Chris Broussard

And he's on a good team.

And I think LeBron has shown the Lakers that, look, I can play the second option role, even the third offensive option role if I have to.

I can do impact the game with my passing, with a little bit of defense, with my rebounding, with my intelligence in a way that complements Luka Doncic and even Austin Reeves.

So

It's just a matter of what the number is.

I think the priority for the Lakers, Colin, should be this summer going out and trying to get athletic defenders, 3 and D type guys, a center who's a rim runner who's pretty tough –

Isaiah Hardenstein could potentially be a free agent.

There's a team option on him that might, you know, he might be available.

Lou Dort, A.I.O., DeSumo, like guys like that, Tari Eason are out there and available.

Kobe White.

I think they need to go out and fill the roster around Luka and then you can deal with LeBron and Austin Reeves and determine what you can offer them.

But they they have to rebuild, start to rebuild around Luka because just with LeBron, Luka and Austin Reeves, even healthy, they're not better than San Antonio, OKC or Minnesota.

Colin, that was one of the most shocking things I discovered when I was reporting on the league.

The Lakers, the glamour franchise of the NBA, were a mom and pop shop.

I mean, that's what they were.

They did not have...

a lot of the things that the other franchises had, what they had was the great players, right?

They always got the great players.

They had Jerry West, who was the great scout, so to speak.

And, and Phil Jackson, the great, like they had great coaches and Jerry West is a front office guy.