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Lakers Power Rankings: D’Angelo Russell undisputed at the top, Nick Young bounces back

The Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason is over, and the regular season is (finally!) upon us. We have real, actual, meaningful basketball to watch, debate, analyze, and enjoy.

The Lakers did play eight preseason games though, so we thought it would be fun to have our staff re-rank the team following those exhibition contests. Who doesn’t love preseason overreactions?

Nick “Preseason Swag God” Young made the biggest change, jumping a whopping EIGHT spots from his dead last ranking over the summer. D’Angelo Russell was still number one, and it looks like Luol Deng’s inability to get out on the court was held against him for a three-spot drop.