Roll Call: Your newest Lakers 🔥
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 | | Los Angeles Lakers Sign Guard Marcus Smart | An 11-year NBA veteran, Smart is a three-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection (2019, 2020, 2022) and was named the 2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year. He became the first guard to win the award since Gary Payton in 1996.
“Adding a player like Marcus Smart to our roster allows us to compete at the highest level,” Lakers President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Rob Pelinka said. “Marcus epitomizes what it means to prioritize winning above all else – whether that’s making huge plays on the defensive end or hitting critical shots in key moments of the most intense games. He knows and understands playoff winning and will be a key leadership voice in our group. Surrounding our stars with two-way players like Marcus is critical to our overall vision of how we want to play and win next season. This is an exciting player acquisition, for sure.” | | | | | |
| Lakers Re-Sign Center Christian Koloko to Two-Way Contract | | Koloko (7’0”, 230) returns to the Lakers as a two-way player after appearing in 37 games in 2024-25, averaging 2.4 points and 2.5 rebounds in 9.2 minutes. In 95 career NBA games (19 starts) across two seasons with the Lakers and Toronto Raptors (2022-23), the 25-year-old has averaged 2.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in 12.0 minutes. | | | | | | | | |
| Lakers Sign Guard Chris Mañon to Two-Way Contract | Mañon (6’5”, 215) appeared in 33 games (26 starts) during the 2024-25 season for Vanderbilt University, averaging 6.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.7 steals in 18.2 minutes. His 54 steals on the season ranked 10th all-time in program history for most takeaways in a single campaign. Prior to suiting up for the Commodores, the 23-year-old played three seasons at Cornell University (2021-24).
The New Jersey native most recently competed for the Golden State Warriors’ 2025 Summer League team, appearing in both the California Classic and NBA 2K26 Summer League.
Mañon will wear jersey No. 30 for the Purple and Gold. | | | | | | | | |
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