Lakers veteran center Alex Len was thought to be on his way to signing with the Pacers after being waived by the Wizards, but he changed his mind.

Following the rescinding of their trade for Charlotte Hornets center Mark Williams, the Los Angeles Lakers still had a big need at center with Jaxson Hayes being the only true big on a standard contract.

Two days after falling in Luka Doncic’s Los Angeles debut, Utah got its revenge back home at the Delta Center.

What a difference 48 hours make. On Monday, the L.A. Lakers blew away the Utah Jazz in Luka Doncic’ Laker debut. But Wednesday in Salt Lake City, it was all Jazz. Lauri Markkanen scored 32 points and had a season-high three steals to lead the Jazz to a 131-119 victory,

The Lakers were hoping to win their seventh game in a row on Wednesday, but they instead fell to an inspired Jazz team.

Wednesday, in the Lakers’ final game before the All-Star break, they looked slow. They looked unfocused. And most notably they looked pretty terrible. In some ways this was all predictable, the Lakers playing lifelessly with an eye on the upcoming week off after an emotionally and physically draining first 52 games of the season.

The collected media, Lakers bigwigs and others waiting for L.A.'s newest superstar chatted, speculated and whispered. "Is LeBron here?" Some wondered if he

Luka Doncic has played two games for the Los Angeles Lakers after the blockbuster trade with the Dallas Mavericks. While he's only spent a short amount of time with the franchise, Doncic made it clear he is a big fan of the team's head coach (JJ Redick) when he met with the media (after Wednesday's 131-119 loss to the Utah Jazz).