SportsGrid. Lakers Trade Impact: Championship Odds and Team Strategy. Posted: February 3, 2025 | Last updated: June 12, 2025. After adding Luka Doncic, the Lakers' NBA title odds soared.

Despite the early exit, McMenamin said the Lakers brass is still optimistic about the squad's core, especially since they made it to the Western Conference Finals in 2023, so the Buss' old ...

Pelinka says he knows that LeBron James, who has a player option to return to L.A. for an NBA-record 23rd season in 2025-26, will be monitoring how the Lakers use that time to improve the team.

Could the Lakers sign Brook Lopez? ... 1.9 blocks and 1.8 assists in 80 games last season for the Milwaukee Bucks, where he won a championship in 2021. He shot 37.3% from the 3-point line.

The Los Angeles Lakers looked like a contender in February after Luka Dončić‘s arrival and an All-Star break for LeBron James.. However, that stretch run turned out to be a fool’s gold after ...

Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant had a strategy when they led the Los Angeles Lakers to three straight NBA titles in the early 2000s. O'Neal explained during a recent appearance on his podcast.