Resign Austin Reaves to a 200M x 5y (40M a year). Resign Rui Hachimura to a 64M x 4y (16M a year). Resign LeBron to a 40M x 2y (20M a year with no-trade clause included). Resign Hayes to a 11M x 2y (5.4m a year). Resign Smart to the Room exception of 9.4M. Ayton is likely to decline to search a better contract (hes looking for a MLE) and decline NSJ TO.
Trade for Ware and give the Heat more draft assets to land Giannis (Dalton + 2031 FRP). Ware is all what Luka needs in a center and its still young with a lot to growth, he can play a similar role to Lively.
Trade for Herb Jones. Pels are looking for FRPs from this year, send them the 2026 LAL FRP + 2033 FRP (2032 here) + Vando and LaRavia.
In FA, sign Quentin Grimes to the full MLE 15,1M. Sign Robert Williams III to a 20M x 2y (10M a year) and sign with vet contract Thybulle and KLove (vet status and give LeBron a close friend) and let one spot open for the rest of the season to sign a two-way or a vet or a cut.
Give Thiero more development next season as a backup option to Herb Jones.
LINEUP:
* PG LUKA | SMART | BRONNY
* SG REAVES | GRIMES | THYBULLE
* SF HERB J | THIERO
* PF LEBRON | RUI | LOVE
* CT WARE | ROB WILL III | HAYES
With a offseason like this the Lakers can compete with anyone in the league, and Luka is coming again with a revenge season for the MVP. Last season the only moment where the trio was fully healthy was in March and that month was elite.