Trade Radar · open rumor · Tuesday, September 22 · 4 d ago

Lakers Notes: Starting Five, Kushner, Iger, Walter, Cerda

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There’s no question that Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves will be the Lakers’ backcourt starters this fall and Walker Kessler will be in the middle, but who will join that trio in the starting five? Jovan Buha of Buha’s Block (Twitter video link) views free agent addition Quentin Grimes as a lock for one of […]

Confidence

42%

Reporter starting tier	45	unattributed report
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−4	4 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Austin Reaves

Lakers · G · 23.3 pts · 4.7 reb · 5.5 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $41.24M · next season $44.54M

Walker Kessler

Lakers · C · 14.4 pts · 10.8 reb · 3.0 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $30.23M · next season $31.74M

Quentin Grimes

Lakers · G · 13.4 pts · 3.6 reb · 3.3 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $13.95M · next season $14.65M

Los Angeles Lakers

$204.0M · in the tax · 18 contracts · cap sheet

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