Outside of that, the Lakers have brought in three players from the outside to beef up their roster. Deandre Ayton is the biggest name that was added this offseason. He will have a chance to be the franchise center Los Angeles badly needed last year.

"I don’t think another move is coming for the Lakers before the season starts, and really, it’s just a simple cost-benefit analysis of making one. The Lakers have two tradable draft picks as of now, one first, one second and some low-value swaps because, well, any team with Dončić on it has a pretty high floor."

Doncic suffered a right knee contusion during Slovenia's game against Latvia on Saturday, NBA reporter Marc Stein reports. After dropping 26 points in the first half, Doncic went down with the knee injury in a collision with a teammate.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic appears to have avoided a serious injury during Slovenia's EuroBasket exhibition game against Latvia on Saturday, The Athletic reported. Doncic was favoring his right leg after a teammate got pushed into him.

With a new era in place and a win-now mindset, the Mavericks could shake things up and make another blockbuster trade in 2025-26. While it seems very unlikely to happen, Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report recently compiled a massive five-team mock trade that would land the Mavericks LeBron James.