21+ hour, 44+ min ago   (461+ words) With the roster coming together the way it is for the Los Angeles Lakers, Sandro Mamukelashvili looks more and more like the primary option at backup center by the day. That comes with the obstacle of him not being a…...

21+ hour, 14+ min ago   (612+ words) The other two-way contracts last season were Drew Timme and Chris Manon, who combined to play 36 games with the Lakers. Kobe Bufkin was a disastrous February signing that didn’t work. Pelinka did the same last February with Alex Len. These…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago   (575+ words) The Los Angeles Lakers have unclaimed forward minutes heading into training camp, but Adou Thiero just isn’t ready to be part of the nightly rotation. The purple and gold tried to sign Jonathan Kuminga to be their starting power forward,…...

18+ hour, 33+ min ago   (631+ words) The Los Angeles Lakers have committed the foreseeable future of the organization to a new star trio: Luka Doncic, Walker Kessler, and Austin Reaves. Equipped with hefty salaries and even loftier expectations, Doncic, Kessler, and Reaves will be tasked with…...

20+ hour, 5+ min ago   (636+ words) Fans will always point to questions about LA’s defense when Luka and Reaves are on the floor. Both men struggle guarding on the perimeter and can be targeted. When Redick used the duo, they produced a 111.9 defensive rating over 1,092 minutes....

21+ hour, 38+ min ago   (423+ words) Losing Marcus Smart to the Houston Rockets was one of the bigger head-scratchers of the 2026 offseason for the Los Angeles Lakers. It looked even more confusing when the framing of events painted it as the Lakers just flat out choosing…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (482+ words) Kessler’s early career compares favorably to Gobert’s. They are both elite rebounders and shot blockers. Kessler hasn’t met the 65-game requirement for awards since his rookie season, but he needs to be in the running for first-team All-Defense and expand…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (428+ words) If you listen to and believe the guys on the revamped Los Angeles Lakers roster, they are all singing a similar tune with regard to what the trip to Slovenia did for this new collection of players. The clear takeaway:…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (863+ words) The Los Angeles Lakers are not quite the San Antonio Spurs or the Oklahoma City Thunder. Those teams head toward 2026-27 as the cream of the crop in the Western Conference. That puts the Lakers in that second tier featuring the…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (417+ words) Who still wants to employ 30-year-old D'Angelo Russell? That is about to become a very relevant question in the NBA amid the coming roster crunch for the Memphis Grizzlies. The latest from The Stein Line reminded everyone that Memphis is…...