| Team: | Los Angeles Lakers |
| End Year: | 2018 |
| Wins: | 35 |
| Losses: | 47 |
| Division: | Pacific |
| Division Place: | 3 |
| Conf Place: | 11 |
| Coach: | Luke Walton |
| Gm: | Rob Pelinka |
| Owners: | Jerry Buss family trust (primary owner being Jeanie Buss as of March 27, 2017) |
| Arena: | Staples Center |
| Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| Bbr Team: | LAL |
| Television: | Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum Deportes |
| Radio: | 710 ESPN (English) 1020 Radio AM (Spanish) |
The 2017–18 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 70th season, its 69th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 58th in Los Angeles.
On December 18, 2017 against the Golden State Warriors, the Lakers retired the numbers 8 and 24 of former shooting guard Kobe Bryant, making him the first NBA player to have two numbers retired on the same team.
See main article: 2017 NBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Lonzo Ball | PG | UCLA | ||
| 1 | 27 | Kyle Kuzma | SF | Utah | ||
| 1 | 30 | Josh Hart | SG | Villanova | ||
| 2 | 42 | Thomas Bryant | PF/C | Indiana |
Originally, the Lakers were at risk of losing their own first-round pick this year to the Philadelphia 76ers due to the stipulations of a previous trade involving Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns and having less than 50% odds of keeping the pick despite having the third-worst record that season. However, they not only kept the pick, but also moved up a spot in the process. The Lakers will ultimately lose their first-round pick for the 2018 NBA draft, regardless of whether it goes to the 76ers or the Boston Celtics later on, but they will at least keep their first-round pick for the 2019 NBA draft as opposed to giving it to the Orlando Magic as a result of their Dwight Howard trade around the same period. Their original second first-round pick at #28, however, came from the Houston Rockets as an incentive to trade away Lou Williams in exchange for Corey Brewer. On June 20, two days before the draft began, the Lakers would acquire a new first-round pick by getting the worst of the Brooklyn Nets' first-round picks at #27 alongside their star center Brook Lopez in a trade in exchange for star combo guard D'Angelo Russell and Russian center Timofey Mozgov. On draft night, though, the Lakers acquired two more picks in the draft by trading their weakest first-round pick (which became power forward/center Tony Bradley from the most recent NCAA Champions in University of North Carolina) to the Utah Jazz for Picks #30 & 42 in this year's draft.
With the 2nd pick of the draft, the Lakers selected their hometown star Lonzo Ball, who played point guard during his sole season at UCLA. During that time there, Ball averaged a league-leading 7.6 assists to go with 14.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game in 36 total games there. He also earned the Wayman Tisdale Award, the Pac-12 Freshman of The Year Award, First Team All-Pac-12 Honors, and consensus First-Team All-American Honors in the process. Next up, with the pick they acquired from the Brooklyn Nets, the Lakers took power forward Kyle Kuzma from the University of Utah. In Kuzma's final year at Utah, he joined Ball in being a member of the All-Pac-12 First Team by averaging 16.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists as a junior. With their last pick in the first round of the draft, the Lakers selected senior shooting guard Josh Hart from Villanova University. Throughout his time there (which included an NCAA Championship in his junior season), Hart averaged 13.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game at Villanova while earning plenty of awards in each of his last three seasons there. The Lakers ended their draft night by taking sophomore power forward/center Thomas Bryant from Indiana University. In his time at Indiana, Bryant averaged 12.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and nearly an assist per game throughout his college career. He made the Big 10 Conference's Freshman Team and the All-Big 10 Third Team Honors in his first season there.
|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1| September 30| Minnesota| | Kyle Kuzma (19)| Larry Nance Jr. (9)| Ball, Ennis (8)| Honda Center
18,000| 0–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2| October 2| Denver| | Kyle Kuzma (23)| Julius Randle (10)| four players (4)| Staples Center
17,218| 0–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 3| October 4| Denver| | Jordan Clarkson (24)| Julius Randle (6)| Briante Weber (5)| Citizens Business Bank Arena
17,000| 0–3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4| October 8| Sacramento| | Julius Randle (17)| Julius Randle (10)| Alex Caruso (5)| T-Mobile Arena
13,094| 1–3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 5| October 10| Utah| | Clarkson, Kuzma (18)| Alex Caruso (6)| Alex Caruso (10)| Staples Center
15,054| 1–4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 6| October 13| @ LA Clippers| | Brook Lopez (16)| Nance Jr., Randle (7)| Ingram, Kuzma, Caldwell-Pope (5)| Staples Center
16,711| 2–4
|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1| October 19| L.A. Clippers| | Brook Lopez (20)| Larry Nance Jr. (12)| Ball, Ingram (4)| Staples Center
18,997| 0–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2| October 20| @ Phoenix| | Lonzo Ball (29)| Ball, Lopez (11)| Lonzo Ball (9)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
18,055| 1–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 3| October 22| New Orleans| | Jordan Clarkson (24)| Lonzo Ball (8)| Lonzo Ball (13)| Staples Center
18,997| 1–2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4| October 25| Washington| | Brandon Ingram (19)| Ingram, Nance Jr. (10)| Lonzo Ball (10)| Staples Center
18,996| 2–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 5| October 27| Toronto| | Julius Randle (18)| Kyle Kuzma (10)| Lonzo Ball (6)| Staples Center
17,876| 2–3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 6| October 28| @ Utah| | Brandon Ingram (16)| Larry Nance Jr. (10)| Lonzo Ball (4)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306| 2–4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 7| October 31| Detroit| | Julius Randle (17)| Larry Nance Jr. (12)| Brandon Ingram (6)| Staples Center
17,569| 3–4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 8| November 2| @ Portland| | Brook Lopez (27)| Julius Randle (6)| Ball, Clarkson (4)| Moda Center
19,469| 3–5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 9| November 3| Brooklyn| | Brook Lopez (34)| Kyle Kuzma (13)| Lonzo Ball (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 4–5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 10| November 5| Memphis| | Brook Lopez (21)| Kyle Kuzma (12)| Lonzo Ball (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 5–5|- style="background:#fbb;"| 11| November 8| @ Boston| | Jordan Clarkson (18)| Julius Randle (12)| Lonzo Ball (6)| TD Garden
18,624| 5–6|- style="background:#fbb;"| 12| November 9| @ Washington| | Lopez, Clarkson (15)| Kyle Kuzma (9)| Lonzo Ball (8)| Capital One Arena
20,173| 5–7|- style="background:#fbb;"| 13| November 11| @ Milwaukee| | Kyle Kuzma (21)| Lonzo Ball (12)| Lonzo Ball (13)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
18,717| 5–8|- style="background:#bfb;"| 14| November 13| @ Phoenix| | Jordan Clarkson (25)| Brook Lopez (10)| Lonzo Ball (5)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
17,533| 6–8|- style="background:#fbb;"| 15| November 15| Philadelphia| | Brandon Ingram (26)| Brandon Ingram (11)| Jordan Clarkson (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 6–9|- style="background:#fbb;"| 16| November 17| Phoenix| | Kyle Kuzma (30)| Kuzma, Lopez (10)| Lonzo Ball (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 6–10|- style="background:#bfb;"| 17| November 19| Denver| | Julius Randle (24)| Lonzo Ball (16)| Lonzo Ball (11)| Staples Center
18,997| 7–10|- style="background:#bfb;"| 18| November 21| Chicago| | Kyle Kuzma (22)| Lonzo Ball (13)| Ingram, Kuzma (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 8–10|- style="background:#fbb;"| 19| November 22| @ Sacramento| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20)| Julius Randle (8)| Lonzo Ball (11)| Golden 1 Center
17,583| 8–11|- style="background:#fbb;"| 20| November 27| @ L.A. Clippers| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (29)| Clarkson, Nance Jr. (8)| Lonzo Ball (7)| Staples Center
18,086| 8–12|- style="background:#fbb;"| 21| November 29| Golden State| | Brandon Ingram (32)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (7)| Lonzo Ball (10)| Staples Center
18,997| 8–13|- style="background:#fbb;"| 22| December 2| @ Denver| | Brandon Ingram (20)| Kyle Kuzma (10)| Lonzo Ball (5)| Pepsi Center
19,520| 8–14|- style="background:#fbb;"| 23| December 3| Houston| | Kyle Kuzma (22)| Kyle Kuzma (12)| Brandon Ingram (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 8–15|- style="background:#bfb;"| 24| December 7| @ Philadelphia| | Brandon Ingram (21)| Lonzo Ball (8)| Lonzo Ball (8)| Wells Fargo Center
20,495| 9–15|- style="background:#bfb;"| 25| December 9| @ Charlotte| | Jordan Clarkson (22)| Kyle Kuzma (14)| Lonzo Ball (9)| Spectrum Center
19,320| 10–15|- style="background:#fbb;"| 26| December 12| @ New York| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (24)| Larry Nance Jr. (9)| Lonzo Ball (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,359| 10–16|- style="background:#fbb;"| 27| December 14| @ Cleveland| | Brandon Ingram (26)| Larry Nance Jr. (12)| Lonzo Ball (11)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 10–17|- style="background:#fbb;"| 28| December 18| Golden State| | Kyle Kuzma (25)| Julius Randle (11)| Lonzo Ball (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 10–18|- style="background:#bfb;"| 29| December 20| @ Houston| | Kyle Kuzma (38)| Ball, Nance Jr. (9)| Brandon Ingram (6)| Toyota Center
18,055| 11–18|- style="background:#fbb;"| 30| December 22| @ Golden State| | Kyle Kuzma (27)| Kyle Kuzma (14)| Lonzo Ball (5)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 11–19|- style="background:#fbb;"| 31| December 23| Portland| | Clarkson, Kuzma (18)| Josh Hart (10)| Lonzo Ball (11)| Staples Center
18,997| 11–20|- style="background:#fbb;"| 32| December 25| Minnesota| | Kyle Kuzma (31)| Julius Randle (7)| Jordan Clarkson (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 11–21|- style="background:#fbb;"| 33| December 27| Memphis| | Brandon Ingram (23)| Larry Nance Jr. (9)| Brandon Ingram (4)| Staples Center
18,997| 11–22|- style="background:#fbb;"| 34| December 29| L.A. Clippers| | Jordan Clarkson (20)| Caldwell-Pope, Randle (7)| Jordan Clarkson (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 11–23|- style="background:#fbb;"| 35| December 31| @ Houston| | Julius Randle (29)| Julius Randle (15)| Tyler Ennis (11)| Toyota Center
18,179| 11–24|- style="background:#fbb;"| 36| January 1| @ Minnesota| | Jordan Clarkson (20)| Julius Randle (12)| Clarkson, Ennis (4)| Target Center
18,978| 11–25|- style="background:#fbb;"| 37| January 3| Oklahoma City| | Kyle Kuzma (18)| Larry Nance Jr. (7)| Tyler Ennis (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 11–26|- style="background:#fbb;"| 38| January 5| Charlotte| | Brandon Ingram (22)| Brandon Ingram (14)| Lonzo Ball (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 11–27|- style="background:#bfb;"| 39| January 7| Atlanta| | Brandon Ingram (20)| Lonzo Ball (10)| Brandon Ingram (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 12–27|- style="background:#bfb;"| 40| January 9| Sacramento| | Julius Randle (22)| Julius Randle (14)| Lonzo Ball (11)| Staples Center
18,997| 13–27|- style="background:#bfb;"| 41| January 11| San Antonio| | Brandon Ingram (26)| Lonzo Ball (10)| Lonzo Ball (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 14–27|- style="background:#bfb;"| 42| January 13| @ Dallas| | Julius Randle (23)| Julius Randle (15)| Lonzo Ball (7)| American Airlines Center
20,209| 15–27|- style="background:#fbb;"| 43| January 15| @ Memphis| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (27)| Larry Nance Jr. (11)| Kyle Kuzma (5)| FedExForum
17,794| 15–28|- style="background:#fbb;"| 44| January 17| @ Oklahoma City| | Julius Randle (16)| Larry Nance Jr. (6)| Clarkson, Ennis, Ingram, Randle (3)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 15–29|- style="background:#bfb;"| 45| January 19| Indiana| | Jordan Clarkson (33)| Larry Nance Jr. (11)| Jordan Clarkson (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 16–29|- style="background:#bfb;"| 46| January 21| New York| | Jordan Clarkson (29)| Julius Randle (12)| Jordan Clarkson (10)| Staples Center
18,997| 17–29|- style="background:#bfb;"| 47| January 23| Boston| | Kyle Kuzma (28)| Julius Randle (14)| Clarkson, Ingram (4)| Staples Center
18,997| 18–29|- style="background:#bfb;"| 48| January 26| @ Chicago| | Brandon Ingram (25)| Brandon Ingram (9)| Brandon Ingram (5)| United Center
21,827| 19–29|- style="background:#fbb;"| 49| January 28| @ Toronto| | Clarkson, Randle (17)| Julius Randle (10)| Caruso, Randle (5)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 19–30|- style="background:#fbb;"| 50| January 31| @ Orlando| | Clarkson, Randle (20)| Julius Randle (9)| Brandon Ingram (5)| Amway Center
18,553| 19–31|- style="background:#bfb;"| 51| February 2| @ Brooklyn| | Lopez, Randle (19)| Josh Hart (14)| Brandon Ingram (10)| Barclays Center
17,732| 20–31|- style="background:#bfb;"| 52| February 4| @ Oklahoma City| | Brook Lopez (20)| Josh Hart (11)| Lopez, Ingram (5)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 21–31|- style="background:#bfb;"| 53| February 6| Phoenix| | Brandon Ingram (26)| Josh Hart (11)| Clarkson, Ingram, Randle (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 22–31|- style="background:#bfb;"| 54| February 8| Oklahoma City| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20)| Brook Lopez (9)| Brandon Ingram (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 23–31|- style="background:#fbb;"| 55| February 10| @ Dallas| | Julius Randle (26)| Kyle Kuzma (15)| Julius Randle (7)| American Airlines Center
20,162| 23–32|- style="background:#fbb;"| 56| February 14| @ New Orleans| | Kyle Kuzma (23)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8)| Smoothie King Center
15,436| 23–33|- style="background:#fbb;"| 57| February 15| @ Minnesota| | Julius Randle (23)| Caldwell-Pope, Zubac (11)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (6)| Target Center
17,534| 23–34|- style="background:#bfb;"| 58| February 23| Dallas| | Julius Randle (18)| Julius Randle (13)| Julius Randle (10)| Staples Center
18,997| 24–34|- style="background:#bfb;"| 59| February 24| @ Sacramento| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (34)| Julius Randle (13)| Brandon Ingram (8)| Golden 1 Center
17,583| 25–34|- style="background:#bfb;"| 60| February 26| @ Atlanta| | Brandon Ingram (21)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (14)| Brandon Ingram (6)| Philips Arena
16,328| 26–34|- style="background:#bfb;"| 61| March 1| @ Miami| | Isaiah Thomas (29)| Randle, Ball, Kuzma (6)| Lonzo Ball (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 27–34|- style="background:#bfb;"| 62| March 3| @ San Antonio| | Julius Randle (25)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (13)| Lonzo Ball (11)| AT&T Center
18,557| 28–34|- style="background:#fbb;"| 63| March 5| Portland| | Julius Randle (21)| Julius Randle (9)| Isaiah Thomas (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 28–35|- style="background:#bfb;"| 64| March 7| Orlando| | Brook Lopez (27)| Julius Randle (11)| Isaiah Thomas (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 29–35|- style="background:#fbb;"| 65| March 9| @ Denver| | Brook Lopez (29)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (9)| Lonzo Ball (8)| Pepsi Center
19,807| 29–36|- style="background:#bfb;"| 66| March 11| Cleveland| | Julius Randle (36)| Julius Randle (14)| Isaiah Thomas (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 30–36|- style="background:#bfb;"| 67| March 13| Denver| | Randle, Kuzma (26)| Randle, Kuzma (13)| Lonzo Ball (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 31–36|- style="background:#fbb;"| 68| March 14| @ Golden State| | Julius Randle (22)| Julius Randle (10)| Lonzo Ball (11)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 31–37|- style="background:#fbb;"| 69| March 16| Miami| | Julius Randle (25)| Julius Randle (12)| Lonzo Ball (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 31–38|- style="background:#fbb;"| 70| March 19| @ Indiana| | Kyle Kuzma (27)| Julius Randle (9)| Lonzo Ball (8)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
16,603| 31–39|- style="background:#fbb;"| 71| March 22| @ New Orleans| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (28)| Lonzo Ball (13)| Lonzo Ball (9)| Smoothie King Center
18,037| 31–40|- style="background:#bfb;"| 72| March 24| @ Memphis| | Kyle Kuzma (25)| Julius Randle (11)| Lonzo Ball (10)| FedExForum
18,119| 32–40|- style="background:#fbb;"| 73| March 26| @ Detroit| | Julius Randle (23)| Randle, Kuzma (11)| Lonzo Ball (11)| Little Caesars Arena
18,718| 32–41|- style="background:#bfb;"| 74| March 28| Dallas| | Brook Lopez (22)| Julius Randle (10)| Lonzo Ball (11)| Staples Center
18,997| 33–41|- style="background:#fbb;"| 75| March 30| Milwaukee| | Kyle Kuzma (27)| Josh Hart (13)| Caruso, Ingram, Kuzma (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 33–42|- style="background:#fbb;"| 76| April 1| Sacramento| | Julius Randle (19)| Ivica Zubac (10)| Ennis, Hart (4)| Staples Center
18,997| 33–43|- style="background:#fbb;"| 77| April 3| @ Utah| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (28)| Julius Randle (12)| Julius Randle (9)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306| 33–44|- style="background:#bfb;"| 78| April 4| San Antonio| | Kyle Kuzma (30)| Josh Hart (10)| Tyler Ennis (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 34–44|- style="background:#fbb;"| 79| April 6| Minnesota| | Hart, Randle (20)| Josh Hart (11)| Ennis, Payton II (4)| Staples Center
18,997| 34–45|- style="background:#fbb;"| 80| April 8| Utah| | Josh Hart (25)| Julius Randle (7)| Julius Randle (4)| Staples Center
18,997| 34–46|- style="background:#fbb;"| 81| April 10| Houston| | Josh Hart (20)| Julius Randle (8)| Alex Caruso (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 34–47|- style="background:#bfb;"| 82| April 11| @ L.A. Clippers| | Josh Hart (30)| Gary Payton II (12)| Andre Ingram (6)| Staples Center
19,068| 35–47
|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 82 || 49 || 26.7 || .558 || .222 || .718 || 8.0 || 2.6 || .5 || .5 || 16.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 77 || 37 || 31.2 || .450 || .366 || .707 || 6.3 || 1.8 || .6 || .4 || 16.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 74 || 74 || 33.2 || .426 || .383 || .789 || 5.2 || 2.2 || 1.4 || .2 || 13.4|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 74 || 72 || 23.4 || .465 || .345 || .703 || 4.0 || 1.7 || .4 || 1.3 || 13.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 63 || 23 || 23.2 || .469 || .396 || .702 || 4.2 || 1.3 || .7 || .3 || 7.9|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 59 || 59 || 33.5 || .470 || .390 || .681 || 5.3 || 3.9 || .8 || .7 || 16.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 54 || 11 || 12.6 || .420 || .250 || .759 || 1.8 || 1.9 || .6 || .2 || 4.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|†| 54 || 2 || 12.9 || .453 || .186 || .667 || 1.7 || .8 || .8 || .1 || 3.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|†| 53 || 2 || 23.7 || .448 || .324 || .795 || 3.0 || 3.3 || .7 || .1 || 14.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 52 || 50 || 34.2 || .360 || .305 || .451 || 6.9 || 7.2 || 1.7 || .8 || 10.2|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 43 || 0 || 9.5 || .500 || .000 || .765 || 2.9 || .6 || .2 || .3 || 3.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|†| 42 || 17 || 22.0 || .601 || .250 || .632 || 6.8 || 1.4 || 1.4 || .5 || 8.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 37 || 7 || 15.2 || .431 || .302 || .700 || 1.8 || 2.0 || .6 || .3 || 3.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 24 || 5 || 9.0 || .680 || || 1.000 || 3.3 || .6 || .2 || .5 || 1.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|†| 17 || 1 || 26.8 || .383 || .327 || .921 || 2.1 || 5.0 || .4 || .1 || 15.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 17 || 0 || 13.4 || .347 || .362 || 1.000 || 2.2 || .4 || .2 || .3 || 4.4|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 15 || 0 || 4.8 || .381 || .100 || .556 || 1.1 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 1.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|†| 11 || 0 || 10.5 || .415 || .308 || .167 || 2.5 || 1.1 || .4 || .2 || 3.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|†| 9 || 0 || 16.7 || .465 || .360 || .750 || 2.8 || 1.1 || .1 || .1 || 5.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 5 || 0 || 9.0 || .200 || .000 || .500 || .2 || .6 || .2 || .0 || .6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || 0 || 32.0 || .471 || .556 || 1.000 || 3.0 || 3.5 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 12.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|†| 2 || 0 || 5.5 || .333 || .000 || 1.000 || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 1.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || 0 || 4.5 || .250 || .000 || || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 1 || 1 || 13.0 || .500 || || || .0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .0 || 2.0|}
See main article: List of 2017–18 NBA season transactions.
| June 22, 2017[1] | To Los Angeles Lakers Brook Lopez Draft rights to Kyle Kuzma | To Brooklyn Nets D'Angelo Russell Timofey Mozgov | |
| June 22, 2017[2] | To Los Angeles Lakers Draft rights to Josh Hart Draft rights to Thomas Bryant | To Utah Jazz Draft rights to Tony Bradley | |
| February 8, 2018[3] | To Los Angeles Lakers Protected 1st round draft pick 2018 NBA draft Isaiah Thomas Channing Frye | To Cleveland Cavaliers Jordan Clarkson Larry Nance Jr. |
| Player | Signed | Former Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope[5] | 1-year contract worth $18 million | Detroit Pistons | |
| Alex Caruso[6] | Two-way contract | Oklahoma City Blue | |
| Vander Blue[7] | Two-way contract | Los Angeles D-Fenders | |
| Andrew Bogut | 1-year contract worth $2.3 million | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Gary Payton II | Two-way contract | Milwaukee Bucks / Wisconsin Herd | |
| Nigel Hayes | 10-day contract | Westchester Knicks | |
| Andre Ingram | 10-day contract | South Bay Lakers |
| Player | Reason left | New Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarik Black[8] | Waived | Houston Rockets | |
| Nick Young[9] | 1-year contract worth $5.2 million | Golden State Warriors | |
| David Nwaba[10] | Waived | Chicago Bulls | |
| Metta World Peace | Unrestricted free agent | New Orleans Gators / Retired | |
| Thomas Robinson | Unrestricted free agent |  BC Khimki | |
| Andrew Bogut | Waived | ||
| Vander Blue | Waived |  Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino | |
| Nigel Hayes | 10-day contract expired | Westchester Knicks |