Lakers Front Office Expansion Won’t Be Completed Until Ownership Situation Is Resolved

At the start of the offseason, the Los Angeles Lakers spoke about building out their basketball staff, planning to hire two assistant general managers to work under Rob Pelinka: one focused on analytics and the other on player development. The Lakers did begin that process, hiring one of the two while also announcing other additions to the staff as well, but things have slowed down and the second assistant GM still has yet to be hired.
And now with the Lakers being sold to Bob Iger and Josh Kush