What's next for the Lakers?

Somewhere between a staggering 131-92 loss to Boston and the start of training camp in early October, the Lakers will reconfigure their roster, though it doesn't figure to be drastic or franchise-shifting.

Kobe Bryant will still be here in the fall, as will Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, but there are some decisions to make, none of which will be solved in next Thursday's NBA draft (the Lakers have only a second-round pick, 58th overall).

Coach Phil Jackson referred to any forthcoming changes as "incremental," not sweeping, which makes sense for a team that was two victories from a championship despite going five months without its most intimidating defensive presence.

The main issues awaiting the Lakers are Bynum's contract extension and Lamar Odom's future with the team.

The Lakers must also decide whether to re-sign Sasha Vujacic and Ronny Turiaf, who become restricted free agents July 1, giving the Lakers the right to match any offer sheet Vujacic or Turiaf sign with another team.

Bynum, 20, will be in the last season of a four-year rookie contract but can sign a five-year extension before Oct. 31 that keeps him under contract through 2013-14, a total of six seasons.

He has not played since Jan. 13 and is not expected to begin jogging for two more weeks after having cartilage debris removed from his left knee and rough spots on the underside of his kneecap smoothed out in a May 21 procedure.

The Lakers are expected to wait and see how Bynum looks in training camp before signing him to an extension. If they don't sign him by the end of October, he becomes a restricted free agent in July 2009, though the Lakers are then able to match any offer sheet he signs with another team.

Bynum was on the verge of a breakout season, averaging 13.1 points and 10.2 rebounds a game, numbers aided by six dominant games in January in which he averaged 17.3 points and 12.2 rebounds before getting hurt by coming down on Odom's left foot while reaching back for a rebound.

In an interview toward the end of the regular season, Bynum said he wanted to stay with the team and did not necessarily expect a maximum contract extension of about $80 million. "I just want to be a Laker," he said. "As long as they treat me right, it doesn't matter. It doesn't have to be max [money] for me. I just want to be able to live comfortably and take care of my family."

Odom, 28, has fewer options.