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ESPN Grades the Lakers' Offseason. Does the Luka-Centric Rebuild Get High Marks?
· 37 min · Episode 2856
Episode ESPN Grades the Lakers' Offseason. Does the Luka-Centric Rebuild Get High Marks?
ESPN is out with a bunch of late-summer evaluations for teams around the league. It includes win projections (45, which they say will be sixth in the conference) along with an offseason grade (C+) and all kinds of other little interesting bits of information.
First and foremost, while it's reasonable to think the Lakers took a little step backward because they didn't fully replace LeBron's production (even if you disagree, it's a defensible position) are they eight games worse, considering the upgrades at center and with better depth? Moreover, didn't other teams take some small steps back, too? Or potentially so? It's also fair to ask whether the Lakers are even being graded on the proper criteria. Did they make progress in stated goals? Yes, but you have to judge by what those goals are, right?
The story also gets into the biggest change to the roster composition, namely that the Lakers should have bolstered their bench, even if the starters get a hair worse. But the productivity gap between LA's starters and reserves last year was the biggest in the league, so closing that down will help JJ Redick considerably. And should the Lakers (sooner or later) find a starting caliber forward to drop into the lineup, not only will the disparity between last year's starters and this year's shrink, it'll make the bench better, too, by slotting guys into more appropriate roles.
Is one of those guys Jonathan Kuminga?
HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky
SEGMENT 1: The Lakers get graded by ESPN.
SEGMENT 2: Are they being dinged for the wrong stuff?
SEGMENT 3: Why the next player they add is huge.
Photo Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images
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