Los Angeles Lakers forward Jake LaRavia is already justifying the hype as one of the biggest steals of the 2025 NBA offseason. Los Angeles signed LaRavia to a fully guaranteed two-year, $12 million contract, and he's already starting games and making two-way contributions.
In the process, LaRavia has continued the incredible trend of Rob Pelinka finding starting-caliber talent in the most unlikely of places.
LaRavia was a first-round draft pick in 2022, but he's now playing for his third team in four seasons. He appeared in just 70 games between his first two years in the NBA, was traded to the Sacramento Kings in 2024-25, and didn't even have the club option picked up on the fourth season of his rookie-scale deal.