Bobby Marks thought that no franchise truly embodied the two-timeline approach more than the Los Angeles Lakers. There is a clear-cut path to escape this scenario for the Lakers in the best possible way, it just involves some help from external sources like the Milwaukee Bucks.
Rob Pelinka and the front office surely know that juggling two timelines almost always leads to disaster. There needs to be a definitive set of priorities that ultimately focuses on one or the other.
The problem for the Lakers is they want a star to pair with Luka Doncic.