In most cases, upon a team acquiring LeBron James, the idea of building through development tends to go out the window for more predictable production coming from veterans of his choosing. As of right now, though, James, Magic Johnson, Rob Pelinka and the rest of the Lakers front office are showing patience, even with Kawhi Leonard on the trade block.
Now, Leonard is a Toronto Raptor and the Lakers are left playing the waiting game —something they seem altogether okay with.
First, Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report offered up this nugget on Twitter Tuesday afternoon:
From conversations I've had with people in and around the team, Lakers really eager to see what they have with LeBron and their kids - and are looking forward to adding one of the many stars available in 2019 FA (including Kawhi or Jimmy or KD or Klay or Kemba or Kyrie, etc.