


The problem for the Lakers has been an inability to have all of their pieces healthy at the same time, thus the chemistry isn’t quite where it needs to be. A superstar duo in LeBron and Davis, secondary creators in D’Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves, a top-flight defender in Jarred Vanderbilt, perimeter shooters, albeit streaky ones, in Troy Brown Jr. On paper, the Lakers undoubtedly have the pieces to make a run. They get in, they a serious threat in the West.” “Talk about the record all you want, they just gotta get in. “They are a serious threat in the West right now,” Green said of the Lakers.
