To see the record of the Lakers last season, this is where it takes place.
Arrives : Anthony Davis (trade), Kostas Antetokounmpo (two-way contrat), Talen Horton-Tucker (draft), Danny Green (free agent), DeMarcus Cousins (free agent), Quinn Cook (free agent), Jared Dudley (free agent), Troy Daniels (free agent), Avery Bradley (free agent), Zach Norvell (two-way contract), Demetrius Jackson (G-League), Devontae Cacok (draft), Dwight Howard (free agent), David Stockton (Bundesliga).
Dparts : Lonzo Ball (trade), Michael Beasley (trade), Isaac Bonga (trade), Reggie Bullock (free agent), Tyson Chandler (free agent), Josh Hart (trade), Andre Ingram (free agent), Brandon Ingram (trade), Jemerrio Jones (trade), Scott Machado (free agent), Mike Muscala (free agent), Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (trade), Lance Stephenson (free agent), Moritz Wagner (trade), Johnathan Williams (free agent), Ivica Zubac (trade).
Leaders: Rajon Rondo, Quinn Cook, David Stockton, Alex Caruso
Arrival: Avery Bradley, Danny Green, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Talen Horton-Tucker, Troy Daniels, Zach Norwell, Demetrius Jackson
Wingers: Kyle Kuzma, Kostas Antetokounmpo, Devontae Cacok
Strong wingers: LeBron James, Jared Dudley
Pivots : Anthony Davis, Javale McGee, Dwight Howard, DeMarcus Cousins
PG : Avery Bradley. SG : Danny Green. SF : LeBron James. PF : Kyle Kuzma. C : Anthony Davis.
After a complicated 2018-2019 season, the Lakers will want to get off to a good start. In any case, the leaders have not done in the lace this t by upsetting the workforce. Result, LeBron James will have obtained the superstar he has been asking for for quite some time in the person of Anthony Davis. Other new heads are also appearing in this Violines & Or locker room.
Avery Bradley is one of the good picks this season in the Lakers side. Unlike in recent years, his profile will be a real added value for the team on the back lines. With his experience and his ultra defensive profile, Avery Bradley will be the first curtain of the Lakers. Let’s not neglect his contribution in attack either since the former Celtics player still averages 12 points in his career. What to bring some valuable points in match.
On the back line, Avery Bradley will be associated with another player who shines by his defense, namely: Danny Green. The champion player with Toronto last June has decided to join the Lakers off-season. Another good operation performed by Rob Pelinka. Green, renowned in the league for his three-point shooting quality and for his defense, will bring all his talent and experience to this team. Former Spurs player, trained in good school, Green has a very good off-ball game and will provide the necessary spacing for LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
LeBron James, as usual, will be the playing master of this team. Even if we have seen that the weight of the years is beginning to weigh a little on the shoulders of the Cyborg, no doubt that the number 23 of the Lakers will know how to carry his team upwards if he is spared from injuries. Attention all the same the cohabitation with Anthony Davis. The future and the season of the Lakers will depend on this. In the past, LeBron James’ first years on a new project have always been a little complicated, the second ones have always been much better. Wait & see.
Kyle Kuzma will have to continue its progression. After a rather impressive first year, Kuzma has taken the blow last season with much less consistency. With now a much stronger team defensively and freed from the presence of Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma will have to become a perfect lieutenant for Davis and James. A bit like a Lamar Odom at the time of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol.
Finally, Anthony Davis will be one of the attractions of the Lakers season. After the mess around his transfer last season, Davis is now free-spirited and his head fully turned to the Los Angeles project. Much like LeBron James, his physique will be the key to the success of the Lakers’ season.
While the Lakers’ major five has gained experience and defense from the past year, the changes on the bench are just as important. Rondo region is still there and will again have to lead the second unit of Violines & Or. At his side, he will find an NBA champion in the person of Quinn Cook. The former Warriors player will bring his defense and especially his outside shot to the team. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope He can also shine off the bench as he was able to do last season. Finally, the experience and cunning of a Jared Dudley in the painting couple the agility of a Javale McGee should allow these Lakers not to know too big air holes when the holders are put to rest.
– The change of coach: Although Luke Walton is not a bad coach, it was necessary for the Lakers to change coaches. The costume was probably too big for Walton at the moment. The arrival of Frank Vogel with a new message, with a new philosophy, should bring freshness and renewal to the workforce. Known for his defensive teams, Frank Vogel will have many assets to make his Lakers a solid defensive team. A point where the Lakers have not particularly shone in recent years under the fold of Luke Walton.
– Finally a single thinking head for the Lakers: The duo Rob Pelinka – Magic Johnson will have caused great damage this past season. With many hiccups, double talk, the two men stepped on. Magic’s departure now leaves full powers to Rob Pelinka. After a sluggish start, the former agent of Kobe Bryant made some nice moves during free agency and managed to build a logical, consistent and competitive team.
– Anthony Davis : Like LeBron James in 2018, the arrival of Anthony Davis at the Lakers upsets the landscape of the NBA. Davis is one of the best players in the league in his post. Domineering archi, playing with LeBron James could allow him to take a new step in his progression. Be careful, however, because in the past, Davis’ physique has played him many tricks and this could ruin the start of his Lakers adventure. The staff will therefore have to make strong choices and protect players like Davis and James to have them in shape throughout the year and ready for the playoffs.
– The physique of LeBron James and Anthony Davis: They’re the two most important players on the squad and sadly they’re also the two who are the most injury-prone lately. For LeBron James, it is the weight of the years that begins to be felt. At 34, James is no longer the invulnerable athlete he was when he started his career and that’s normal. He will have to know where his limits are so as not to penalize his team and to arrive ready for the post season. For Anthony Davis, recurring injuries have been a part of his daily life since the start of his career. Often bothered by small physical problems, Davis will have to learn to “delegate” a little more this year by evading defensive tasks. Especially since he will be surrounded by sacred fighter planes defensively.
– Coaching staff (too much?) Expanded: Frank Vogel was named head coach of the Lakers by Rob Pelinka. But the latter also slipped Jason Kidd and Lionel Hollins as assistant coaches in the coaching staff. A three-star cast, therefore, for a team full of talents, but be careful that this decision does not end up playing tricks on the Lakers. Will Frank Vogel be able to enforce the hierarchy? Will Kidd and Hollins be able to step back in order to serve the team and not their personal interests? We hope so for the Lakers. Since after the last complicated years, we could do without a new drama.
After the circus of the past year, the editorial staff decided to be a little more careful. The arrival of Anthony Davis changes a lot of things and that’s why we risk placing the Lakers in the TOP 4 of the Western Conference. Everything will depend on the success of the relationship between James and Davis but also on the chemistry within the coaching staff. This team has too many talents not to play in the playoffs this season. If ever all the members of the Lakers decide to move forward in the same direction with the desire to do well, this team can have a very big season, if, on the other hand, some seek to put their personal interests forward, the new fiasco will not delay. not show the tip of his nose. Once again, fans and observers will be especially attentive to the 2019-2020 Californians season.
For the rdac ‘, the Lakers will finish 3rd place in the Western Conference with a record of 53 wins for 29 losses.
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