The Los Angeles Lakers’ biggest weakness is not something they can trade for with the current trade assets they have, fix in the buyout market, or wait out until January. It is already on the roster. That weakness is athleticism.
Rather, it is the lack of it. Unless their young players take a real step forward, it is going to cost them.
As Jovan Buha put it on his podcast, “They do not have a lot of athleticism. Most of their rotation players are below-average athletes, and that’s, to me, one of the big flaws with this team currently.