If the Lakers have their guaranteed salaries on the books, plus Knecht's salary, I have them at $49.9M under the first apron for 11 players.

Assuming they want to fill out the roster at 15, let's add:

$12.9M for Non-Tax MLE signing
$1.1M for Bronny James on rookie minimum
$2.1M…

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