I think their goal be like to go to the playoff this season with first year coach Reddick, and then see how it goes. In the last couple of years, they have to go to the play-in and it's very difficult task for them. That's why when playoff comes, it seems that they don't have the legs anymore because of that extended series.
So good for them at number 5 right now, but they really need to still go and play hard to keep that record and not to go down to 8th spot again and go to another very hard play-in tournament as teams is desperate to win.
The biggest trouble with Lakers is that, Lebron is old, so yeah they are doing quite well with JJ Reddick right now, but it is not about just the coach, it is not about the team even, it's about the fact that they do not have time.
Lebron won't be playing until he is 45 years old, to be fair if he wanted to I am sure he could, at 40 years old he is still dunking and all, so he could just slow down, lose some weight, gain some condition and fitness instead of having all that mass, forget about dunks and physical play or drives, just become more of a tall point guard which he always is of course but instead of driving he would just shoot threes and playmake that's it, which he is turning into these days but gradually become just that, and then he can totally play until 45 without issues. However, the real problem is that, he probably won't. This means, everyone has to be on their 100% come playoff time, they have absolutely no time to make one mistake, because they may never get this back.