2026 Los Angeles Lakers Media Day Live Updates, Top Quotes and Reactions

A few days ago, Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick spoke to the media about the upcoming campaign, and the topic of the starting lineup came up.

Dončić, Reaves and Kessler are obvious calls for three of those spots, but it sounds like Redick has some work to do to determine who the starting forwards will be.

Thursday, he quipped about the likelihood that those fourth and fifth starters will, well, look like the three in stone.

Now, "the other two spots will not be two white guys" was obviously said, at least in part, in jest. But if we take the other part seriously, it bodes well for Quentin Grimes and maybe even Collin Sexton for a smaller lineup.