There were a variety of strategies that Rob Pelinka and the front office could have formulated when structuring thee Los Angeles Lakers roster this offseason. Many anticipated the re-signings of Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura, but many were unsure of what would happen with D’Angelo Russell.
Needless to say, D’Lo is back and should be motivated to redeem himself after the rock bottom of his career (thus far) against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. The front office also elected to exercise its team option on Jarred Vanderbilt, which should have been a surprise to absolutely no one after his energetic contributions post-trade deadline last season.