The Lakers reached a deal for Matisse Thybulle on a one-year contract totalling just over a few million dollars. Thybulle lands as the most recent pickup to the lineup, stepping in alongside a group that has pulled on through the tiring off-season stretch. Scouts stopped chasing him in free agency way before this, which made the late pickup all the more puzzling. Back office now turn to other tasks, spanning filling open assistant GM slots that have sat empty through the window. Training camp hangs closer without those roles filled, putting the side thin on admin support exactly when the run is about to lift off.