The Los Angeles Lakers for the 2023/2024 season are determined to improve last year’s performance, with a level market that has seen valid grafts. The award-winning West Coast franchise appears determined to launch a season of results worthy of its glorious past.
History of the franchise
The Los Angeles Lakers have a history of success matched only by the Celtics. Both franchises can boast a number of 17 NBA rings and an enviable number of champions who have made league history. Like most NBA teams, the Lakers have not always been in their current location. The yellow-purples were founded in Minneapolis in 1946, only to move to Los Angeles in 1959.
After the glorious phase of the 70s and 80s and 90s, the Lakers faced a profound period of reconstruction that earned them exclusion from the playoffs for several years in a row. In recent years, the arrival of the star LeBron has changed the situation by bringing a new title in 2020.
Just the famous “bubble” championship has decreed a recovery for the historic West Coast franchise. Since then the team has achieved good results, albeit distant from that successful season.
Last season
Last year saw an ups and downs for coach Ham’s team, who took over from Vogel just before. The Lakers, after a difficult start to say the least, gradually recovered, reaching a difficult qualification for the play-ins.
The play-offs then proved to be particularly generous for them, guaranteeing them to reach the Conference final against the Nuggets (later ring winners).
The market
The Lakers have set up a transfer market session for 2023/2024, amidst important confirmations and new additions. On the one hand Reaves, D’Angelo Russell and Hachimura were confirmed players. The three proved to be very important players last season.
Rui Hacimura also found himself the ungrateful task of guarding Jokic in the Conference Finals and, despite not being able to contain the excessive power of the Serbian, he still proved his worth.
However, the transfer market didn’t limit itself to confirming the good things in the team. In came Gabe Vincent, a precious ex from Miami. Tauren Prince and Cam Reddish go to further enhance the summer reinforcement.
Outgoing weighs the farewell of Dennis Schroder, who went to the Raptors.
I Lakers per il 2023/2024
For next year, Ham’s boys will go in search of an even higher result than the unexpected Conference final of the previous year. The West Coast is currently dominated by Nikola Jokic’s battleship, making progress to the play-offs a daunting task.
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