Los Angeles Lakers

Who are the Los Angeles Lakers free agents in 2026-27?

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The Lakers have 7 free agents carrying cap holds for 2026-27, led by LeBron James, Rui Hachimura, Maxi Kleber.

LeBron James (Early Bird (130%))

$57.8M

Rui Hachimura (Bird 150%)

$27.4M

Maxi Kleber (Bird 190%)

$20.9M

Luke Kennard (Non-Bird (120%))

$13.2M

Jaxson Hayes (Non-Bird (120%))

$4.1M

Drew Timme (Minimum hold)

$2.2M

Chris Mañon (Minimum hold)

$2.2M

Total holds

$127.7M

Each unsigned free agent occupies a cap hold sized by his Bird bracket (a percentage of his previous salary), totalling $127.7M on the Lakers' books. Holds count against the cap only, never the tax or aprons.

Each hold stays until the player re-signs, signs elsewhere, or is renounced. Renouncing clears the hold instantly but surrenders the Bird rights to re-sign him over the cap.

The rule behind this

A cap hold is a placeholder amount charged to a team's cap for each of its own free agents, sized as a percentage of his previous salary (his Bird bracket). It exists to stop a loophole: without holds, a team could spend all its cap space on outsiders and then still re-sign its own stars with Bird rights.

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