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    Bill Plaschke: Lakers championship hopes begin — and end? — with LeBron and AD

    This Lakers preview column wanted to be trendy. It wanted to predict the 2023-2024 season through the lens of their young and shiny objects. It wanted to cite Rob Pelinka's smart summer maneuvers as the key to this team's championship hopes. It wanted to praise the depth, marvel at the versatility, and go bonkers over the bench. Who doesn't want to trumpet the fun of Austin Reaves, the ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Oct 24, 2023 4 minutes
    In this photo from Nov. 30, 2022, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, left, celebrates with teammate Anthony Davis after scoring a basket against the Portland Trail Blazers in the fourth quarter of the game at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

    This Lakers preview column wanted to be trendy.

    It wanted to predict the 2023-2024 season through the lens of their young and shiny objects. It wanted to cite Rob Pelinka's smart summer maneuvers as the key to this team's championship hopes. It wanted to praise the depth, marvel at the versatility, and go bonkers over the bench.

    Who doesn't want to trumpet the fun of Austin Reaves, the maturity of D'Angelo Russell, the shooting of Rui Hachimura, the smarts of Gabe Vincent, the toughness of Taurean Prince, the promise of Max Christie, the potential of Christian Wood and … ?

    Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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