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Tim Reynolds: Tim Hardaway Jr. (personal) is not traveling with Heat to LA today. He is still expected to be with the team for Heat-Lakers tomorrow.
When he first arrived in Los Angeles, his head was spinning. “For me, it’s hard to speak when I come to a new team, new people,” Dončić told The Post. “It’s kind of hard for me to speak. I had some people I knew from before, so I kind of hung out with them. But after that, in [next season’s] training camp, [Austin and I] got really close. That’s when it probably started.”
Lucas Kaplan: So here's the news. I have accepted a position with the Los Angeles Sparks' front office. I am excited beyond adequate words, really. I had to say a proper goodbye to my public work, and specifically to NetsDaily, though trust that I could not say it all: www.netsdaily.com/site-news/11...
After missing the first two weeks of training camp and the entire preseason, Porzingis drove up from Los Angeles to San Francisco last Tuesday, league sources said, to meet with Dunleavy and Rick Celebrini, the franchise's lead medical decision-maker. In the aftermath, the team announced that they would keep the details of the meeting private, but expressed an expectation that Porzingis would remain around the team as he tried to improve his health and eventually resume his career. But that hasn't been the case. Porzingis hasn't returned to the facility, league sources said, beginning another indefinite leave of absence where he is mostly maintaining contact with only Dunleavy and Celebrini. The Warriors listed him as out for the season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night and the reasoning as "not with team" instead of an illness.
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Anthony Slater: Brandin Podziemski is out for the Warriors tomorrow night in Los Angeles. Lower back soreness. He played all 82 games last season but will miss the opener this season against the Lakers. Steph Curry is probable.
Nuggets guard Julian Strawther was helped off the court with a left leg injury during Denver’s preseason game Wednesday in Los Angeles. Strawther’s leg got caught under his body and bent awkwardly as he landed on it during the third quarter. He stayed down, grimacing in pain, as Nuggets trainers tended to him. After being helped up, he didn’t appear to be putting any pressure on the injured leg as he left the court. The Nuggets ruled him out a few minutes later, though without any specific injury designation. He’ll undergo an MRI on Thursday, coach David Adelman told reporters in Los Angeles after a 122-110 loss.
Jake Fischer: Another Clippers move, per source: LA is waiving two-way center Jamarion Sharp.
Edwin Garcia: Lisa Leslie statue unveiling. She is the first Sparks player to have a statue outside Star Plaza.
Lisa Leslie statue unveiling. She is the first Sparks player to have a statue outside Star Plaza.
— Edwin Garcia (@ecreates88.bsky.social) 2026-09-20T21:07:58.763Z
Jonathan Kuminga decided to sign with the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Lakers after months of speculation and rumors. Do you believe that there's now a legitimate opportunity for you to be a starter for Los Angeles right out of the gate? Ziaire Williams: “Yeah, I do, and I mean that's the GM's job, right to put the best pieces together to try to win a championship. I don't think it's altered whether or not Kuminga was here. I wish him the best of luck in Minnesota, but as a team, we’re focused on the guys we have and making a deep playoff run and winning an NBA championship and I think we have the tools to do so.”
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But those close to the situation remain confident that the deal to bring Leonard to Toronto (and send Brandon Ingram and Gradey Dick to Los Angeles) will go through sooner rather than later. Procedurally, the Clippers still need to appoint a team governor and top basketball executive to sign off on things, so that's considered to be the main reason the deal — first agreed to back on June 30 — remains in limbo.
The basic "homework" task was to completely repair all injuries, and then complete physical training. Anže Maček , now Luka's long-time personal trainer, who also supports him in the USA, first in Dallas and then in Los Angeles, had the main say again. The first star of the LA Lakers has not been so physically prepared for a long time. His weight is also within the desired range, unofficially even at 105 kilograms. But the real test of the solidity of the laid foundations will be the coming weeks and months. Dončić, who has now increasingly turned over the direction of his life to his agent Lara Beth , is expected to remain in Europe until September 20. He will then move to Los Angeles. The LA Lakers will officially start preparations for the 2026/27 season on September 29, with a traditional media day organized the day before.
The offseason has been a near overhaul for the Lakers’ roster, and former NBA player Matt Barnes is having fun analyzing it. In a video with TMZ Sports, Barnes called out the team’s roster and said it’s the “whitest Laker team since the Minneapolis Lakers.”