The Los Angeles Lakers will soon be forced to navigate one of those brutal problems that great NBA teams have. It involves the starting lineup, and having a little bit too much in-house talent to have an easy decision on who slots in where when every member of the team is healthy.
JJ Redick and his staff have been forced to mix it up a lot in the early parts of the 2025-26 NBA season. With no LeBron James altogether, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves popping in and out of the lineup, plus other key members being absent at times, there has been very little consistency with who the starting five is.