Mitch Kupchak and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers’ front office has deservedly received praise for a pretty good offseason, all things considered, but if you take a look at the roster, there’s still a sizable hole at a key position: small forward. Take that a step further, and the Lakers don’t have a single, natural, NBA-proven player at the position.
So, while there are plenty of questions about next year’s team, the biggest of all right now is: Can the Lakers find something closer to a long-term solution?
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Let’s start with who’s already on the Lakers’ roster: they have 15 players under some form of contract for next season, if Robert Upshaw is signed in the coming days as was previously reported.