Reacts: Fans unanimously agree on Lakers great offseason
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After nailing moves in free agency and signing Anthony Davis to an extension, Lakers fans are ecstatic about their team’s offseason.
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The Lakers have taken a backseat to the drama of the NBA offseason, a truly rare move for a franchise always at the center of the storylines across the league. Instead, they’ve been fairly focused in their approach, doing their business in the background, getting it done quickly and moving on into the summer.
This week’s SB Nation Reacts survey, then, asked Lakers fans to grade their offseason. In what probably shouldn’t be a surprise, it was nearly unanimously graded as either an A or B offseason.
In our survey post, we asked fans for their thoughts in the comments on the offseason and here are a handful of those.
While there are some fair reservations — many of those regarding the lack of depth at the center position — they are fairly mild compared to years past. Running it back with the majority of a team that was one of the best in the league after the trade deadline last year is a perfectly good strategy and the Lakers have executed that.
Ultimately, a successful offseason does not mean a successful season is guaranteed to follow. But the Lakers are on a very good path after a real strong couple of weeks this summer.
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Lakers oddly ignore floor-spacing center, let him sign internationally
A flurry of great signings by the Los Angeles Lakers brought the roster up to 13 players shortly after NBA free agency opened. Things then started to slow down as the team evaluated how to properly fill the final two spots on the roster.
Even if Los Angeles left one roster spot open for an in-season buyout signing, adding a 14th player to the roster before the season is a no-brainer. Rob Pelinka himself told reporters what the team was looking for several weeks ago, admitting that the Lakers were active in the center market.
A flurry of great signings by the Los Angeles Lakers brought the roster up to 13 players shortly after NBA free agency opened. Things then started to slow down as the team evaluated how to properly fill the final two spots on the roster.
Even if Los Angeles left one roster spot open for an in-season buyout signing, adding a 14th player to the roster before the season is a no-brainer. Rob Pelinka himself told reporters what the team was looking for several weeks ago, admitting that the Lakers were active in the center market.
Lakers oddly let sign internationally despite being a floor-spacing big.
Don’t get it wrong, Kamisnky is not that exciting of a player and the Lakers potentially signing him was not going to move the needle for the team. But it would have at least given the Lakers the thing they are reportedly chasing. If anything, Kaminsky was a body that could have eaten some minutes to start the season.
Obviously, if Kaminsky ended up signing in Serbia then he would have taken any kind of deal from an NBA team. This potentially includes a non-guaranteed deal. The Lakers could have had their cake and eaten it too by signing Kaminsky to this kind of contract.
It would have allowed the team to sign another player to bring the roster to 15. Then, when a better option became available in the future, LA could have waived Kaminsky in order to make space without taking the salary hit.
It appears that Los Angeles is not prioritizing the floor-spacing aspect as heavily as fans are anticipating. If the team was, it would have signed the worse all-around player (Kaminsky) since he can space the floor.
Instead, the Lakers may simply be waiting for a more experienced option, regardless of if they can actually shoot the ball or not.
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