With their roster now mostly set, any remaining holes within the Lakers’ rotation will likely have to be addressed in-house. One of those voids the team will have to fill this upcoming season was left behind by their previous point guard, Dennis Schröder.
The feisty guard made good in his second stint with Los Angeles — as he quickly emerged from just a late summer minimum free-agent signing, to a key wheel in the team's trip to the Western Conference Finals.
While his surface level numbers from this past year certainly won’t set the world on fire, replacing what Schröder brought to the table — on both ends — may be trickier than expected even when taking into account that the Lakers improved at the position.