Overview
- The Lakers hired Rohan Ramadas as assistant general manager of strategy and data systems, which the team announced Tuesday, and he will oversee basketball analytics, salary-cap modeling and strategic initiatives for basketball operations.
- Ramadas brings more than a decade of aerospace work with The Aerospace Corporation and roles supporting the U.S. Space Force and NASA plus nearly a decade in NBA analytics with the Pelicans and earlier draft work.
- Los Angeles has secured permission to interview Philadelphia 76ers executive Prosper Karangwa for the second assistant GM job that will focus on scouting, draft evaluation and player development.
- The organization informed more than a dozen business‑side employees of layoffs this week as it restructures under new majority owner Mark Walter, with cuts reported in marketing, communications, content and partnerships.
- The front-office buildout mirrors the Dodgers’ analytics blueprint and is meant to speed complex decisions about LeBron James, impending free agents, cap moves and the June draft while the franchise adds player-performance labs and a relocated G League team.