The Lakers signed on Matisse Thybulle on a single-season contract valued at just over a few million dollars. Thybulle becomes the freshest name to the lineup, stepping in alongside a retooling that has dragged on through the quieter off-season stretch. Scouts stopped chasing him in free agency long before this, which made the quiet pickup all the more curious. Back office now turn to other tasks, spanning filling open assistant GM chairs that have sat empty through the run. Training camp draws closer without those roles filled, pushing the sidet group thin on executive support right when the campaign is about to crack open.