With an absolutely torrid opening to the Lakers free agency, I’m still trying to process what exactly just happened and decided the best way was to outline initial thoughts on paper here. The most important thing, of course, is that the Lakers have Lebron James, while Boston and Philly do not, and we are thereby set up for years of joyous basketball. In the midst of everything else, that’s the only thing that really matters, and I may not stop smiling for weeks.
But it’s also intensely interesting to begin considering how the roster will look around Lebron next year, particularly given Magic and Pelinka quickly adding several … unexpected pieces – Rondo, Lance, McGee, renouncing Randle… I am terrified, confused, excited, and overwhelmingly impatient to see how this all works.