The Los Angeles Lakers have endured a playoff drought that has now hit four straight seasons, leaving many wondering when the team will return to the top of the NBA mountain.
The silver lining to all the losing has been the arrival of a number of young talents in the draft, such as Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Julius Randle, and Larry Nance Jr.
However, just because the Lakers are a young, rebuilding team, that doesn’t mean that they don’t still aspire to making a playoff run. Nance recently appeared on the Hoops Hype podcast with Alex Kennedy and discussed the possibility that Los Angeles could make the playoffs next season:
“It’s become a very realistic possibility.