The Los Angeles Lakers are just a few weeks out from kicking off their 2025-26 NBA season with a home game against the Golden State Warriors. The love of the process is even higher… That’s what continues to push me to play this game,” said James. Article Continues BelowComing into this offseason, it was clear that the Los Angeles Lakers had several points of weakness to address that were thoroughly exposed in their unceremonious playoff loss vs the Minnesota Timberwolves. Los Angeles attempted to shore up those areas by signing Marcus Smart and Deandre Ayton on the buyout market. It remains to be seen whether or not those signings will make a difference this year for a Los Angeles team that is entering the first full year of the Luka Doncic era.