8. Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers were the big winners of the 2018 NBA offseason, I don’t think anyone will argue with that assessment. However, after locking up the biggest free agent on the open market (LeBron James), they made some…interesting…moves.
The Lakers surrounded LeBron with the likes of Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, JaVal McGee and Michael Beasley. Not exactly the stars that many expected the Lakers to target as soon as LeBron announced he was taking his talents to LA, but it’s important to note that the team already has a solid young core.
The success of the Lakers will fall on the shoulders of Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma. If each of those players can take a big progressional step this season, they should be fine.