Even amid speculation that the Los Angeles Lakers might not make the playoffs next season, one factor has gone relatively unchallenged: That this isn’t definitively the team that will finish the season if the first part of it winds up a disappointment.
Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report put together a very informative piece Thursday afternoon and this nugget from a Lakers executive in particular was pretty interesting:
“The roster we have in October may not be the same come February,” the executive continued. “But we like what we have.”
It’s easy to like a roster with LeBron James on it, but that’s kind of besides the point.