Lakers: the offseason so far
the record
The 2026-27 season has not tipped off yet. The Lakers sit at 0-0, and this is the first entry in the record of the year.
The roster taking shape for training camp runs deep: Luka Dončić headlines it, with Austin Reaves, Bronny James, Collin Sexton, Jaden Hardy, Quentin Grimes, Dalton Knecht and Ziaire Williams filling out the guard and wing spots. Up front the Lakers have Walker Kessler, Kevon Looney, Jarred Vanderbilt, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Jake LaRavia and Arthur Kaluma, with Adou Thiero, Matisse Thybulle, Cameron Carr, Chris Mañon and AK Okereke rounding out the group of nineteen names.
The only outside item on file so far is a September 7 report from BasketNews, a roundup titled "Lakers Notes" that grouped four names together: Looney, Mamukelashvili, Bronny James and Dončić. No further detail from that report has come in yet.
With no games played, there is nothing else to log: no injuries, no trades, no results. The story so far is the roster itself and one report that named four of its members in the same breath.
Open storylines
as of Tue, Sep 8A September 7 BasketNews roundup grouped Looney, Mamukelashvili, Bronny James and Dončić under one headline, but no further detail has surfaced yet.
The roster already lists nineteen players heading into the season, from Dončić down to two-way names like Chris Mañon and AK Okereke, with no cuts or moves logged yet.
Luka Dončić is on the roster for 2026-27, and the record is still 0-0 with no games or numbers attached to his name yet.
Bronny James is back on the roster and was named alongside three teammates in the September 7 report, with his part in the season still unwritten.