The Lakers will be without Collin Sexton tonight. 🟣🟡 Sexton has been downgraded to OUT against Golden State due to a right soleus strain, according to Jovan Buha. #Lakers #LakeShow #CollinSexton #LakersNation #SportsNewsLA

NBA basketball is back in LA! 🏀🔥 The Lakers open their season against the Warriors at Crypto.com Arena at 7 PM, while the Clippers host the Kings at Intuit Dome at 7:30 PM. Two home openers, two fresh starts. Can both LA teams start 1–0? 👀 All times Pacific. #SportsNewsLA #Lakers #LakeShow #Clippers #ClipperNation

Dalton Knecht’s time in purple and gold is over. 🏀 The Lakers are waiving the guard ahead of the season opener, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Selected 17th overall in 2024, Knecht leaves LA after two seasons. Did the Lakers give up on him too soon? 👀 #SportsNewsLA #Lakers #LakeShow #DaltonKnecht #NBA

Next stop: the regular season. 💜💛 The Lakers close out preseason with a 121–106 loss to Denver, finishing with a 2-3 record. Austin Reaves led with 19 points, Sandro Mamukelashvili added 15 points and 8 rebounds, and Luka Dončić finished with 15 points. The Lakers open their season next Wednesday against Golden State. 🏀 #SportsNewsLA #Lakers #LakeShow #LakersNation #NBA

Kessler’s first look in purple and gold is coming tonight! 💜💛 Walker Kessler is set to make his Lakers preseason debut against the Warriors in Las Vegas, per JJ Redick. #Lakers #LakeShow #WalkerKessler #LakersNation #NBA

Only one LA game today! 🏀 Lakers continue their preseason hosting the Sacramento Kings at 7:30 PM, looking to bounce back and improve to 2–1. 💜💛 #Lakers #LakeShow #LakersNation #NBAPreseason #SportsNewsLA

Free agent forward Matisse Thybulle has agreed on one-year, $3.3 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, per Shams Charania. Thybulle, 29, is a 2x NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Thybulle also shot 41.8% from 3 over the last two years across 45 games — and led the NBA in steals and deflections per 36 minutes last season. The Lakers now have 16 guaranteed contracts — one more than the league maximum of 15. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow

🚨Lakers SIGNING🚨 Free agent forward Ziaire Williams has agreed on a one-year, $3 million deal to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, per Shams Charania. 🏀Williams last season: 10.2 PPG 2.4 RPG 42.5 FG% 34.3 3FG% 56 games (13 starts) 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

🚨Lakers have their backup center🚨 Free agent center Kevon Looney has agreed on a one-year, $3.9 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, per Shams Charania. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

🚨Ayton TRADED🚨 The Los Angeles Lakers are trading Deandre Ayton to the Washington Wizards for Jaden Hardy and two Wizards second-round picks in 2031 and 2032, per Shams Charania. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

Free agent Collin Sexton has agreed to a two-year, $19 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, per Shams Charania. 🚨Last season at CHA/CHI: - 15.4 PPG - 3.3 APG - 48.5% FG - 23.7 Min per game 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

Free agent guard Quentin Grimes has agreed to a four-year, $60 million to join the Los Angeles Lakers, with a player option, per Shams Charania. 🚨Last season at Philly: - 13.4 PPG - 3.6 RPG - 45% FG - 29.4 Min per game 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

Free agent F/C Sandro Mamukelashvili has agreed to a four-year, $52 million deal to sign with Los Angeles Lakers, with a player option for the fourth season, per Shams Charania. 🚨Last season at Toronto: - 11.2 PPG - 4.9 RPG - 52.3% FG - 21.9 Min per game 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

🚨Lakers have their Center!🚨 The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring Walker Kessler from the Utah Jazz. Lakers get - Walker Kessler Jazz get - 2 first-round picks, 2 first-round pick swaps Kessler will sign a massive four-year, $130 million deal with the Lakers. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

🚨LeBron OUT🚨 LeBron James will continue his NBA career for the 2026-27 season and has informed the Los Angeles Lakers that the franchise can move on without him because he will play elsewhere, per Shams Charania. After 8 years with Lakers and a 2020 championship, he’s gone. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

Lakers guard Marcus Smart has declined his $5.4 million player option and will become a free agent, per Shams Charania. After 1 solid season with the Lakers, Smart is expected to sign somewhere else like the Rockets. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

🟣Austin Reaves is back!🟡 Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, $185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, per Shams Charania. Reaves declined his $14.9M player option for the new max deal. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

The Los Angeles Lakers are signing two-way guard Nick Smith Jr. on a new two-year contract, per Shams Charania. With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves sidelined, the Lakers add guard depth for the playoffs. Smith has averaged 6 points and 40% from 3 this season. He was previously on a 2-way contract and replaced Kobe Bufkin’s final spot after he was waived. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

The Los Angeles Lakers are waiving guard Kobe Bufkin, per Shams Charania. This opens a roster spot for the Lakers to evaluate a signing over the weekend. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslakers #lakernation

Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left oblique muscle injury and is out for the remainder of the regular season. Reaves is expected to miss four to six weeks with the Grade 2 oblique injury, per Shams. Devastating run of injuries to L.A.’s two leading scorers. Reaves and Luka Doncic are expected to be sidelined to begin the NBA playoffs. 🟣Follow us for more Los Angeles sports scores and news! #lakeshow #lakers #lalakers #losangeleslaker