Heat Eyeing Warriors’ NBA Champion Defensive Guard After Marcus Smart-Lakers News originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Miami Heat have continued to strike out on key free agents throughout the 2025 NBA offseason.

LeBron James has been in the NBA for 22 seasons. The 40-year-old still remains one of the elite players in the league. This past season (for the Los Angeles La

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher was announced as one of the new analysts for the NBA on NBC broadcast.

The Lakers waived Milton on July 20, right before his $3 million contract became guaranteed for the upcoming season. L.A. has used the space created by cutting Milton and Jordan Goodwin to sign Marcus Smart. Goodwin was claimed off waivers by the Suns. Milton has averaged 8.1 points per game in his NBA career.

The Lakers are widely predicted to sign Gary Payton II, a former NBA champion and defensive ace in his own right.

Rising to third all-time on the scoring list, Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Lakers out of Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania in 1997. He quickly became a star, dueling with Michael Jordan in his first All-Star Game in 1998 and teaming with Shaquille O’Neal to bring Los Angeles a three-peat (2000, 2001, 2002).

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/nba/fastbreak as NBA Fans React To Lakers Releasing 7-Year NBA Player . Shake Milton was recently waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.