ESPN's Kevin Pelton appeared on the Friday, May 2 edition of the "Brian Windhorst & the Hoop Collective" podcast and mentioned Claxton as one of the Lakers' high-end options given his contract, which is four years for $97 million total and runs through the 2027-28 campaign.

The first NBA playoff trip taken by the Los Angeles Lakers' new superstar tandem of LeBron James and Luka Dončić was a dud. It's not that their first-round loss to the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves was super surprising—Minnesota had a much better net rating this season—it's that the series loss exposed some of the bigger issues with the rest of the roster.

LeBron James says he is unsure if he will continue his NBA career next season after the Los Angeles Lakers were knocked out of the first round of the play-offs by the Minnesota Timberwolves. The 40-year-old,