Last season was a brutal reminder of how important picking the ‘right’ players is to success in professional sports. Rob Pelinka will have to do a better job this summer than he did last summer if the Lakers are to have any chance to win. Unfortunately, finding the ‘right’ players…

The smartest move Rob Pelinka has made as VP of Basketball Operations and General Manager for the Los Angeles Lakers was to forge a close alliance with Rich Paul and the Klutch Sports Group, who represent James and Davis. With LeBron James’ seemingly never-ending career approaching its end, the biggest…

The Los Angeles Lakers have a problem. They desperately need to hire a new coach before the NBA draft but their top two candidates are under already under contract and the none of the remaining candidates inspire optimism. Yet the Lakers seem to be slow-walking the process of finding a…

Let’s play connect the dots. Bull’s superstar Zach LaVine will be a free agent this summer. LaVine’s agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports also represents LeBron James and Anthony Davis and has an alliance with the Lakers front office. Could Zach LaVine become this year’s version of Klutch Sports forcing…

Forget the snake bit season, bad luck injuries, and silly pundits screaming nobody wants Russ. It’s not about Westbrook as a player. It’s about how his $47 million expiring contract can clean up a team’s salary cap in just a year. Teams like the Indiana Pacers, Charlotte Hornets, and Houston…

The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship in the bubble by starting a bigger, more physical player at every position. This summer the Lakers need to go super big and build a modern version of the bubble championship team. During eighteen months since the Lakers won the championship with…

There will be multiple teams like the Pacers and Hornets looking to dump rotation players on long-term contracts for future cap space who would love to trade for Russell Westbrook’s $47 million expiring contract this summer. Trading for Russell Westbrook’s gigantic expiring contract offers rebuilding teams the perfect opportunity to…

Rob Pelinka needs a big offseason trade to transform the Los Angeles Lakers into a championship team by turning Russell Westbrook’s $47 million expiring contract and a pair of unprotected first round picks into three new starters. The Lakers need size and athleticism across the board, better perimeter and interior…

Less than eighteen months ago, the Los Angeles Lakers won their 17th NBA championship in the bubble by surrounding superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis with a roster with great length and size at every position. Since then, the Lakers made a series of major strategic decisions to improve the…