Charania They Lakers are really prioritizing 2 year contracts right now they want to have max salary space in 2027

Charania A lot of chatter about the Minnesota Timberwolves to be the team to be moved to the Eastern Conference in the event of a two-team expansion Memphis and New Orleans will have a case as well

Mannix The Lakers believe they can succeed with a backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves if they can get the right type of players in the front court They are looking to build a Dallas 20 type roster similar to what Luka had when he went to the NBA Finals

Former Suns front office Amin Elhassan on Ayton You wish you were Capella and the Lakers wish you were too The tiger doesn't change his stripes he just changes jungles Guys are who they are particularly if they've always been rewarded for who they are

Bill Simmons Pod Is LeBron behind the push to shorten the season because he wants his records to stay intact

NBA Recap Cleveland Cavaliers post trade deadline salary cap

Lakers GM Rob Pelinka on the trade deadline I would say we were aggressive And one form of being aggressive is saying no thats like being aggressive even though you end up doing nothing because its hard to say no sometimes to getting a good player