If Magic was never hired as PoBO...

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What would our team look like after draft night 2019 😈 ?
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[epak]

[Lakerz113]

[Lakerz113]

Not to mention paying Ingram next season

[venturalakersfan]

[epak]

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[epak]

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[Outspoken]

Zo
DLO
Ingram
Randle
Zubac may still be here

Draft Culver, if we got the #4. I don't think we would because we would be in the playoffs.

Lebron was coming anyways, but Jim wouldn't fold to klutch.

Deng and Mozgov is off the books. We opened up space with a developed young core and deep team. Our future looking great.

[epak]

[lakersfan8]

Starter: Russell, Ingram, Tatum, Randle, Zubac
Bench: Garland/Culver, Clarkson, Kuzma, Nance, Bryant

We would probably still have Deng and Moz expiring contracts for trade for veteran player such as Conley, Steven Adams or Paul.
Or a max free agent was interested to join our group and we found some ways to dump Deng/Moz contract.
Nevertheless, I would be quite excited about the above lineup.

[Kobesystem]

Maybe lebron doesn't come.....

However, we probably would of had Leonard or pg13 by now, which I would of preferred..

[governator]

probably

DLo, Fultz, BI, Randle, Mozgov
JC, Garland, Kuzma, Nance, Mitchell Robinson
Caruso, Deng, Zubac

[Zubolo]

[Zubolo]

My whole problem with the Maginka era is that they did not read the free agency market well at all before signing Lebron. Kawhi should have been the #1 target from the beginning NOT an aging Lebron! They should have done their homework and confirmed whether Lebron's presence will be a deterrent for Kawhi or even KD. If so, you prioritize a bit better.

From there, you can make Paul George a priority, while keeping Julius Randle. You keep Luol Deng for an extra year (play him in spurts.. he wasn't too bad) and then trade him along with the 2019 pick to clear the way for KD/Kawhi.

It may sound like revisionist history but myself and many others were very skeptical about adding an aging drama queen like Lebron to a young developing team.

[defense]

Not as good as it does now probably

[DocK36]

[ribeye]

What if we make-believe even more and go back to keeping our picks. Though circumstances would have changed that would make it less likely that the team got Ingram and most certainly, Ball, still, what if the team had DLo, Randle, Ingram, Ball, Kuzma, Lopez, McGee, Zubac, Nance, a mid first pick this year, and two max slots? Yeah, better. Maybe they have Prince instead of Ingram or maybe they have anyone from Mitchell to a bust instead of Ball or maybe they have two busts. Assuming the worst, with two busts and that the team avoided crappy signings, would DLo, Randle, Kuzma, McGee, Lopez, Nance, a mid first pick this year, and Zubac (thus a more stable front office) entice, say, Butler and/or Leonard, and/or another of the first tier free agents? (Maybe I have included someone that resulted in a trade for another but the point remains.)

Of course, this is silly, but since this incredibly thin team just doesn't feel right, with only Kuzma to show for all the many drafts, and with hiring mercenaries instead of showing patience and discipline, I get to vent too.
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[Ujah's Goat]

[Staccatos]

Assuming Lakers didn't trade away any of their players and the Lakers made the same draft picks, and signed the same contracts, it would look like this:

2019-2020 Salaries:

[governator]

[Zhengi]

[pjiddy]

[venturalakersfan]