The Los Angeles Lakers have received rave reviews for the moves they made during free agency this year from fans and experts alike. For starters, they retained much of the core that unexpectedly carried them to the Western Conference finals, and they made some intriguing additions to that core.
Those moves may not make the Lakers the favorites to the win 2024 NBA championship, but they should put them near the top of most people’s power rankings, especially as the new season draws closer.
Head coach Darvin Ham told The Sporting Tribune that he’s very confident his roster is a championship-caliber one (h/t Lakers Nation).
Via The Sporting Tribune:
“Hell yeah; without question. “That’s what we’re in it for,” Ham told The Sporting Tribune. “We’re about winning around here and winning big. It’s not just about, ‘Hey we made the playoffs.’ We’re trying to get to that pinnacle and conquer it.”
Ham had his growing pains in his first season at the helm of an NBA team, but he showed growth as time went on, and many feel he is an excellent bench leader for L.A.