Lakers Notes: Redick, Starters, Luka, Slovenia, Trade Targets

By Rory Maher | at September 25, 2026 7:25 pm Lakers head coach JJ Redick is bullish about the team’s offseason moves, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “I think with this group, probably the first time in my three years here that I feel like the pieces actually fit together,” Redick said. During the same press conference on Thursday, president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka was asked whether he thought the Lakers — as currently constructed — are championship contenders. According to Melissa Rohlin of The California Post, Pelinka suggested Los Angeles was still behind the Thunder and Spurs in…