The Lakers are in a unique NBA position in which their head coach also happens to be a former key member of a championship era as a player.
Byron Scott, who ran the wing alongside Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy for the Showtime Lakers, just completed his first year as head coach, and is the team's choice to represent Los Angeles at the 2015 NBA Draft Lottery.
Struggling with well over 300 games lost to injury in 2014-15, the Lakers finished with the fourth-worst record in the NBA (21-61). That in term gives them the fourth-best chance to draw a top three selection in the lottery (37.