Los Angeles Lakers ☆

Availability

No game for this team in the published slate yet; the timeline below shows the latest reports with their dates.

• Oct 17 '26Roster

  Rafael Castro left the roster (not on the 2026-10-18 roster)

  roster snapshots
• Oct 17 '26Roster

  William Kyle III left the roster (not on the 2026-10-18 roster)

  roster snapshots
• Oct 17 '26Roster

  Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones left the roster (not on the 2026-10-18 roster)

  roster snapshots
• Oct 16 '26Availability

  Jarred Vanderbilt Day-to-day uncertain

  Vanderbilt (undisclosed) isn't expected to play in Friday's preseason game against the Nuggets, Thuc Nhi Nguyen of the Los Angeles Times reports.

  ESPN
• Oct 16 '26Lineup

  starting lineup change vs DEN (preseason): in Luka Doncic, Ziaire Williams; out Quentin Grimes, Jake LaRavia

  box score
• Oct 16 '26Availability

  Cameron Carr Day-to-day uncertain

  Carr (undisclosed) has been ruled out for Friday's preseason game against Denver, Benjamin Royer of The Orange County Register reports.

  ESPN
• Oct 16 '26Availability

  Collin Sexton Day-to-day (was out) uncertain

  Sexton (lower leg) has been ruled out for Friday's preseason game against the Nuggets, Law Murray of The Athletic reports.

  ESPN
• Oct 16 '26Availability

  Adou Thiero Day-to-day uncertain

  Thiero (undisclosed) is out for Friday's preseason finale versus the Nuggets, Benjamin Royer of The Orange County Register reports.

  ESPN
• Oct 16 '26Availability

  Collin Sexton Out

  Collin Sexton (lower right leg) is out, JJ Redick says that he "continues to trend in the right direction"

  @LawMurrayTheNU
• Oct 16 '26Roster

  Collin Sexton new this season (last season: CHI)

  first seen in our roster data on this date
• Oct 16 '26Roster

  Ziaire Williams new this season (last season: BKN)

  first seen in our roster data on this date
• Oct 16 '26Roster

  Cole Swider left the roster (not on the 2026-10-18 roster)

  roster snapshots
• Oct 15 '26Availability

  Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones Out

  The Los Angeles Lakers swapped Jahmir Young out for former UC San Diego forward Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones Shout out to anyone who had two 2025 Tritons get in the league

  @LawMurrayTheNU
• Oct 14 '26Availability

  Dalton Knecht Available

  Dalton Knecht is the last available standard contract Laker to enter tonight's game

  @LawMurrayTheNU
• Oct 13 '26Roster

  Quentin Grimes new this season (last season: PHI)

  first seen in our roster data on this date
• Oct 13 '26Roster

  Jaden Hardy new this season (last season: WAS)

  first seen in our roster data on this date
• Oct 13 '26Roster

  Walker Kessler new this season (last season: UTA)

  first seen in our roster data on this date
• Oct 13 '26Roster

  Kevon Looney new this season (last season: NOP)

  first seen in our roster data on this date
• Oct 13 '26Roster

  Sandro Mamukelashvili new this season (last season: TOR)

  first seen in our roster data on this date
• Oct 13 '26Roster

  Matisse Thybulle new this season (last season: POR)

  first seen in our roster data on this date

Built from rosters, box scores and attributed reports. The same news from several sources is one event. Uncertain statuses stay uncertain until a later report.

Open questions

• Collin Sexton: day-to-day with no later update since 47 h ago
• Adou Thiero: day-to-day with no later update since 47 h ago
• Cameron Carr: day-to-day with no later update since 47 h ago
• Jarred Vanderbilt: day-to-day with no later update since 45 h ago

Next games

• Wed, Oct 21 vs GSW 10:00 PM ET
• Fri, Oct 23 vs LAC 10:00 PM ET
• Sun, Oct 25 @ UTA 5:00 PM ET
• Tue, Oct 27 vs POR 11:00 PM ET
• Wed, Oct 28 @ LAC 10:30 PM ET