EL SEGUNDO, CA - SEPTEMBER 20: Rob Pelinka discusses the upcoming Los Angeles Lakers' season at UCLA Health Training Center on September 20, 2018 in El Segundo, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
With the 2021 NBA Finals in the books, the offseason is just around the corner and it promises to be a riddled one for the Los Angeles Lakers. As they exited the playoffs in a plethora of injuries, the question remains if a sound Lakers team could have run it back to the NBA Finals and another championship.
While the sentiment between the purple and gold player allegedly is that, if healthy, they could have won and that they would give this roster another try, it remains to be seen what Rob Pelinka’s plans for the team are.