The Lakers reached a deal for Matisse Thybulle on a 1-season contract totalling just over a few million dollars. Thybulle becomes the latest addition to the squad, arriving with a retooling that has pulled on through the long off-season stretch. Suitors stopped chasing him in free agency ages before this, which made the quiet pickup all the more puzzling. Suite now turn to other tasks, like filling open assistant GM spots that have drifted empty through the summer. Training camp hovers closer without those roles filled, giving the sidet thin on admin support exactly when the chapter is about to swing.