The Los Angeles Lakers are believed by Chad Ford to have Emmanuel Mudiay ahead of Jahlil Okafor on their board.

There could be some overlap with Julius Randle and Okafor, though they have Okafor ahead of D'Angelo Russell and Justise Winslow.

If the Lakers win the lottery, they are expected by Ford to pick Karl-Anthony Towns.

The Los Angeles Lakers remain interested in signing Rajon Rondo this offseason, but sources say Jim Buss is not the believer in his game he was earlier in the season.

Mitch Kupchak also believes Rondo is only a value at a certain price.

The Lakers hope to sign a foundational piece in free agency and they're not convinced Rondo is that type of player.

The Lakers are expected to have approximately $22 million in cap space.

Throughout the season, the Boston Celtics closed the gap on the Los Angeles Lakers as a possible destination for Kevin Love if he left the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to sources.

The Celtics were waiting for July, and the chance to let coach Brad Stevens lay out Love's expanded role in his system. General manager Danny Ainge wanted a chance to sell Love on a vision for surrounding him with complementary talent, on maximizing his popularity as New England's next star.

Love could miss time in the Cavaliers' second round series.

LaMarcus Aldridge is expected to be pursued by the San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers when he becomes a free agent in July.

The Spurs and Mavericks reportedly believe they have a shot to sign Aldridge.

Aldridge is a four-time All-Star having played his entire career with the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Blazers can offer Aldridge more money and an extra guaranteed season.

Rajon Rondo had planned on signing with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent in the summer when it became clear that he no longer had a future with the Boston Celtics, according to sources.

Rondo expected a maximum contract to be signed.

When the Dallas Mavericks traded for Rondo, he was open to re-signing with the franchise. Rondo reportedly hasn't given up on that possibility despite the issues that have arisen, but sources say he won't return if Rick Carlisle is retained as head coach.

With how poorly Rondo has played since going to the Mavericks and since his ACL injury, a maximum contract is almost uncertain to be offered to him. 

Ed Davis will opt out of his contract for the 15-16 season with the Los Angeles Lakers to test free agency.

"I'm going to test free agency," Davis told The Times in a telephone interview. "Hopefully I'm back with the Lakers, as long as everything is equal with all the other teams."

The Lakers signed Davis last summer to a two-year, $2.1-million minimum contract. 

Davis had a productive season for the Lakers.

"This is where I want to call home," said Davis.  "The city, the coaching staff, the owners, the [general manager], everything like that -- I'm definitely comfortable."

"I look at Coach [Byron] Scott.  He's always been a straight shooter with me since day one.  If he says something, he means it. I think [General Manager] Mitch Kupchak is the same way.  They don't just tell guys things they want to hear, but tell the truth and you know exactly how they feel."

The Los Angeles Lakers will spend money available to them this summer and hope to land a superstar talent such as Kevin Love.

"Two years from now, it looks like almost every team in the league is going to have cap room," Mitch Kupchak said Thursday. "We do have a lot of cap room this summer. You can look at that as a strategic advantage, yeah."

The Lakers could have consecutive summers of spending maximum salary money.

"We have the ability to recruit and sign at least one max player this summer," Kupchak said.

The Indiana Pacers won a tiebreaker with the Utah Jazz to get the No. 11 seed in the lottery. The Jazz will get the No. 12 pick if they don't move up in the draft.

In other tiebreakers, the Dallas Mavericks will drafted 21st ahead of the Chicago Bulls at 22nd.

The Memphis Grizzlies will pick 25th ahead of the San Antonio Spurs at 26.

The Los Angeles Lakers will pick 27th with the Houston Rockets' pick acquired in the Jeremy Lin trade, while the Boston Celtics will select 28th with the pick from the Los Angeles Clippers in the Doc Rivers' deal.

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard Vander Blue for the remainder of the season.

Blue joins the Lakers from the team’s NBA Development League affiliate, the Los Angeles D-Fenders, where he finished second in the D-League in scoring at 23.3 points per game on 47.3% shooting (41.6% from beyond-the-arc), in addition to 5.4 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in 49 appearances (47 starts). The 22-year-old was selected as an NBADL All-Star this season, and held the distinction of being the only player to average at least 20 points, five rebounds, and five assists in 2014-15. 

Dwight Buycks has a fractured right third metacarpal in his right hand and is out for the season, the Los Angeles Lakers announced.

Buycks averaged 8.7, points, 2.3 assists and 2 rebounds in six games with the Lakers this season, shooting 63.6 percent from three-point range.