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A look at the Lakers entering the offseason:
Stats:33.5 ppg, 8.3 apg, 7.7 rpg
Contract status:2026-27: $49.5 million; 2027-28: $53.5M; 2028-29: Player option for $57.4M.
Skinny:Doncic reestablished himselfas one of the league’s best players during the regular season before missing the playoffs due to a left hamstring strain. He won the scoring title for the second time in his career, becoming the first Laker since Kobe Bryant (2006-07) to accomplish the feat, and earned All-NBA first-team honors for the sixth time in his eight-season career.
Stats:20.9 ppg, 7.2 apg, 6.1 rpg
Contract status:Unrestricted free agent
Skinny:James continued to redefinewhat the latter stages of a player’s career can look like, earning an All-Star selection for a record-extending 22nd season. He navigated multiple changes within the team’s offensive hierarchy — from the co-second option to second option to third option — before closing the season in a primary role after the regular-season-ending injuries to Doncic and Austin Reaves. James was the Lakers’ best player during the first-round playoff series victory over the Rockets.
Stats:23.3 ppg, 5.5 apg, 4.7 rpg
Contract status:2026-27: Player option for $14.9M.
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