Rob Pelinka clarifies that the Los Angeles Lakers will be aggressive in their approach in both free agency and trade markets.
Los Angeles Lakers are entering this offseason with a lot of questions for their next season.
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Whilst the biggest of them all is extension of Luka Doncic which could be made in August, Lakers need to make the rest of the roster competent enough before Doncic is extension eligible.
Rob Pelinka confirmed during Day 2 of the 2025 NBA Draft that Lakers will be aggressive with all means necessary to bolster their squad.
"Coming off the draft, we’ll be digging deep in meetings upstairs just prepping for free agency," Pelinka started.
"As I said at the end of the year, we know one of the things we have to address is the center position and that’s clearly gonna be one of our focuses as we begin the free agency period."
"And that’s right around the corner, so we’re just looking forward to putting in the hard work and making sure we take care of all the needs on the roster to give JJ [Redick] the tools he needs for this team to be great next season.”
Pelinka also talked about trade market, noting that Lakers will be "super active".
"Super active. We’re gonna turn over every stone and whatever resources the collective bargaining agreement gives us, we’re gonna use to the utmost. That’s what we gotta do," he said.
"We have a couple players with player options, so we’ll get those decisions in just a handful of days and at that point we’ll know the tools that we have to go out into free agency and fill out the roster."
"But with the draft ending tonight, the work for that has already begun, but the draft focus will now shift to free agency and we won’t rest until we get it right," Pelinka concluded.
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