The Los Angeles Lakers have decided to bring in Marcus Smart to help the perimeter defense off the bench. They signed him as a free agent, despite his relative unavailability over the last few years.

NBA reporter Keith Smith of Spotrac spoke to a Los Angeles Lakers exec in Las Vegas at Summer League about LeBron James, who picked up his 2025-26 player option worth $52.6 million.

LeBron James was interested in joining Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis, and Duke Blue Devils basketball's Cooper Flagg on the Dallas Mavericks before opting into his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Mavericks-Lakers Luka Doncic trade named biggest NBA mistake of the decade Keith Smith from Spotrac spoke to executives and coaches around the NBA while at the Summer League in Las Vegas last week, and he received an interesting quote from a Mavericks executive about the deal.