NBA General Managers were asked which team's level of success is the toughest to predict for the upcoming 2025-26 NBA season. The Los Angeles Lakers did not win the category, but they were not ignored in the voting.
In the league's annual survey of the NBA GMs, the Philadelphia 76ers led the way for who was the most difficult to team to predict the quality of at 47 percent of the vote. That is a fair assessment for a team with an unreliable franchise superstar.
The Lakers were involved in a large tie for second place with the Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, and New Orleans Pelicans.