The Lakers made a few small roster moves on Thursday

There is one more preseason game left for the Los Angeles Lakers , and it will take place on Friday at Crypto.com Arena against the Denver Nuggets . After that, they will have four full days off before they begin their regular-season schedule next Wednesday, Oct. 21, at home versus the Golden State Warriors.

In advance of their matchup against Nikola Jokic and crew, the Lakers made two small roster moves on Thursday. They reportedly waived forward Cole Swider, a 3-point specialist they had recently brought in on an Exhibit 10 contract. Swider had been with the Lakers in the past, both on their active roster and with their G League affiliate.

In three preseason games this month, he had a total of 11 points on 3-of-10 shooting, two rebounds and three assists.

Los Angeles also signed guard Jahmir Young, and subsequently waived him, per Dan Woike of The Athletic . The team also brought in forward Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones to an Exhibit 10 contract, per Olgun Uluc of ESPN . Tait-Jones is from New Zealand and averaged 15.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists a game for Valmiera Glass VIA, a team in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League Championship, while winning the league's final MVP last season.

He had previously spent two seasons at the University of California, San Diego, where he won Big West Player of the Year honors in 2025.