{"id":503707,"date":"2026-07-01T19:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=503707"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:02:32","slug":"lakers-to-add-quentin-grimes-collin-sexton-and-sandro-mamukelashvili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/lakers-to-add-quentin-grimes-collin-sexton-and-sandro-mamukelashvili\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers to Add Quentin Grimes, Collin Sexton and Sandro Mamukelashvili"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers have been extremely active during the opening hours of NBA free agency, reaching agreements with three players while also finalizing a trade that is expected to bring center Walker Kessler to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers are set to add guards Quentin Grimes and Collin Sexton, along with forward Sandro Mamukelashvili.<\/p>\n<p>Grimes has reportedly agreed to a four-year, $60 million contract that includes a player option for the final season.<\/p>\n<p>Sexton is expected to sign a two-year deal worth approximately $19 million, also featuring a player option, likely using the room exception. Mamukelashvili has reportedly agreed to a four-year, $52 million contract with a player option in the final year.<\/p>\n<p>Following these moves, the Lakers are projected to sit roughly $14 million below the first apron.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE<\/p>\n<p>Lakers and Jazz agreed to a sign-and-trade deal: Walker Kessler to Los Angeles for unprotected first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 from L.A., plus first-round pick swaps in 2028 and 2030. The big man will sign a four-year, $130 million deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kessler&#39;s $130M deal includes a player option in the fourth season, plus a full trade kicker, sources tell ESPN. The Lakers land their signature center for star guards Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves by moving two firsts and two swaps to the Jazz. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7kd6UhvHK9\">https:\/\/t.co\/7kd6UhvHK9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2072343002882695592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers are projected to sit roughly $14 million below the first apron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":503706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-503707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Sandro-Mamukelashvili-photo-fiba.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503707"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=503707"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=503707"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=503707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}