2026-27 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

Well we need to find a target for the MLE next year. It could be Max Struss, Malik Monk, Dort, DDV, Okoro, DJJ…

Christie is going to be 24. Perfect age and fit for this team in my opinion. Even if in the future Carr and Adou start.

Luka / Sexton
Reaves / Christie
Carr / Grimes
Adou / Jake or Zaire
Kessler / Mamu

Reaves is the oldest guy on that 10 man rotation. In a year or two that could be a really loaded team and everyone would be sub 30.

 

This team has the makings of a mark walters team. Young and just gets after it. We essentially have great prospects in Carr and Thiero. We’re leaning into player development. And Bronny James is a part of that. We looked at OKC and we said we have to get young. We have to get depth. And that’s what we did.

I love that Kessler James and Sexton were all at the mini camp. I think Reaves was there to. Looks like the guys are into it.

loved what Kessler had to say. When this guy speaks. I like him more and more. He’s all about team.

I think the Jazz thing really bothered him the tanking. That’s why I said be careful how you make your culture with tanking. Because players won’t like it.

Kessler kept saying it’s so good to be here with this organization. With an organization that is about winning.

 

It seems like we should enjoy this team and this year first and let them play it out to see what we need. It feels like it's just too early to start thinking about next year with any certainty.

 

It's the offseason, it's the time of team building and planning. If we aren't going to talk about these things now, then when?

 

Always open to input about the Lakers

Keep bringing any and all

 

Seems like Carr is the talk of summer league.

Jim Jackson Raving. The Wing span Lakers got a good one.

Isiah Thomas NBA TV this guy should’ve got picked a lot higher than he was picked. The steal of the draft.

They were raving about him.

John Wall I like his athleticism.

When you look at him. The fit is exactly what we were looking for. That’s scouting.

Isiah Thomas I saw him tear up the combine.


He’s the kind of 3-D.

Jim Jackson when I look at him I see Mikal Bridges. Same build and everything. Who told you that after the draft???? Read my post.

 

I think we’ll be angling for Christie if he opts out. We could offer him a 4 year 68.5m MLE contract, he is probably the best player I can see that could be an option, fits what we need and is young.

It would be nice to get one of our own back too.

 

I would love Max back. Bring it on!! The more competition we have for starting spots and playing time the better. Competitive, spirited practices make for better, more exciting teams. Make JJ's job as difficult as possible when it comes down to such decisions. When rotations are set in stone it is easy for complacency to set in. Earn it, you get it, is my philosophy. Young, old or in the middle somewhere, show me. No, I'm not from MO, we have similar attitudes in AK. Surprisingly, we have a lot of southerners up here...lol.

 

What in the actual F happened the last few days? Talking about Max freakin Christie again? What in god's name is the deal with so many of you and Max Christie?!

 

Bored waiting on Kuminga resolution. I do think speculating about why we’re structuring salary dips next year is interesting.

 

Olden Polynice knows what we need

https://youtube.com/shorts/g6Kfqk8awmo?si=T7gq06z9Kwv7lgxY

I guess we can't embed shorts here?

 

https://x.com/i/status/2077781881798410396

Interesting

 

F*** him there’s some seriousness there veiled under the humor. Did he miss Williams just signed and our still hot pursuit of Kuminga and drafting of Carr? What there’s too “many” on the roster? Jack***. Just my take on the body language.

 

to me, unless there’s paper they can’t do anything here.

funny that it’s taken them a full year to look into the open and shut Kawhi case, though.

 

I mean....they have 3ish days of Spotlight right now till the Title Game on Sunday.

If they don't do it by then, I get the feeling it'll be next Monday or Tuesday that things are announced.

 

OP!!!!!!!