They have Reaves that is getting better every season, Russel that is looking to take the PG spot and be good, Rui that is a great bench guy who defends very well, Vanderbilt as a great defensive guy as well, Lebron and AD is still there and being an all-star level amazing people, those names alone looks like they are actually pretty good team. I know that it sounds like they are not going to be all that great to some people, but I feel like they could actually be pretty good team for sure.
But as the other teams are bumping their rosters, I don't know what's the plan of Lakers ahead of the season. Maybe they'll just play it like last time as they weren't expected to what they've landed there and still can be said a good job to them.
Reaves no doubt, he's like a star in the making.
I think that same look will give them an advantage because they are not being targeted in the upcoming season specially that teams now are likely taking Nuggets as their biggest competitor and that will certainly give them some space to adjust and surprise the other teams that they will face.
But still, an adjustment is much needed on their play because if they will not change something and improve what they did last season, they will be anticipated by the other teams in the league and we sure know that the Lakers doesn't want that to happen mainly now that they are quite confident in their current roster. And about Reaves, dude has been getting some improvements and been working out his play in the summer, it will be interesting how will he give the team some help this time because in some scenarios, he will be in the main line-up or the Lakers sixth man.
With the way LeBron is playing, I think ether Reaves or D'Lo will have more shooting attempts as the main alpha will serve
as a good decoy to create open space for his teammates.
They already have that good chemistry and with a healthy core, the team can develop much solid and competitive lineup.
There's always an improvement that we will notice once the season begins, most of the super teams will be expected
to perform well, especially those who came up from the big time trades. They are expected to be more competitive.