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With or without superstar additions, the Lakers are poised to become a playoff team next year

Hi, this is Tania Ganguli, here with the last Lakers newsletter for the 2017-18 season.

Moments later, Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss retweeted his tweet with her own comment: "Can't wait."

Hart's journey in some ways has been a microcosm of the Lakers' season as a whole. He dealt with disappointment early. When the Lakers sent him down to the South Bay Lakers, he remembers staying mostly to himself, upset with his situation. He remembers a phone call with his mom during which she asked him if he wanted her and his dad to come meet him in Iowa, where the South Bay Lakers were scheduled to play.