If there was one central theme in the exit interviews that the Los Angeles Lakers conducted on Friday, it was that practically everyone wants to run it back, and understandably so. Before injuries started plaguing the Lakers, they looked like a team primed to make another deep playoff run.
But is running it back in the best the Lakers can do this offseason? Let’s break it down.
Is it possible?
Technically? Yes. Realistically? No.
The Lakers will go into the 2021-22 season with just six players on guaranteed contracts: LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Marc Gasol and Luol Deng, whose contract was waived and stretched in 2018.