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Five years of reconstruction were crammed into a few months of painful waiting. Finally, the LeBron James version of the mauve and gold will be launched and will officially open the training camp.
As every year, there are a lot of questions that will be answered before the end of the season.
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are about to start a very important training camp. (Photo of Harry How / Getty Images)
Although some of the following topics are not fully covered before playing the 82, we will have a good idea of where the next weeks of camp will be.
Central position
The Lakers do not really have a center because they have some reserved places where a starting center would be open.
JaVale McGee averaged only 9.5 minutes per contest last season and started in every 17 games. It has not started 40 games or more since the 2011-2012 season and has not recorded more than 1,400 minutes per year since the 2012-2013 campaign.
Ivica Zubac will try to return to her rookie form by scoring an average of 7.5 points at 16 minutes played per game.
The first is a defensive asset that will be asked to increase its minutes significantly. The latter is a prototype center that will certainly have enough time to prove its membership.
The team wants to play unbranded basketball, which may not be as bad as you think. As the camp progresses, we will see what kind of plan Luke Walton proposes to solve the problem by having two rescue centers to the five.
Position of the point guard
On the way to the camp, we were struck by some certainties: Rajon Rondo is a great leader and has a high IQ. Lonzo Ball, on the other hand, underwent surgery on both his knee and his basketball shot.
None of this is very promising in terms of backcourt and who will lead the charge.
Ball will move slowly and may have to go to Rondo. We'll soon know if the changes he made to his shot have any positive impact on the games.
The best scenario is a healthy ball that plays with a much higher percentage of goals. The worst case scenario is a backcourt that must rely on Rondo in the regular season to play as Rondo throughout the season.
Young nucleus
Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart enter in October as a collective X factor for this eclectic team.
While LeBron James is the leader and proven talent, the young core is the quintessence of the mauve and gold promise. The club goes where this group does.
A more prolific ball, an aggressive Ingram, a stronger Kuzma and a consistent Hart would be a great advantage for a team that is yet another superstar or two away from the competition.
The temperature of Luke Walton's seat
This team is young and old, both new and wise. Players returning from last year are largely younger players who are still trying to gauge the game. Incoming veterinarians have robust personalities that could be advantageous or sometimes disastrous.
The Lakers will certainly go through difficult times by learning to play with each other.
LeBron James spoke about this on media day, via ESPN.
We are all new to each other, we must take our bumps and bruises. There will be good times and bad times. If we continue to work on the process and continue to sacrifice ourselves for each other and to make the commitment and the time necessary to succeed, everything else will come into place.
The question is whether Walton finds himself with such a stench that accompanies a future difficult period.
The third-year head coach will certainly be the first to be charged and perhaps to be represented. The training camp is a crucial moment to gain the confidence of the players. confidence that will go far in the first two months of the season.
Minutes
With big ego, there are great expectations. LeBron James is the only player to receive minutes. Apart from that, this team will see heavy rotations while Walton tries to create a consistent long-term list.
The training camp will develop a depth map, of course. But it will also be necessary to know if there is animosity when some of these players are put on the bench.
ESPN has the Lakers ninth in their ranking of the power of the training camp. There is certainly optimism surrounding LeBron's young weapons.
But to say that there are many questions is a euphemism.
Walton and his company have to prove that their kids are ready to take the next step, that the Lakers have enough athleticism to face more prolific defensive teams and do not need a daily center to achieve a shot in the west.
The list of questions is long. Fortunately, the answers are in progress.
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Five years of reconstruction were crammed into a few months of painful waiting. Finally, the LeBron James version of the mauve and gold will be launched and will officially open the training camp.
As every year, there are a lot of questions that will be answered before the end of the season.
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are about to start a very important training camp. (Photo of Harry How / Getty Images)
Although some of the following topics are not fully covered before playing the 82, we will have a good idea of where the next weeks of camp will be.
Central position
The Lakers do not really have a center because they have some reserved places where a starting center would be open.
JaVale McGee averaged only 9.5 minutes per contest last season and started in every 17 games. It has not started 40 games or more since the 2011-2012 season and has not recorded more than 1,400 minutes per year since the 2012-2013 campaign.
Ivica Zubac will try to return to her rookie form by scoring an average of 7.5 points at 16 minutes played per game.
The first is a defensive asset that will be asked to increase its minutes significantly. The latter is a prototype center that will certainly have enough time to prove its membership.
The team wants to play unbranded basketball, which may not be as bad as you think. As the camp progresses, we will see what kind of plan Luke Walton proposes to solve the problem by having two rescue centers to the five.
Position of the point guard
On the way to the camp, we were struck by some certainties: Rajon Rondo is a great leader and has a high IQ. Lonzo Ball, on the other hand, underwent surgery on both his knee and his basketball shot.
None of this is very promising in terms of backcourt and who will lead the charge.
Ball will move slowly and may have to go to Rondo. We'll soon know if the changes he made to his shot have any positive impact on the games.
The best scenario is a healthy ball that plays with a much higher percentage of goals. The worst case scenario is a backcourt that must rely on Rondo in the regular season to play as Rondo throughout the season.
Young nucleus
Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart enter in October as a collective X factor for this eclectic team.
While LeBron James is the leader and proven talent, the young core is the quintessence of the mauve and gold promise. The club goes where this group does.
A more prolific ball, an aggressive Ingram, a stronger Kuzma and a consistent Hart would be a great advantage for a team that is yet another superstar or two away from the competition.
The temperature of Luke Walton's seat
This team is young and old, both new and wise. Players returning from last year are largely younger players who are still trying to gauge the game. Incoming veterinarians have robust personalities that could be advantageous or sometimes disastrous.
The Lakers will certainly go through difficult times by learning to play with each other.
LeBron James spoke about this on media day, via ESPN.
We are all new to each other, we must take our bumps and bruises. There will be good times and bad times. If we continue to work on the process and continue to sacrifice ourselves for each other and to make the commitment and the time necessary to succeed, everything else will come into place.
The question is whether Walton finds himself with such a stench that accompanies a future difficult period.
The third-year head coach will certainly be the first to be charged and perhaps to be represented. The training camp is a crucial moment to gain the confidence of the players. confidence that will go far in the first two months of the season.
Minutes
With big ego, there are great expectations. LeBron James is the only player to receive minutes. Apart from that, this team will see heavy rotations while Walton tries to create a consistent long-term list.
The training camp will develop a depth map, of course. But it will also be necessary to know if there is animosity when some of these players are put on the bench.
ESPN has the Lakers ninth in their ranking of the power of the training camp. There is certainly optimism surrounding LeBron's young weapons.
But to say that there are many questions is a euphemism.
Walton and his company have to prove that their kids are ready to take the next step, that the Lakers have enough athleticism to face more prolific defensive teams and do not need a daily center to achieve a shot in the west.
The list of questions is long. Fortunately, the answers are in progress.
