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The agent of the Lakers’ star has not only been his closest business associate for many years, but his friend. With that in mind, it stands to reason that word when it comes to his client’s future, his word can be trusted. The Los Angeles Lakers in context Last season, the Los Angeles Lakers scraped into the NBA’s Play-In-Tournament with a record of 43-39 and then managed to make the playoffs after defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves in overtime. It was a big deal. Then, they improved to dismiss the Memphis Grizzlies in six games, before making believers out of the skeptics with the elimination of the defending champion Golden State Warriors. Yes, they were eventually swept by the eventual champion Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals, but the point is, it was a respectable run for a franchise that has struggled in recent years. .@stephenasmith makes a BIG proposal to LeBron 👀 "If LeBron James wants to put himself in position to win a championship, get traded to the ...

The Golden State Warriors are nearing the three-year mark of their James Wiseman project, and it's not going well. The 2020 second-overall pick is yet to earn a regular place in the rotation, let alone the starting lineup, and was relegated to the G League for a period earlier this season.  Hindsight is 20-20. We all know the players the Warriors could've taken in place of Wiseman, starting with LaMelo Ball, who went one pick later to the Hornets. Onyeka Okongwu would be a massive help to Golden State right now. Devin Vassell would be good for any team. Tyrese Haliburton is a franchise player. Tyrese Maxey. Desmond Bane. All of these guys and more are good to potentially great players in the league already.  It's not fair to talk about the players that went later in the draft. There are always surprises. Nobody drafting at No. 2 in 2020 would have been looking at a Vassell or a Maxey or a Bane. But Bal...