Lakers Make Strategic Free-Agent Moves to Strengthen Roster

The Los Angeles Lakers have made sensible free-agent decisions in NBA free agency, focusing on retaining their core players and making marginal upgrades to their roster. They successfully retained Austin Reaves, their top priority, by scaring off other teams with a four-year contract worth approximately $56 million. They also re-signed D'Angelo Russell at a fair price and added Jaxson Hayes as a backup center. The Lakers' offseason moves have solidified their roster and positioned them as one of the early winners of free agency.