Projecting the Lakers Offseason: What Kind of Risks are Good Risks?

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers · Jun 10, 2026 · 28m

The Lakers have a lot of work to do this offseason, and as today's guest Raj Chipalu of Lakers Today notes, they're going to need to compress what normally is a few cycles of team improvement windows (trade deadlines, summertime) into a shorter amount of time if they want to catch up quickly to the leaders atop the West.

So what does that look like in practice?

We continue our offseason makeover conversation with Raj trying to figure out where help will come from. At the center position, is it worth taking a big swing for Walker Kessler? Would a less sexy acquisition like Daniel Gafford be a…