Lakers-Jazz Trade Report Surfaces Days Before NBA Draft originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Los Angeles Lakers are in win-now mode. To be perfectly honest, they usually are year in and year out. With LeBron James and Luka Doncic on the team, there's much more pressure for the Lakers to build a contender around them.

There are a couple of obvious needs for the Los Angeles Lakers to address during the upcoming NBA offseason. Rob Pelinka will need to get aggressive to build a championship contender around Luka Doncic and LeBron James,

For the first time since 1979, the Los Angeles Lakers will no longer be owned by the Buss family. And according to reports, the team's new ownership wants to make some big moves. The storied NBA franchise sold on Wednesday for $10 billion to TWG Global CEO Mark Walter — who also has ownership