Los Angeles Lakers
This offseason the Lakers will have less than $40 million committed to their roster that will leave them plenty of space to do what they do best, chase big free agent signings. In their crosshairs this time around are Lebron James and Paul George. With the latter having openly stated his intention to join his hometown team last summer before the Pacers shipped him off to join Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony in Oklahoma City.
If they can convince LeBron to leave the conference he has dominated for almost a decade to join George in the Western Conference gauntlet they would be almost guaranteed home court in the opening round of the playoffs, but would Lebron and PG13 added to young Laker core be enough to compete with Golden State and Houston?
The Los Angeles front office would certainly like to find out but they need to exercise caution and patience. If one or both of them pass on the Lakers they would be wise to learn from mistakes of the past and not throw big money at lesser talent.
Verdict: Rebuild