Return Vs. Thunder After Tweaking Hamstring

  10-10-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  The 2025-26 Los Angeles Lakers’ season was completely altered when they took on the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 2. On that night, not only were the Lakers blown out on the road, but both Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves suffered injuries that would, in Doncic’s case, completely end his season.
  Doncic suffered a Grade 2 left hamstring strain in the second half and Lakers coach JJ Redick came under a lot of criticism as L.A. trailed by 31 at the half. Most believed Doncic shouldn&rsquo
  
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• Lakers Sign Rafael Castro To Exhibit 10 Contract, Waive William Kyle III

  10-10-2026 03:03 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers announced that they have signed forward Rafael Castro and waived forward/center William Kyle III.
  Castro (6’10”, 224) started all 29 games at George Washington University during the 2025-26 season, averaging 15.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.7 blocks in 27.3 minutes. The 23-year-old was a two-time Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team selection and was named a finalist for the 2025-26 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year Award.
  K
  
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• Sandro Mamukelashvili Celebrated Signing With Lakers In Perfect Way

  09-10-2026 22:40 via lakersnation.com
  
  Sandro Mamukelashvili was one of the many Los Angeles Lakers’ additions this summer and through three preseason games, he is already showing why. Mamukelashvili finished with 19 points, three rebounds and four assists in the Lakers’ victory over the Sacramento Kings Thursday night and in three games is averaging 14 points and 3.7 assists while shooting 57.1% from both the field and 3-point range.
  Like many other players, Mamukelashvili grew up watching the Lakers so actually signing
  
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• Lakers News: Jake LaRavia Discusses Improved Shooting This Preseason

  09-10-2026 21:14 via lakersnation.com
  
  Jake LaRavia struggled mightily to end the 2025-26 season. The Los Angeles Lakers’ two-way wing had a strong start to his first campaign in L.A., but saw his shooting numbers crater. He shot 35.3% from beyond the arc on 3.6 attempts per game in the first 39 games, then shot 27.9% on 2.4 attempts per game for the last 43 games. That became a massive story and has been a topic of conversation entering training camp and the 2026-27 preseason.His preseason has looked significantly better, thou
  
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• Lakers News: Walker Kessler Gives Update On Finger Injury

  09-10-2026 19:55 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers are three games into their preseason slate and many of the team’s new additions have looked impressive thus far. One player who has yet to suit up, however, is center Walker Kessler, the team’s biggest acquisition of the offseason.
  Kessler injured his finger during training camp, jamming it on the backboard in what head coach JJ Redick called a minor injury. The Lakers are still playing it cautious, and Kessler recently gave an update on the issue.
  “Finge
  
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