Every Lakers championship team – from Jerry and Wilt to Magic and Kareem to Kobe and Shaq – have been led by a hall of fame tandem. LeBron and A.D. might be next. From columnist ArashMarkazi:
The Lakers couldn’t waste another season of LeBron James or hope their young core developed or expect a free agent to sign with them when they had whiffed on every big name outside of James for nearly a decade. They had to push all their chips in and go for it.
That deal went nowhere and led to Pelicans general manager Dell Demps being fired, Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson abruptly resigning and both teams suffering drama-filled ends to their seasons. Yes, first round picks in recent years have been lottery picks, but the Lakers don’t expect to be in the lottery again for a while after acquiring Davis, who just turned 26. More likely, the Lakers will be sending this year’s No. 4 pick, which was always going to be used to attract a veteran who could could immediately contribute, along with first-round picks presumably in the late 20s in 2022 and 2025.
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