What is the biggest challenge for the Lakers with a top tier roster in the new season?

On December 9, Beijing time, LeBron James, the core of the Los Angeles Lakers, revealed in an interview that the Clippers may be their biggest obstacle in the West. During this offseason, the Clippers were on the verge of disintegration, with head coach Doc Rivers moving to Philadelphia, George being involved in trade talks, and Harrell being poached by the Lakers, all of which seemed to be detrimental to the team's continued championship contenders in the new season.

During this offseason, the Clippers were on the verge of disintegration, with head coach Doc Rivers moving to Philadelphia, George being involved in trade talks, and Harrell being poached by the Lakers, all of which seemed to be detrimental to the team's continued championship contenders in the new season. However, the team management eventually succeeded in keeping the league's top 3D Paul George, and also signed championship center Ibaka from the free market, and also renewed the contract of space power forward Morris and "French Pippen" Batum, the team's frontcourt depth can be called the best in the league, Beverley + George + Leonard + Morris + Ibaka The starting lineup not only has great space on the court, but also they can do unlimited changes on the defensive end, and there are almost no flaws at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

The Lakers also made targeted reinforcements this offseason, Pelinka first got their best sixth man Schroder from the Thunder trade, and then successively got Harrell and Gasol Jr. One offense and one defense, and also poached 3D wing veteran Matthews from the Bucks; Coupled with the team's maximum salary renewal of the two core James and thick eyebrows, the Lakers' goal is not only to defend the title, but even have the opportunity to hit the great cause of three consecutive championships.

However, the departure of Bradley and Danny Green is a big blow to the team's backcourt defense, although their teaming up as the starting backcourt combination last season caused the organizational burden on the offensive end to fall on James alone, but the two 3D guards have established a very solid backline, and James, thick eyebrows, and Howard can be used to make up for defense on the wing and inside at any time, and the Lakers' defensive system is perfect. Now, although the backcourt of Schroder + Pope + Caruso + Matthews has improved its firepower on the offensive end, it is naturally slightly inferior to the players in the two best defensive teams in terms of defense.

After some operations, the Lakers' backcourt offense and organization have been solved, but there are many flaws on the defensive end, once the Clippers are encountered, James needs to smash Leonard, George has no one to match him, and the Clippers also have a top backcourt defender like Beverley, who is completely able to limit Schroder; On the inside, Ibaka + Zubac can also form a deterrent to thick eyebrows and Harrell, and in terms of the current lineup configuration of the two sides, the Lakers do not have any absolute advantage over the Clippers, so James's concerns are not unreasonable.

However, there is always no shortage of exciting matchups and unpredictable miracles on the basketball court, so let's wait and see what kind of sparks will be generated by the strong dialogue between the two top Western teams!

Pride of oneself. Guarding against arrogance and rashness can go further, which is something that the players need to keep in mind.

The biggest problem facing the Lakers in the new season is a run-in of the new lineup, because there are a lot of personnel changes at the beginning of the season, so whether the run-in can be successful is the key to whether the new season can win the championship.

The biggest challenge for the Lakers in the new season is injuries, because the new season is very tight, so they need to do a good job of managing the load of their core players.

The Lakers' 17-man roster for the new season is: James, Westbrook, Davis, Anderson, Lonnie Walker, Beverley, Schroder, Jones, Reaves, Christie, Thomas Bryant, Wenyon Gabriel, Nunn, Pippen Jr., Swish, Troy Williams Jr. and Matt Ryan.

It is also reasonable to cut Shaquille Harrison, Nate Pierre Luiz, both of them are guards on the court, both of them are 1.93 meters tall, and now the Lakers guard line is crowded, coach Ham has had to change the starting lineup in many games, 6 games have changed 6 starters, the purpose is to see which guards are more suitable for the Lakers, Wei Shao was once played as a substitute, 6 guards compete for 2 starters, the pressure is very high, the two in the Lakers data is average, little playing time, by the Lakers to give up has become a natural thing.

Lakers History. The team was founded in Minneapolis in 1947 and relocated to Los Angeles in 1960. "Lakers" refers to people who work or live in the Great Lakes region of the northeastern United States, and the word** is derived from Minnesota's nickname for the "Ten Thousand Lake State."

Because of the color of the jersey, the Lakers are also known as the "Purple and Gold Army".

As of the 2021-22 season, the Lakers have made the playoffs 62 times, won the Western Conference 32 times, won the NBA championship 17 times, and have a record of 33 consecutive wins in the regular season (all NBA all-time).

Kobe Bryant.

Pau Gasol.

Andrew Bynum.

Ron Artest.

Derek Fisher.

Stephen Blake.

Lamar Odom.

Matt Barnes.

Point guards: Fisher, Blake.

Quarterbacks: Kobe, Brown, Vujasic.

Junior Front: Atay, Barnes, Wharton.

Omae: Gasol, Odom.

Centre: Bynum, Ratliff.

Two rookies: Devin Banks Derrick CarkterCoach: Phil Jackson.

Old class: Bath.

General Director: Kupchak.

Fisher, Steve Blake, Luke Wharton, Odom, Shannon Brown, Gasol, Bynum, Vujasic, Barnes, Kobe, Artet, Ratliff, Devon Ebanks, Derek Carracket.