Deandre Ayton on whether he spoke to LeBron James or Luka Doncic since signing with the Lakers Not really yet but I definitely got a text from Luka

Shelburne The Lakers Had A Meeting Last Summer With Luka Doncic That Mapped Out The 2026 Offseason LeBron James wasnt In Those Plans At that meeting they laid out their plans in those plans they did not include LeBron James

McMenamin Austin Reaves on Luka Doncic Hes one of my best friends on this planet I talk to him almost every single day He sends me videos of his golf swing and asks me what he can do to get better and I tell him Im not a coach

Windhorst Lakers reached out to LeBron to LeBrons representative to Rich Paul and said Wed like to have LeBron back OK But there have been no further talks as of today when I got this update LeBron has not you know made himself available to meet with the Lakers yet

Windhorst Some of the owners who are trying to get LeBron were talking to each other and were like have you heard anything Nope Have you heard anything Nope LeBron is reaching out and talking to players on some of these teams and they report back to their GM or coach Hey LeBron called

The Lakers have been linked to Thunder guard Lu Dort as a potential trade target to pair with Luka Doncic

Buha I spoke with several Lakers people this weekend more often than not there was an acknowledgment that we might have taken a slight step back this season but this is about the longer-term vision here with building this core from the ground up around Luka and Austin