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      • What to expect: After making several big changes to a struggling team at the last trade deadline and subsequently streaking into the NBA’s final four, the Lakers decided they didn’t need their annual roster overhaul. GM Rob Pelinka largely tried to maintain continuity around James and Anthony Davis this time around.

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  3. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 5698977/2024/08LeBron James’ and Anthony Davis’ Olympic performance should ...

    Aug 16, 2024 · The success of James and Davis within the context of Team USA revealed several ways the Lakers can maximize the current roster in the short term and improve it over the longer haul.

  4. www.nba.com › news › how-can-lakers-complementLakers' next challenge? Building around LeBron James, Anthony ...

    • Remaining Cap Space
    • A New Star Combo
    • Shooters Needed
    • Another Playmaker?
    • Still Need to Get Stops, Too
    • The Trade Market?

    The Lakers would have more cap space before the trade than they would after it, because Davis’ salary is far greater than the combined salaries of Ball, Hart and Ingram. But if they fill all or most of that extra cap space (by signing free agents) before the trade is officially made (and wind up over the salary cap after the trade), they would need...

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    James and Davis appear to be an ideal fit. James is one of the best playmakers in NBA history, while Davis is one of the best finishers in the league. He’s one of three players (and James is one of the other two) who have shot better than 70 percent on at least 2,000 attempts in the restricted area over the last five years. Davis has been assisted ...

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    Wagner might remain as a back-up big, but the Lakers’ post-trade depth chart doesn’t go beyond Davis, James and Kyle Kuzma. (About Kuzma: His effective field goal percentage on shots from outside the paint — 44.5 percent — ranked 187th among those 218 players with at least 200 field goal attempts.) That’s a terrific and versatile frontline, but the...

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    Last year’s strategy of putting playmakers (instead of shooters) around James didn’t work. The 2018-19 Lakers were the lowest ranked offensive team — they ranked 24that 107.4 points scored per 100 possessions — that James has played for in his 16 seasons. (The 109.0 points per 100 possessions they scored in the 55 games that James played in would h...

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    Beverley, Brogdon or Collison would help make up for the loss of Ball on defense. The Lakers ranked a respectable 13th in defensive efficiency last season. But they were seventh (106.3 points allowed per 100 possessions) at the time of Ball’s season-ending injury and ranked 22nd (112.4) thereafter. They allowed 102.7 per 100 with James and Ball on ...

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    In regard to filling out the roster (and filling cap space), the Lakers aren’t limited to just free agency. They could also make trades beyond the deal with New Orleans. Alas, with all the draft picks and young players they’re sending out for Davis, they’re pretty limited in what they can offer other teams in exchange for useful players. Acquiring ...

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  6. www.nbcsports.com › nba › newsLakers gain star stability, shake up roster around LeBron ...

    Dec 22, 2020 · With LeBron and Davis locked in, Los Angeles set out building around those two. The Lakers are keeping all three sub-30 role players from their playoff rotation. They re-signed Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (three years, $39,116,585 with $30 million guaranteed) and signed Kyle Kuzma to an extension (three years, $40 million with a player option).

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  7. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 4518812/2023/05How Lakers’ LeBron James, Anthony Davis revamped their games ...

    May 15, 2023 · The smash-mouth 2020 bubble team has given way to a 2023 roster with a new head coach, multiple ballhandlers and a more egalitarian offensive approach that lends itself to random contributions...

  8. www.cbssports.com › nba › newsLakers offseason preview: How Los Angeles can rebuild a ...

    Jun 16, 2021 · So with the 2021 offseason fast approaching, let's look into all of the ways the Lakers can build a roster meant to support James and Davis when they're on the floor, not off of it, because...

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  9. apnews.com › article › lakers-season-preview-lebronLakers keep core around LeBron James, Anthony Davis after ...

    Oct 20, 2023 · After making several big changes at the last trade deadline and surprisingly advancing to the brink of the NBA Finals, the Lakers decided they didn’t need their annual roster overhaul and largely tried to maintain continuity around LeBron James and Anthony Davis this time around.

  10. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 5159220After lineup change, LeBron James and Anthony Davis take it ...

    Dec 24, 2023 · The closing lineup of Davis, James, Hachimura, Reddish and Reaves might be their best unit, though it had barely played together before Saturday.