The Los Angeles Lakers were reportedly targeting Deandre Ayton to be their starting center from the first minute of free agency.

The NBA's summer leagues have quickly come and gone, and if there has ever been a truism about the showcase for rookies and other league longshots, it is this: Let what happens in summer league stay in summer league.

How will the the NBA offseason play out for the Warriors and Lakers? Will the NBA be expanding soon? Here's the latest NBA fan mailbag:

The Los Angeles Lakers continue to straddle the fence between building for a future with Luka Dončić and trying to win now with a core of Dončić and LeBron James. Also caught in the middle is 2024 first-round pick Dalton Knecht.

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Ron Harper made a plea to NBA fans to enjoy the superstars from all eras instead of constantly comparing.

The Los Angeles Lakers, having already acquired Marcus Smart to bolster their defense, are now considering trading for Robert Williams III. Analyst Caleb Hightower suggests reuniting Smart with his former Celtics teammate to enhance the Lakers' interior presence.

Westbrook grew up in the Southland and attended Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, and he played two years of college basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles. While in college, he was named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2008.

While the 2025 NBA Free Agency wasn't the groundbreaking event that many analysts hyped it up to be, some important names were moved in the process. The biggest

For guard Shake Milton, the 28-year-old, seven-year NBA veteran who came to L.A. as a filler player in the D'Angelo Russell trade last December, perhaps the writing was on the wall. The Lakers let Milton go on Sunday,

New Los Angeles Lakers guard Marcus Smart is relieved he no longer has to guard Luka Doncic, who he had some battles with over the years.