If there’s a word that represents the roadmap the Lakers will try to follow this offseason, it’s balance.
After reaching the Western Conference Finals, the post trade-deadline roster exhibited the requisite competency needed to compete at a high level. Naturally, the front office will attempt to retain the core players that helped propel their deep playoff run. And early indications suggest that maintaining continuity will in fact be a priority.
Simply running it back will likely not be enough if the Lakers hope to go even further though. The team will have plenty of decisions to make come the start of free-agency, given ten players from this past season’s roster are about to hit the open market.