Lakers Signing Two New Free Agents to Bolster Depth originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Los Angeles Lakers are bringing in two new pieces to flesh out their roster ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season.

The New York Knicks have a couple of different directions they can go in to add to their team this offseason. There are veterans across the board that are notab

Rising to third all-time on the scoring list, Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Lakers out of Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania in 1997. He quickly became a star, dueling with Michael Jordan in his first All-Star Game in 1998 and teaming with Shaquille O’Neal to bring Los Angeles a three-peat (2000, 2001, 2002).

It's probably weird for Smart too, who over time became the heart and soul of the Boston Celtics after they drafted him in 2014. Hating the Lakers was a prerequisite for the role, and Smart didn't shy away from Boston's rivalries. That's likely why he expects Boston to boo him when he returns as a Laker. It's probably what he would do.

The Los Angeles Lakers are fully focused on Luka Doncic as the future of their franchise. LeBron James is still on the roster, but over the last couple of weeks it has become clear that the team has moved on from focusing on him to Doncic.

Garrett was a 6-foot-7, 190-pound forward who came to Los Angeles in 1983 as a free agent after spending three previous seasons with the Houston Rockets. He played four years of college basketball — two with Austin Peay State University in Tennessee and two with Oral Roberts University — and averaged 17.0 points and 6.7 rebounds a game.

The Phoenix Suns have been chasing a familiar path of late, looking to add a veteran point guard to bolster the position. Shams Charania recently broke the news of Marcus Smart signing with the Los Angeles Lakers.