Power rankings haven’t been kind to the Los Angeles Lakers as of late, and for good reason. In the past three seasons the team has combined for just 65 wins, the same amount of losses they had last season alone.
Despite racking up three top 10 draft picks in a row, the team has failed to reel in any free agents of significant value in the same time span. This resulted in a pre-season power ranking of 27th overall by NBA.com a low bar which the team still failed to actualize — predicted to go 21-61 the team fell short by four wins.