Lakers agree to deals with guards Quentin Grimes, Collin Sexton
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As of Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Lakers' roster for the 2026-27 season is starting to take shape after losing LeBron James, Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard in free agency. They pulled off a sign-and-trade deal with the Utah Jazz for Walker Kessler and agreed to a contract with Sandro Mamukelashvili, and in doing so, they substantially upgraded at the center position, something they were intent on doing.
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The departures of James, Smart and Kennard left the Lakers thin in the backcourt. But they quickly moved to fill those vacancies on Wednesday morning.
They agreed to a four-year, $60 million contract with Quentin Grimes, a 6-foot-5, 207-pound guard who spent the last one and a half seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, per Shams Charania of ESPN.
Free agent guard Quentin Grimes has agreed to a four-year, $60 million to join the Los Angeles Lakers, with a player option, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/5mcp4pULuD
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2026
Grimes averaged 13.4 points and 3.3 assists a game and shot 45% from the field this past season. He has career averages of 11.1 points in 25.6 minutes a game and has shot 44.6% overall and 36.6% from 3-point land in his five years in the NBA.
Los Angeles has also reportedly agreed to a two-year deal with guard Collin Sexton, who finished this past season with the Chicago Bulls.
Sexton's new Lakers deal includes a player option, sources said, after being finalized by CAA Sports' Austin Brown and Max Saidman. https://t.co/D5OquUhDkc
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2026
Sexton, 27, put up 15.4 points in 23.7 minutes a game and shot 48.5% overall and 40.1% from downtown during the 2025-26 campaign. While he isn't a facilitating guard, he is a ball-handling one who has tremendous speed and quickness and excels at creating transition opportunities and overall pace.
He has the ability to inject some much-needed tempo into a Lakers team that was 16th in fast-break points and 22nd in pace this past season.
Sexton is 6-foot-3 and was the No. 8 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He had spent three seasons alongside Kessler in Utah before getting traded to the Charlotte Hornets a year ago.
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