Topic: After all of the off-season moves the Lakers have made, we wonder if this roster is better than last year’s.
Context: Last year was one of the worst seasons in the history of the Lakers franchise. With a host of new faces, many fans could hardly recognize anyone on the roster.
Despite that, some fan favorites developed even through the record number of losses.
Coming into the off-season, the Lakers hoped to bring in a superstar. But both LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony declined to come to Los Angeles, forcing the Lakers the move to Plan B.
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This involved the Lakers bringing back certain players from last year’s team. Jordan Hill, Nick Young, and Ryan Kelly all received two-year deals, while Wesley Johnson and Xavier Henry got one-year contracts.
The Lakers also traded for Jeremy Lin, signed young big man Ed Davis, and claimed the amnestied Carlos Boozer.
With two good-looking draft prospects in Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson added to a hopefully hopefully healthy Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash, plus Robert Sacre and the roster is basically set.
While a coach has yet to be named, the roster is more or less set, which begs the question of whether this roster is better than last year’s.
Verdict: We went to twitter to ask our loyal followers if they believe this year’s roster is better than last year’s? These are some of the responses:
@TheeCoreyH @LakersNation Not really. This year's team is just healthier, I guess. Looking forward to Randle tho.
— Beth Alfabeto (@dawiz88) July 20, 2014
@TheeCoreyH @LakersNation the Lakers are much better than last year. Kobe is back to lead us. Boozer, davis, lin will be great additions
— Aaron Grigsby (@theaarongrigsby) July 20, 2014
@TheeCoreyH @LakersNation last year's roster HEALTHY was better. This year's, healthy, will have a better record than last year.
— Sam Vijeh (@samv7oh) July 20, 2014
@theecoreyh no. People are expecting Randle to be a 20 & 10 guy right away-not possible- he might not even start-maybe at sf.
— josh benavidez (@jbenavidez10) July 20, 2014
@TheeCoreyH @LakersNation Healthy Kobe, 2 stud rookies, a former allstar, an Asian sensation, & Swaggy & Hill are beasts. #better #Lakers