Granted with football season it's hard to keep up with the Lakers as much as I typically do, but make no mistake I still check in every day to see what's going on and boy I cannot tell you how excited I am. Lakers basketball officially gets under way in a week. A new era of Lakers basketball is set to begin.
Everyone knows the Lakers have a tremendous young group of players and this could very well be the start of something very special with the Lakers. I believe the Lakers are on their way back up. I think they've done an excellent job drafting. They've signed some good role players in free agency. They hired a good, young coach and he's assembled a quality staff.
Russell has looked fantastic for the most in pre-season and looks to have a really, good second season in the NBA. Ingram isn't ready to be an impact player, but you can already see he has a chance to be special in a few years. Has the potential to be a great two way player in the coming seasons. Randle, Nance, and...