2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% (FGA) | FT% (FTA) | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 22 | .465 (5.9) | .780 (1.5) | 1.1 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
- Healthy-night role: 22 minutes — twelve at small forward and ten at power forward.
- 9-category: Deep-league range with a standard-league path if the reported starting-forward role holds; steals, passable efficiency, and low turnovers are the usable traits.
- Points leagues: Streamer only unless his role clears 26 minutes.
- Dynasty: Fringe hold in deep formats; entering his age-25 season without a clear path to high usage.
Projection logic
LaRavia averaged 8.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.5 blocks, and 1.0 three in 25.1 minutes while appearing in all 82 games in 2025-26. The desk preserves his useful defensive-event rates but cuts the workload: Quentin Grimes, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Ziaire Williams, Cameron Carr, and Jarred Vanderbilt all draw from the same wing/forward pool. His ability to defend multiple spots still gives him the steadiest availability projection among the forwards. ESPN player statistics
Correction 2026-07-18: base minutes raised from 18 to 22 and the counting line rescaled. The 18-minute figure discounted his 25.1 MPG baseline without reconciling against the reporting; Yahoo's depth chart published after the Ziaire Williams signing lists LaRavia first among power forwards and expects him to fill the starting forward role, with Williams as the backup 3-and-D wing. Lakers Daily still projects Mamukelashvili there, so the desk splits the difference rather than pricing a full starter's workload. The four minutes come from Mamukelashvili and Williams. Yahoo depth chart · Lakers Daily depth chart
Redraft, dynasty, and scenarios
- Median: A real-life rotation player who contributes about one three and one defensive event without commanding the ball.
- Ceiling: He holds the starting power-forward job outright, reaching 27 minutes and deep-league top-150 relevance.
- Floor: Carr develops quickly and Vanderbilt is healthy, leaving LaRavia below 15 minutes on some nights.
- Format note: More useful in 14- and 16-team nine-category formats than in points leagues because low turnovers and steals preserve value.
- Waiver trigger: Add if his rolling five-game workload reaches 26 minutes; the per-minute profile is broad enough to matter there.
Confidence
- Roster: High — on the official roster.
- Minutes: Medium — the forward competition is unusually dense.
- Rates/availability: High — the full 82-game 2025-26 season supplies a strong baseline.
Sources
Career record
Pre-NBA: Indiana State 2019-21 (9.4 PPG/5.9 RPG as a freshman, 12.3/6.3 and second-team All-MVC as a sophomore), then Wake Forest 2021-22: 14.6 PTS, 6.6 REB, 3.7 AST, second-team All-ACC. Draft: 2022, Round 1, Pick 19, Minnesota — rights traded to Memphis on draft night.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 21 | MEM | 35 | 11.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .389 | .778 | 0.5 |
| 2023-24 | 22 | MEM | 35 | 23.0 | 10.8 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | .389 | .826 | 1.3 |
| 2024-25 | 23 | MEM/SAC | 66 | 20.4 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | .475 | .678 | 1.3 |
| 2025-26 | 24 | LAL | 82 | 25.1 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .459 | .763 | 1.1 |
| Career | — | — | 218 | 21.2 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | .441 | .756 | 1.1 |
Durability: 35-game seasons in each of his first two years (Memphis's crowded wing room plus assorted minor injuries and assignments), 66 in the split MEM/SAC year (47 Memphis, 19 Sacramento), then all 82 in 2025-26 — the best availability signal on the Lakers' forward depth chart.
Trajectory: The record shows a connector whose defensive events have climbed every year — 0.3, 0.8, 0.9, then 1.3 steals per game — while usage stays low and efficiency has settled in the mid-.40s. In 2026-27 he competes with Mamukelashvili, Ziaire Williams, and Vanderbilt for the starting-forward minutes next to the Lakers' core. He becomes fantasy-relevant if he holds 26-plus minutes as the starter, where the steals-threes-low-TO package reaches deep-league top-150 value.
Career sources: StatMuse season averages · StatMuse career per-game · Wikipedia · ESPN player statistics
Open questions
- Which of LaRavia, Mamukelashvili, and Vanderbilt receives the first chance beside Kessler?
- Does LaRavia's strong 2025-26 steal rate hold in fewer, less continuous minutes?