The Lakers signed on Matisse Thybulle on a 1-season contract worth just over a few million dollars. Thybulle reads as the latest addition to the lineup, arriving with a group that has carried on through the tiring off-season stretch. Outfits gave up chasing him in free agency way before this, which made the quiet pickup all the more striking. Suite staff now turn to other tasks, including filling open assistant GM seats that have drifted empty through the summer. Training camp hangs closer without those roles filled, leaving the side thin on overhead support right at when the year is about to tip.