The Los Angeles Lakers are experimenting with a crunch-time lineup of LeBron James at point guard and Anthony Davis at center, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN.

At Thursday's practice, Lakers head coach Frank Vogel paired James and Davis with Alex Caruso, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Avery Bradley to close out a scrimmage.

Los Angeles has been starting Rajon Rondo, Danny Green, James, Davis and JaVale McGee during the first few days of camp.

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“I mean, we have so many different lineup packages that we can probably go to throughout the course of the season,” James said Thursday. “So we're just trying out a few things now in practice — going with smaller lineups, going with bigger lineups, going with quicker lineups, going with slower lineups. But that's the luxury of having our personnel, we have the ability to do multiple things. So, that's what practice is all about, being able to work on those things.”

LeBron James has always been his team's primary ball-handler and that's going to continue this season.

The Lakers are missing small forward Kyle Kuzma right now. The swingman is recovering from a leg injury. He's expected to be in that closing group with LeBron and Anthony Davis.