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The Los Angeles Lakers remain the favorites to win the NBA title in 2022 behind their “Big 3” of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook, but they also have one of the oldest teams in franchise history.

Veteran point guard Lonzo Ball has agreed to a four-year, $85 million contract with the Chicago Bulls as a restricted free agent, per Shams Charania. The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to a sign-and-trade agreement, ensuring they don’t lose Ball for nothing according to Charania. The Bulls are sending Tomas Satoransky, Garrett Temple and a second-round pick to New Orleans and Ball will join the Bulls in return.

The Lakers are the Oldest team in the NBA -

The Los Angeles Lakers have filled out most of the roster and we are at the point in the offseason where the team is going to explore its final roster options. This will likely include the team signing a locker room veteran (such as Jared Dudley) but it could also include a young player to develop or a sharpshooter to help the rotation.

It would not be all that surprising to see the Lakers also leave one open roster spot for a future 10-day contract or buyout signing. It is smart to go into the season with 14 players instead of 15. The Lakers are currently at 12.

There has been a bit of a trend this offseason as Rob Pelinka has brought back four players who were formerly on the Lakers. Dwight Howard, Trevor Ariza, Wayne Ellington and Kent Bazemore are all former Lakers.

We have explored some of the former Lakers on the market but one name that has not come up much is Isaiah Thomas — who is in the news right now as he dropped an 81-point game, Kobe Bryant style…

LiAngelo actually had a solid first game for the Hornets, putting up 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting. All of his makes, however, are from the 3-point line where he registered a 62.5 percent shooting clip.

Despite his son’s brilliant outing in the eventual 93-86 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, LaVar said he is not pleased with what they showed before pointing out the lack of energy and running from the Hornets.

LiAngelo Ball deserves the attention the shine media is scared because he might make the league

It was a pretty good performance, but he has a long way to go before making an NBA roster.

“For him to come out, I’m thrilled,” Hornets coach Dutch Gaitley said. “Anybody can have one game, let’s see, ‘hey, can you do it again?’ Because now he just put himself on the scouting report. They have three Kings coaches watching. Now they are saying, ‘don’t let this guy shoot.’ Now how is he going to be able to find his shots and...not forcing it and making plays for other guys.”

LiAngelo actually had a solid first game for the Hornets, putting up 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting. All of his makes, however, are from the 3-point line where he registered a 62.5 percent shooting clip.

Despite his son’s brilliant outing in the eventual 93-86 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, LaVar said he is not pleased with what they showed before pointing out the lack of energy and running from the Hornets.

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Los Angeles’ decision to trade for Russell Westbrook helped assemble the team’s big three, but also made the Lakers old. Mind bogglingly old.

As it stands right now the Lakers signed roster has an average age of 32.4 years old after signing Carmelo Anthony and Malik Monks, making it not only the oldest in the league — but one of the oldest of all time. That could move down slightly more, should restricted free agent Talen Horton-Tucker re-sign with the team they would still have an average age of 31.4, older than the 2015-16 Spurs, who had Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Andre Miller, all born in the 1970s.

This makes the Lakers the powerhouse team of 80s kids, and I love it. Perhaps the most stunning element of this old team situation is that the Lakers don’t have a single player on their roster who was drafted in the first round by the organization. Many y oung players were given up to acquire Anthony Davis, then more with Westbrook — which led to this elderly movement.

With Kevin Durant scoring 29 points, including two free throws with 8.8 seconds left to seal the win, the U.S. (5-1) won its fourth consecutive gold medal, fending off France (5-1) 87-82 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The Americans now have 16 golds from the 19 Olympics in which they have participated.

Durant has played a major role in each of the last three golds, and he’s now tied with Carmelo Anthony for the most gold medals in Olympic men’s basketball history. The Brooklyn Nets’ superstar scored 30 points in each of the prior two gold medal games.

“I hate to compare stuff because you know everything is its own moment,” Durant said, “but this is one of those special journeys that it’s just hard to describe, because each and every one of us put in that work every single day, from the coaches, to the trainers, to the players. We all came in with that goal of, ‘Let’s finish this thing off. Let’s build a family. Let’s build this team. Let’s grow this team every day.’ And when you are part of a team that's evolving by the second, it's just amazing to see.”