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Los Angeles Lakers 2017-18 season primer: Can Lonzo bring showtime back?

By John Kachnowski

GREENBURGH, NY - AUGUST 11: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally altered) Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers poses for a portrait during the 2017 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot at MSG Training Center on August 11, 2017 in Greenburgh, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
GREENBURGH, NY - AUGUST 11: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally altered) Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers poses for a portrait during the 2017 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot at MSG Training Center on August 11, 2017 in Greenburgh, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NV – JULY 07: Brandon Ingram #14 of the Los Angeles Lakers brings the ball up the court against the Los Angeles Clippers during the 2017 Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 7, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Clippers won 96-93 in overtime. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – JULY 07: Brandon Ingram #14 of the Los Angeles Lakers brings the ball up the court against the Los Angeles Clippers during the 2017 Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 7, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Clippers won 96-93 in overtime. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

Player Most Likely To Breakout This Season

Brandon Ingram

Brandon Ingram played alongside D’Angelo Russell throughout his rookie season. D’Angelo Russell does not make his teammates better players. He only averaged 4.8 assists last season and is labeled as a score-first point. Ingram has since been teamed up with Lonzo Ball, an extremely crafty pass-first guard. Lonzo Ball will surely create scoring opportunities for Ingram.

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Ingram also looked more and more aggressive as the season went on. He looked great in his lone Summer League contest when he posted 26 points before exiting due to leg cramps. As his rookie season progressed, Ingram looked more and more aggressive each month.

He carried that aggression over to the Summer League and will build on it come October. Ingram has expanded his already lengthy frame, as he has reportedly grown two inches to be 6-foot-11.

How The Season Will End

The Los Angeles Lakers have their best roster since the the 2012-13 NBA season when they last made the playoffs.

Their roster features a lot of young assets, established NBA players in Lopez and Caldwell-Pope, and a seemingly competent head coach in Luke Walton. With Magic Johnson running the show from the top down, the Lakers are headed in the right direction.

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However, with a very much improved Western Conference, do not expect the Lakers to break back into the postseason this year.

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