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Patrick Andres

Lakers Insider Shares Two Best Players Team Could Get to Fill Rotation Holes

Andrew Wiggins guards LeBron James in Jan. 2025. | Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

Despite all the fanfare surrounding the midseason acquisition of guard Luka Doncic, the Los Angeles Lakers are still an unfinished product. That was made apparent to the basketball world in April, when the Minnesota Timberwolves dismissed the Lakers from the playoffs in five games.

Los Angeles has shown a willingness to tinker aggressively since forward LeBron James arrived before the 2019 season, and it doesn't sound like this offseason will be an exception. In a YouTube Q&A session Saturday afternoon, Jovan Buha of The Athletic pinpointed two realistic quality players the Lakers could add this offseason.

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