The Lakers shook hands on Matisse Thybulle on a single-year contract totalling just over a few million dollars. Thybulle reads as the next signing to the squad, tagging along with a group that has carried on through the messy off-season stretch. Scouts stopped chasing him in free agency ages before this, which made the quiet pickup all the more low-key. Front office now turn to other tasks, spanning filling open assistant GM seats that have stayed empty through the off-season. Training camp hangs closer without those roles filled, dragging the sidet group thin on back-room support right when the year is about to start.