Friday night's dress rehearsal provided insight into who will likely be in Los Angeles' rotation in the first week of the season.

Video of JJ Redick breaking down the importance of team defense given the lack of individual defenders on the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Los Angeles Lakers face some massive question marks heading into what could be a fraught 2025-26 NBA season. ESPN's Tim Bontemps lists the Lakers among his

In 2023, the Lakers signed Jaxson Hayes in an attempt to beef up at the center position. Over the previous couple of years, they had lacked a reliable true center and were forced to play Anthony Davis almost exclusively at the 5. When he went to the bench, L.A. was compromised and sometimes had to use LeBron James in the middle.

With LeBron James out of the lineup, Lakers head coach JJ Redick has to choose a fifth starter alongside Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura and Jaxson Hayes, and he appears to have landed on Gabe Vincent.

The Los Angeles Lakers' roster moves this summer have apparently befuddled rival league front offices. In a new poll of NBA general managers by NBA.com's John S

There’s a certain pain in missed basketball timelines. The kind that never quite heals, even years later. For Kobe Bryant, the 2011–12 Lakers postseason was supposed to be one last run at something spectacular,

Explore how the Lakers are adjusting without LeBron James and focusing on new lineup options for the upcoming season.

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Past and future converge for the Los Angeles Lakers this season as LeBron James and Luka Doncic embark on their first full NBA campaign chasing a title that could cement one legacy and launch another.