The Los Angeles Lakers just completed one of the most disappointing seasons in NBA history. If there’s any prediction that’s safe for them this summer, it is dramatic change.
Avenues in that direction may be scarce. LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and Anthony Davis are all on big-money contracts. The team is light on draft capital. Avenues towards meaningful change are hard to come by.
Still, a will typically comes with a way. With some creativity, the Lakers could make substantial changes this offseason. They may not be able to engineer their dream scenarios, but they can improve the team.
It’s hard to know exactly how they’ll do it. That won’t stop us from trying to guess. Some of these moves may be more obvious than others.
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Any would have the potential to make this Lakers team better in 2022-23.
After all, that’s a pretty low bar.