Lakers Must Again Try to Conjure Continuity

We know that Rob Pelinka can often sound like an old philosopher with his penchant for speaking through proverbs, but who knew he’d lean on Heraclitus’ aphorism of “The only constant in life is change” in his approach to roster construction.

In the four offseasons since Pelinka became a member of the Lakers’ front office (first working under Magic Johnson and now as the team’s top basketball decision maker) the Lakers have never brought back more than eight players who closed the season on the previous roster.

(As an aside, the fewest they’ve ever returned is three, which was last offseason, but I digress.)

Said another way, in an NBA where rosters are capped at 15 (and 17 if in you include…