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• Lakers Nation Roundtable: Who Should Be 5th Starter?

  18-09-2026 16:10 via lakersnation.com
  With the start of training camp just around the corner, there is one major question surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers and that is who will be their fifth starter.
  After overhauling their roster this offseason, there appear to be four locks in JJ Redick’s starting lineup to begin the season: Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Walker Kessler and Quentin Grimes.
  Grimes could potentially move to a bench role if it makes sense, but given his skillset and what the Lakers gave him in free agency, it&rs
  
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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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• Lakers Unveil Baseball-Style Jersey For Nov. 18 Giveaway Vs. Jazz

  18-09-2026 22:32 via lakersnation.com
  
  There are always a number of giveaways throughout the NBA season in which Los Angeles Lakers fans can receive apparel or memorabilia that won’t be given out anywhere else otherwise. The Lakers have already unveiled a Luka Doncic bobblehead that celebrates his scoring title from last year, and now the team has released another giveaway.
  On Nov. 18, the Lakers will host the Utah Jazz and with it being Los Angeles Dodgers night, the team unveiled a Lakers x Dodgers baseball-style jersey they
  
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• Alex Cerda Named Head Coach Of Coachella Valley Lakers

  18-09-2026 20:20 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Coachella Valley Lakers announced Alex Cerda has been named the 12th head coach in franchise history.Cerda succeeds Zach Guthrie, who has joined JJ Redick’s Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff, and enters his fourth season with the team after serving as an assistant coach for the previous three years.
  “Alex has been an important part of our program for the last three seasons and we’re excited for him to lead us into this next chapter,” said Coachella Valley Lakers Gener
  
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• Lakers Video: Luka Doncic Stars In New Gatorade Commercial

  18-09-2026 20:02 via lakersnation.com
  
  One of the benefits of Luka Doncic getting traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2025 was the increased off-court earning opportunities he would get. Dallas is by no means a small market, but being in L.A. next to all the major studios allows him to be a routine fixture in commercials.One example of that is Gatorade’s new commercial about the hydration benefits of their product, which used a host of various superstar athletes across sports. Doncic, as the Lakers sta
  
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• Lakers Video: Bronny James Works Out With Darius Garland & Jordan Clarkson

  18-09-2026 18:14 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James parted ways this offseason, with the 41-year-old heading to the Philadelphia 76ers. This left many wondering what the Lakers were going to do with his son, Bronny James. Prior to his father’s departure, the Lakers had fully guaranteed Bronny’s salary for the 2026-27 season, but some thought he might be traded to whatever team LeBron signed with.As of now, it seems the Lakers will retain the young defensive-minded guard. It makes sense, given th
  
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• Luol Deng Regrets Signing With Lakers In 2016

  18-09-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  Back in 2016 following the retirement of Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers gave huge contracts to veterans Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov in order to try and remain competitive. Those moves would completely backfire, however, as neither came close to living up to their deals and those contracts are now looked back upon negatively.
  Deng was also not a fan of his time with the purple and gold and recently opened up about not wanting to leave the Miami Heat, but the Lakers ultimately offering him t
  
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• Lakers Sign Forward Anton Watson

  18-09-2026 02:29 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers announced they have signed forward Anton Watson. The terms of the deal were not disclosed but it presumably is an Exhibit 10 contract.That will allow Watson to spend training camp and the preseason with the Lakers and then have his contract transferred over to the Coachella Valley Lakers in the G League if he does not make the parent squad or land elsewhere.
  Watson (6’8”, 225) appeared in 50 games (34 starts) for the South Bay Lakers during the 2025-26 season,
  
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• Michael Porter Jr. Doesn’t Believe Lakers Have Championship-Contending Roster

  17-09-2026 21:40 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers completely overhauled their roster this summer, bringing in the likes of Walker Kessler, Quentin Grimes, Collin Sexton and Sandro Mamukelashvili while losing LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Rui Hachimura and Luke Kennard.
  Several members of the Lakers coaching staff and front office have expressed excitement about the new additions, believing they are better fits on the court with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
  However, others around the NBA aren’t convinced that the Lak
  
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• Who Lakers Might Cut To Get Roster To 15 Players

  17-09-2026 20:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  The NBA allows for 15 players under fully guaranteed contracts at the start of each season, along with three two-way contracts. The Los Angeles Lakers currently have 16 players under guaranteed contracts, which is allowed for the time being, but will need to be trimmed down before Opening Night on Oct. 21.
  The Lakers have been rumored to be eyeing some trades with players such as Dalton Knecht and Jarred Vanderbilt being mentioned, and it is still possible that could be the case. However, the mo
  
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• Breaking Down Options Lakers Could Cut To Get Roster To 15 Players

  17-09-2026 20:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  The NBA allows for 15 players under fully guaranteed contracts at the start of each season, along with three two-way contracts. The Los Angeles Lakers currently have 16 players under guaranteed contracts, which is allowed for the time being, but will need to be trimmed down before Opening Night on Oct. 21.
  The Lakers have been rumored to be eyeing some trades with players such as Dalton Knecht and Jarred Vanderbilt being mentioned, and it is still possible that could be the case. However, the mo
  
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• Mark Walter Sells Chelsea FC Ownership Stake

  17-09-2026 18:25 via lakersnation.com
  
  Mark Walter shocked the sports world earlier this year when it was announced he would be selling his controlling ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner.
  Walter had just purchased his majority stake a year ago from the Buss family, and flipping a sports team that quickly was essentially unheard of. As Walter deals with a federal investigation for potential financial improprieties though, he has needed to come up with some cash quickly.
  The Lakers’ sale was th
  
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• Cardinals Head Coach Mike LaFleur Compares Trey McBride To Luka Doncic

  17-09-2026 16:45 via lakersnation.com
  
  While some athletes are blessed with elite speed, power and athleticism, there are others who must rely on other, non-physical traits to be successful. That is the case with Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic, who uses his ability to control speeds, pace and angles, along with elite vision and IQ to be one of the dominant forces in today’s game.
  That can also be the case in other sports and one of those athletes who has been dominant despite not having the most elite physical traits
  
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• Lakers News: Ziaire Williams Takes Pride In Defense

  17-09-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers knew that point-of-attack defense has been a weakness of the team for several years, and it would need to be addressed as they revamped the roster this summer. They didn’t fully address it with their major signings — Quentin Grimes is the only non-negative POA defender they gave a multi-year contract to — but they tried to with their marginal signings in Ziaire Williams and Matisse Thybulle.Williams and Thybulle both received one-year minimum deals from L
  
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• Lakers Unveil Austin Reaves Bobblehead For Dec. 27 Vs. Grizzlies

  17-09-2026 01:13 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a first look at their first Austin Reaves bobblehead fan giveaway on Sunday, Dec. 27 against the Memphis Grizzlies.#Lakers have unveiled the Austin Reaves bobblehead they are giving out on Dec. 27. pic.twitter.com/rDeHHIpD8h
  — Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) September 16, 2026
  Fans in attendance at the Lakers’ contest will receive the giveaway item. Also, this season, the Lakers will give out a bobblehead of Luka Doncic commemorating his 2025-26 NBA Scor
  
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• Richard Sherman Opens Up About Relationship With Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant

  16-09-2026 22:10 via lakersnation.com
  
  Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant had a massive impact on so many people around the world as he inspired many to pursue their dreams in whatever field they desired and put everything they could into achieving their goals. One of those was former NFL cornerback Richard Sherman who was a five-time All-Pro and one of the best of his generation at his position.
  Sherman grew up in Compton and was a huge fan of Bryant and the Lakers. And just getting to meet Bryant for the first time was a huge de
  
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• NBA Projecting Higher-Than-Expected Salary Cap For 2027-28 Season

  16-09-2026 20:15 via lakersnation.com
  
  The NBA salary cap climbs every season, as new money comes in via broadcasting rights deals and to match inflation. However, recent seasons have seen modest gains that came in lower than expected. The new TV deal was expected to bring annual raises of around 10%, but the reality has been closer to 6%.This is because of the trouble surrounding local broadcasting channels and deals. Local stations — like the Lakers’ Spectrum SportsNet — have been under the microscope for their st
  
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• JJ Redick Discusses Involvement In Rebuilding Pacific Palisades Rec Center

  16-09-2026 18:40 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles communities of Pacific Palisades and Altadena were devastated in the winter of 2025 when wildfires ravaged both towns. Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick lived in the Palisades, and was devastated for the loss of memories from his home, and the loss that the entire community suffered.Redick hadn’t been in the Palisades long — having only accepted the head coaching job in the summer of 2024 — but he had already become a major part of that community, and made
  
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• WATCH: Luka Doncic & Lakers Celebrate Kobe Day At Slovenian Hospital

  16-09-2026 16:10 via lakersnation.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers trip to Slovenia was all about team bonding, getting to know each other and beginning to build that chemistry amongst a roster full of new faces. The Luka Doncic-hosted trip also coincided with one of the biggest days of the year for the Lakers and their fans everywhere, Aug. 24, aka Kobe Day.
  The day, of course, is the combination of Kobe Bryant’s two numbers, 8 and 24, and babies born on this day are often referred to as “Kobe Babies.” As such, with the
  
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• Lakers Rumors: Maxi Kleber Potentially Joining Luka Doncic’s European Team

  16-09-2026 16:10 via lakersnation.com
  
  Last season, one of the unsung heroes for the Los Angeles Lakers was big man Maxi Kleber. While he was never really part of the regular rotation, head coach JJ Redick regularly turned to Kleber when the team was dealing with injuries or just needed a boost and more often than not he came through.
  Kleber is one of many players who hit free agency but won’t be returning to the Lakers this season, though he may remain linked to the team and specifically, superstar Luka Doncic. The Lakers guar
  
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• Lakers Rumors: Maxi Kleber Potential Joining Luka Doncic’s European Team

  16-09-2026 15:00 via lakersnation.com
  
  Last season, one of the unsung heroes for the Los Angeles Lakers was big man Maxi Kleber. While he was never really part of the regular rotation, head coach JJ Redick regularly turned to Kleber when the team was dealing with injuries or just needed a boost and more often than not he came through.
  Kleber is one of many players who hit free agency but won’t be returning to the Lakers this season, though he may remain linked to the team and specifically, superstar Luka Doncic. The Lakers guar
  
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• Adam Silver: NBA Found No Red Flags When Vetting Mark Walter For Lakers Ownership

  15-09-2026 23:55 via lakersnation.com
  
  The biggest story surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers as of late has been all of the uncertainty surrounding the ownership of the team. First came the shocking news that Mark Walter, who had barely owned the team for a year, had agreed to sell his majority shares to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger at a $12.5 billion valuation. And with some of Walter’s dealings under federal investigation, there have been plenty of questions about why he chose to sell.
  This was followed by news of five of the six
  
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• American Pro Sports Leagues & Players Unions Unite To Crack Down On Harassment Over Sports Betting

  15-09-2026 20:28 via lakersnation.com
  
  Gambling has been a part of the sports world for decades now, though for much of the time it has been more in the background and underworld. But over the past few years, that has changed as sports gambling has become mainstream. Gambling is a part of every major sports broadcast these days with commercials flooding the market and the shows themselves giving out best bets, not to mention shows dedicated solely to gambling.
  Unfortunately that growth, along with how big social media has gotten, has
  
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• Lakers Unveil Luka Doncic Bobblehead For Nov. 1 Vs. Raptors

  15-09-2026 18:53 via lakersnation.com
  
  Luka Doncic’s first full season as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers was one to remember. The superstar put on some legendary performances on his way to being named to his sixth All-NBA First Team and winning his second career NBA scoring title.
  Now coming into this year, Doncic is looking to do more of the same, and the Lakers are choosing to celebrate his 2026 scoring title with a bobblehead giveaway on Nov. 1 when they host the Toronto Raptors. And the franchise recently unveiled the b
  
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