As his Lakers coaching debut approaches, Luke Walton said he was still deliberating his starting lineup for Wednesday’s season opener against the Houston Rockets at Staples Center.
“We’re still in debates over there. We’ll have one though,” Walton said with a dose of humor following morning shootaround Wednesday at the Lakers’ practice facility in El Segundo. “We’re going to put names into a hat and pull one out.”
Walton said it was safe to pencil D’Angelo Russell in as the Lakers’ starting point guard. Other than that, Walton said he has weighed “three different combination options.”
Based on his rotations used in exhibition play, spots appear undecided at shooting guard (Lou Williams, Jordan Clarkson) and small forward (Luol Deng, Nick Young, Brandon Ingram).