What is the Lakers starting lineup?

Luka Dončić (PG), Austin Reaves (SG), Quentin Grimes (SG), Matisse Thybulle (SF) and Adou Thiero (SF): the five who started the most of their last 4 preseason games (Oct 5 to Oct 13).

Who is the Lakers starting point guard?

Luka Dončić, 2 starts in 4 games at 20.5 minutes per game.

Who is the Lakers sixth man?

Jake LaRavia, the most minutes off the bench at 23.3 per game (2 starts).

Who is injured on the Lakers?

Luka Dončić (day-to-day, rest), Adou Thiero (day-to-day, undisclosed), Cameron Carr (day-to-day, undisclosed, bruise), Ziaire Williams (day-to-day, foot, bruise) and Collin Sexton (day-to-day, lower leg), on today's injury report.

Why does this Lakers depth chart differ from others?

Listed depth charts are a statement of intent and they lag. This one is ordered by the starts and minutes each player actually got in their last 4 preseason games (Oct 5 to Oct 13), and it moves the morning after every game.

Los Angeles Lakers depth chart 2026-27

The Lakers starting five from their last 4 preseason games (Oct 5 to Oct 13): Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves, Quentin Grimes, Matisse Thybulle and Adou Thiero. First off the bench: Jake LaRavia and Sandro Mamukelashvili.

Ordered by starts and minutes in their last 4 preseason games (Oct 5 to Oct 13). These are preseason games: the chart switches to regular season games after the team's first one on opening night. The trend column is each game's minutes, oldest first.

Lakers starting lineup

Player	Starts	Min per game	Last games	Last season	Links
Luka Dončić PGDAY-TO-DAY Is he playing?	2 of 4	20.5	16 . 25 .	35.8	Is he playing?vs Donovan Mitchell
Austin Reaves SG Is he playing?	2 of 4	25.0	. . 25 25	34.5	Is he playing?vs Amen Thompson
Quentin Grimes SG Is he playing?	4 of 4	24.3	19 23 29 26	29.4	Is he playing?vs Collin Sexton
Matisse Thybulle SF Is he playing?	2 of 4	20.0	18 . 21 21	16.0	Is he playing?vs Bilal Coulibaly
Adou Thiero SFDAY-TO-DAY Is he playing?	2 of 4	18.3	17 17 21 .	6.0	Is he playing?

Lakers rotation off the bench

12 or more minutes per game in the window, most first.

Player	Starts	Min per game	Last games	Last season	Links
Jake LaRavia SF Is he playing?	2 of 4	23.3	21 22 24 26	25.1	Is he playing?vs Day'Ron Sharpe
Sandro Mamukelashvili C Is he playing?	1 of 4	19.8	19 18 21 21	21.9	Is he playing?vs Al Horford
Bronny James SG Is he playing?	1 of 4	17.5	16 21 22 11down 9	8.9	Is he playing?
Cameron Carr PGDAY-TO-DAY	0 of 4	17.5	23 12 . .	-
Kevon Looney C Is he playing?	2 of 4	15.3	18 13 17 13	14.7	Is he playing?
Jaden Hardy SG Is he playing?	0 of 4	14.3	14 19 9 15	15.8	Is he playing?
Chris Mañon SFtwo-way	0 of 4	14.0	12 22 6 16	-
Dalton Knecht SG Is he playing?	0 of 4	13.3	12 22 . 6down 11	10.2	Is he playing?

Deep bench

Played in the window, under 12 minutes per game.

Player	Starts	Min per game	Last games	Last season	Links
Ziaire Williams SFDAY-TO-DAY Is he playing?	1 of 4	21.0	21 . . .	22.9	Is he playing?vs Brook Lopez
Arthur Kaluma PFtwo-way	0 of 4	17.0	. . . 17	-
Walker Kessler C	1 of 4	16.0	. . . 16	-
Jarred Vanderbilt PF Is he playing?	0 of 4	10.3	11 16 9 5down 7	17.4	Is he playing?
Rafael Castro C	0 of 4	10.0	. . . 10	-
AK Okereke PFtwo-way	0 of 4	8.7	. 13 5 8	-
Cole Swider C	0 of 4	6.7	. 12 4 4	-

On the roster, no minutes in the preseason window

Injured, resting or outside the rotation, with last season's minutes per game for scale.

Player	Status	Last season	Links
Collin Sexton SGDAY-TO-DAY Is he playing?	Day-To-Day, lower leg, back around Oct 16	23.7	Is he playing?vs Quentin Grimes

How this depth chart is ordered

Each chart reads the team's last 5 games of the newest kind it has played: preseason games until its first regular season game, then regular season games only. The starting five are the players who started the largest share of the games they played, the newest games counting most and minutes breaking a tie, listed point guard to center.

Everyone else is ordered by minutes per game played in the window. 12 or more minutes per game in at least half the team's games is the rotation; the rest is the bench. The last games column shows each game's minutes, with a dot for a game he did not play.

Designations come from the day's NBA injury report. Players who logged no minutes in the window are listed apart with last season's minutes per game, so an injured starter never drops off his team's chart.

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Common questions

What is the Lakers starting lineup?
Luka Dončić (PG), Austin Reaves (SG), Quentin Grimes (SG), Matisse Thybulle (SF) and Adou Thiero (SF): the five who started the most of their last 4 preseason games (Oct 5 to Oct 13).
Who is the Lakers starting point guard?
Luka Dončić, 2 starts in 4 games at 20.5 minutes per game.
Who is the Lakers sixth man?
Jake LaRavia, the most minutes off the bench at 23.3 per game (2 starts).
Who is injured on the Lakers?
Luka Dončić (day-to-day, rest), Adou Thiero (day-to-day, undisclosed), Cameron Carr (day-to-day, undisclosed, bruise), Ziaire Williams (day-to-day, foot, bruise) and Collin Sexton (day-to-day, lower leg), on today's injury report.
Why does this Lakers depth chart differ from others?
Listed depth charts are a statement of intent and they lag. This one is ordered by the starts and minutes each player actually got in their last 4 preseason games (Oct 5 to Oct 13), and it moves the morning after every game.

By the Parlae deskDepth chart updated Oct 14, 2026 at 10:57 PM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number