Lakers Injury Update: Deandre Ayton’s MRI Came Back Clean, Hopeful To Return By End Of Week

The Los Angeles Lakers have gotten everything they hoped for and more from Deandre Ayton through the early going of the 2025-26 season.
Ayton signed with the Lakers in free agency after being bought out by the Portland Trail Blazers, but he has taken the starting center job in stride. Criticized for not always giving his best effort on both ends in Portland, Ayton has been engaged in Los Angeles and is looking like the player that the Phoenix Suns drafted first overall in he 2018 NBA Draft.
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