El Segundo of California - After seeing his team stumble, the most important thing in the fourth quarter was the loss to Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the fourth quarter, Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick pointed out that he pointed to the player conditions that must move forward next season.

"I'm going to start the offseason and the work required for the offseason," Reddick said in a press conference to end the Lakers' 2024-25 season with reporters on Thursday. "And we have a roster approach. Of course, some people are in amazing form. Of course, there are others who may be in better form. That's what I think, and that's what I have to go to the championship right away."

Redick didn't come up with any name after LA scored 127-85 in the fourth quarter of the series, but it's well known that after the Dallas Mavericks traded him, he beat Luka Doncic on the way to Luka Doncic, a 26-year-old star's weight and conditioning effort.

The late-stage execution of the Cars is one of many ways the No. 6-seed Wolves dominate the No. 3-seed Lakers.

"Maybe it's hard for the coach or the player to admit this: we lost to a better team," Redick said. "That's just reality. We did."

In the four-minute game that Redick entered Game 4 in Game 4, Redick replaced Los Angeles starting center Jaxson Hayes and took him out of the rotation in Game 5 as Minnesota's Rudy Gobert scored 27 points and 24 rebounds at Clincher, the Lakers' lack of big men was evident.

“I think when you trade a huge deal on the deadline, you trade the starting center as a point guard, that will create a big problem with the lineup and we see some of that come into play,” Rob Pelinka, president of basketball business and GM, said of Anthony-For-Anthony Davis Trade. “We know that one of our main goals this offseason is to add size in the frontcourt at the center.”

Los Angeles tried to get 7-foot center Mark Williams from the Charlotte Hornets before the trade deadline, but the deal was canceled after Williams failed to perform a physical examination with the Lakers.

"There are NBA rules that prohibit us from talking to specific trades, but I'm generally speaking, it's obvious, it's obvious...this roster needs a bigger scale and needs a center," Pelinka said. "It's a very obvious and obvious by-product that the deal is probably the best big by-product in the Dallas league to get point guards. Of course, that will open a huge hole."

“Trade deadlines and moments do not allow you to have the time necessary to explore every stone that doesn’t pass through to increase our roster. We just don’t have time after the Lucca deal.

Pelinka said he knew LeBron James had a player who chose to return to Los Angeles to win the NBA record in 2025-26, and he would monitor how the Lakers used this time to improve the team.

"I think LeBron has high expectations for the roster," Pelinka said. "And we're going to do everything we can to see these things. But I also know that whether it's scoring, assisting, defending, rebounding, leading, he's still giving him 110%. We know that's always 100%, and it's never going to start."

While Pelinka predicted the offseason prevalence of player sports in the league and hoped that would help him pursue new staff, he made it clear that there were three Lakers who were not interested in breaking up: James, Doncic and Austin Reaves.

"LeBron James and Luka Doncic's confidence level in Austin Reaves is still at an all-time high," Pelinka said. "I think these three guys have an incredible future. Together, we're going to do better work to make sure they're surrounded by the right work for ultimate success."