After Thursday's game against the Boston Celtics, the Lakers will play one final game in the NBA's Las Vegas summer league.

Handy was retained by the Lakers when the team parted ways with Vogel after the 2021-22 season and hired Darvin Ham. But when the franchise fired Ham after the 2023-24 season and hired JJ Redick to be the next head coach, Handy was finally let go. He spent the 2024-25 season away from the NBA, but now is back in action.

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to face Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks during the Las Vegas Summer League. The Mavericks picked Flagg with the top select

The Dallas Mavericks add Mike Penberthy to Jason Kidd’s staff, reuniting 2020 Los Angeles Lakers coaches amid team changes.

Cooper Flagg didn't shy away from self-criticism after a rocky NBA summer league debut, calling the performance "not up to my standard" following the Dallas Mavericks' 87-85 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/mavericks as Jason Kidd considers himself 'lucky' to coach Cooper Flagg on Mavericks.

League experiment to have the top overall pick run their offense may seem unorthodox. But it has roots in their head coach's past—and another NBA household name.

Frank Vogel will be getting a promotion to join Jason Kidd and the Mavericks’ staff as an assistant coach, according to a Wednesday report by ESPN’s Shams Charania. Interestingly, Kidd was the assistant coach for Frank Vogel and the Lakers from 2019 to 2021.

Indeed, Flagg, whom Kidd and Mavericks Summer League coach Josh Broghamer implored to operate as the Mavericks' point-forward of sorts, saw defensive pressure from the very first time he touched the ball, as he was trapped by the Lakers at half-court. Los Angeles kept the defensive pressure on Flagg throughout.

Despite the growing noise surrounding LeBron James at the NBA summer league, the Los Angeles Lakers never entertained trade or buyout talks with the four-time NBA champion. The report sheds light on weeks of speculation that intensified after James picked up his $52.