What Does the Lakers Perfect Offseason Look Like? | Chris Mannix & Jovan Buha

What Does the Lakers Perfect Offseason Look Like? | Chris Mannix & Jovan Buha

May 17, 2026



What Does the Lakers Perfect Offseason Look Like? | Chris Mannix & Jovan Buha

Chris Mannix & Jovan Buha break down whether LeBron James will be back with the Lakers next season and for how much money, what value Austin Reaves holds with the team, and if pairing the oft-injured Luka Dončić with Giannis Antetokounmpo is a good idea.

Check out Buha’s Block here: https://tinyurl.com/54b89hcu

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  2. Make NSJr 2way player or cut him
    Trade DA to Was for 2nd rd pick if he picks up option
    Trade Knecht and the second rd pick to Orl for worse end of 2 rd pick swap just to get him off books. Orl could use offense.
    Trade vando and 2 First (26,30) to Por for camara
    Trade first(31) and orl 2nd rd swap for Christie
    Trade cap space for Myles turner, they probably want to clear his contract since rebuilding.

    Sign AR 5yr(team op) 175m (21m cap hold)
    Sign bron to 2yr(plyr op) 28m or 1yr 14m
    Sign smart to 2yr (plyr op) 20m
    Sign rui to 4yr (team op) 64m
    Sign hayes 3yr 21m (4.5m cap hold)
    Sign Keon Ellis to 3yr 18m
    Sign kleber to 1 yr vet min 3.28m (2.3against cap)
    Sign Kennard to mle room exception of 9.37m

    Doncic 49,500,000m
    Camara 18,080,358
    Laravia 6,000,000
    Bronny 2,296,271
    Adou 2,150,917
    Bron 14,000,000
    Smart 10,000,000
    Rui 15,000,000
    Keon 6,000,000
    Christie 8,285,714
    Turner 26,584,164
    Kleber vet min 3,287,409 [2,300,000 against cap]
    Kennard mle room exception 9,369,000

    AR 35,000,000 [21m cap hold]
    Hayes 7,000,000 [4.5m cap hold]

    195,566,424 over the cap including cap holds, vet min and mle room exceptions, which is still under first apron 195.945 m

  3. What? Lebron's lackey Rich Paul came out and said that Lebron understood that the Lakers had moved on from Lebron, so the fact that Lebron was mad that a gameball was NOT given to him is just childish. No wonder why Lakers fans hate him. His argument that the fans hate him because this was always Kobe's team. Well. The Lakers fan don't hate Luka. Take your nepotism son with you on the way out. Don't let the door hit you.

  9. These lakers guys are Dickriders and this guy is number 1 Luka a top 3 player so he is Better than SGA wemby Jokers Giannis? Hey Ant and Cade both play Defense.

    And on the LeBron Delusional thinking He is not a #1 option on a team anymore period Dude Barely play 50 games a session

  10. FIRST OF ALL LEBRON WAS GIVEN 3RD OPTION TREATMENT BECAUSE WE WERE LOSING WITH HIM AS THE 1ST AND AND 2ND OPTION. ITS JUST THAT SIMPLE. HE STARTED PLAYING MORE CONSISTENT WHEN HIS EGO GOT HIT. WERE OVER THE LEBRON SHOW HERE IN LA… TIME FOR HM TO MOVE ON. WHO NAMED JOVAN SOMEONE TO ASK ABOUT MY TEAM. AR IS NOT WORTH A MAX, HOW DARE YOU EVEN SPEAK THOSE WORDS. HE'S UNPROVEN, INCONSISTENT OFFENSIVELY AND A LIABILITY DEFENSELY. A BLIND MAN KNOWS THIS … JOVAN BUHA PLEASE KEEP MY LAKERS OUT YOUR MOUTH …. AR PULLED THE SAME NON PERFORMANCE LAST POST SEASON. LUKA AND AR NEED TO KEEP THE ROMANCE OFF OFF THE TEAM. LUKA WE DEMAND AR TO STAY YOU LEAVE WITH HIM …… WE GOT LEBRON HIRING HIS SON AND LUKA TRYING TO KEEP HIS UNDER QUALIFIED ROMANCE ON THE TEAM. JERRY BUSS IS IN DISGUST IM SURE…

  11. Mannix is talking just like a guy who hasn’t looked at the Lakers cap situation or he’s saying Lakers should prioritize paying LeBron and forget everyone else. And by saying that he’s assuming that LeBron will be ok with an even more top heavy team than last year. Disappointed in his simplistic take.

  12. Not gonna lie, going through this with lebron every year is annoying. It must be about the money and not championships because if him & AR both get paid you won’t be able to get nobody

  13. Jalen Brunson makes 39M/yr
    Tyrese Maxey makes 40.2M yr
    The next step is Cade Cunningham and Tyrese Haliburton are in the 45M range but Jovan is pretending Reaves is that level of player

    There's no universe where Austin freakin Reaves is a 40M/yr player
    And this whole, "Chicago and Brooklyn can offer him the max"…Of course they can but they'd be the laughingstock of the league.
    Lakers media and homer fans pretend he's a superstar and campaigning for him to get 40M year….JOKE

  14. Yall so salty LeBron has carried this bum lakers franchise for so many years 😭😂 praying he doesn’t resign with this dumpster fire

  15. I've always loved Lebron's game and he brought us a championship, but it's time to move on. We need to build some depth and strengthen our D. If they keep Lebron I would go no more than $20M which gives us some flexibility. I would definitely not offer AR max as it would hurt his future trade value. Start around $30M which gives us even more flexibility. Could we lose him at that value to Brooklyn and Chicago possibly yes, but I think he wants to stay in LA to compete for the prize. Just wish we had a better FA class this year.

  21. I personally want LeBron James to go play for the Los Angeles Clippers.The reason being if the Lakers don't want to accept him, Go play with Leonard, take Austin Reeves, Jackson Hayes and Marcus Smart with you and with the team they have over there with coach lou already, it would be successful for 2 years. Help the Clippers win their first chip, then retire.

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