en-us SportSpyder - Los Angeles Lakers (SB Nation: Silver Screen and Roll) https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/sources/13137/news Welcome to our annual Lakers season in review series, where we’ll look back at each player on the team’s roster this season and evaluate if they should be part of the future of the franchise. Today, we take a look at Rui Hachimura. Three years ago, the Lakers made a bet on Rui Hachimura, acquiring the free-agent-to-be […] Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:36:40 GMT Jacob Rude https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56896705 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56896705 false false Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Lakers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The bond LeBron James has with the Lakers is unlike any other he has with his […] Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:36:36 GMT Kyle Thele https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56896702 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56896702 false false As soon as the NBA Finals are over — which could be as early as Wednesday at this rate — expect the Lakers to get to work. The day after the Finals end, teams are allowed to legally begin negotiating with their own free agents. No team would ever dare to tamper before that in […] Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:21:53 GMT Bryan Toporek https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56894302 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56894302 false false The Lakers’ search for a center is going to be another wide-ranging one this offseason. After attempting to find a discount solution last offseason in Deandre Ayton, the team still needs a long-term answer. Given their cap space and the draft picks available, the pool of players should be larger this time around. Included in […] Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:09:55 GMT Jacob Rude https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56889207 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56889207 false false Another day, another player who played in the bubble telling everyone how impressive that title was. Time and time again, whenever players who actually took part in the bubble sit down and talk about it, they repeatedly tell everyone how difficult it was to win that title. It’s not even restricted to Lakers from that […] Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:46:52 GMT Jacob Rude https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56887842 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56887842 false false Welcome to our annual Lakers season in review series, where we’ll look back at each player on the team’s roster this season and evaluate if they should be part of the future of the franchise. Today, we take a look at Luke Kennard. When Luke Kennard arrived in Los Angeles via mid-season trade with the Atlanta Hawks, […] Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:00:30 GMT Nicole Ganglani https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56884099 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56884099 false false We recently went over all of LeBron James’ contract options in free agency and how that would impact which teams he’d be able to sign with. But what if he wants to stay with the Lakers? The franchise will have full Bird rights on LeBron, so they can sign him to anything up to a […] Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:33:19 GMT Bryan Toporek https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56882306 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56882306 false false With the 2026 NBA Draft lauded as one of the deepest in quite some time, even teams like the Lakers, who have a late pick, are looking to add a quality player to their roster. Los Angeles is doing everything possible to find a draft prospect who can help the team win now. They’ve hired […] Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:14:25 GMT Edwin Garcia https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56877334 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56877334 false false In case you hadn’t heard, LeBron James is set to become an unrestricted free agent in less than a month. While the Lakers have repeatedly said that they’d welcome him back with open arms, there’s no guarantee that he’s in LA next year. Or on the Lakers, at least. If this turns out to be […] Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:46:22 GMT Bryan Toporek https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56869311 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56869311 false false One thing has been abundantly clear about Austin Reaves’ time with the Lakers: he loves Los Angeles. He hasn’t exactly made it a secret that he wants to remain in LA. Every time he’s asked about free agency, he tries to take a stab at a diplomatic response, but somewhere along the way, he’ll make […] Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:50:37 GMT Jacob Rude https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56859369 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56859369 false false Welcome to our annual Lakers season in review series, where we’ll look back at each player on the team’s roster this season and evaluate if they should be part of the future of the franchise. Today, we continue our series with a look at Jake LaRavia. With the NBA Finals in full swing, one can’t […] Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:42:31 GMT Alex Regla https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56857112 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56857112 false false Lakers head coach JJ Redick said something very simple, but profound during his exit interview. “Luke [Kennard] is a great example. He’s a guy that can dribble, pass, and shoot,” Redick said. “I think because of injuries, there were times that we didn’t have enough of that. We’ve got to be better being able to […] Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:13:54 GMT Edwin Garcia https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56849862 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56849862 false false Our latest mailbag delivered plenty of great questions, but one topic came up time and time again: LeBron James. His future is going to be not just the biggest question of the Lakers’ offseason, but one of the biggest in the league as a whole. He’s already broken basically every record in terms of longevity […] Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:16:14 GMT Jacob Rude https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56848391 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56848391 false false Welcome to our annual Lakers season in review series, where we’ll look back at each player on the team’s roster this season and evaluate if they should be part of the future of the franchise. Today, we continue our series with a look at Jaxson Hayes. Coming off a year in which he was thrust into a […] Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:57:51 GMT Darius Soriano https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56847432 https://sportspyder.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/articles/56847432 false false