EL SEGUNDO, CA - JUNE 21: Luke Walton poses for a picture with Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak and part owner Jim Buss after he is introduced as the new head coach becoming the 26th Los Angeles Laker head coach at Toyota Sports Center on June 21, 2016 in El Segundo, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
After a nine-year drought and a six-year-long absence from the playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers finally won the NBA Championship again last year, and they show signs of a good chance at repeating.
The renewed, sudden success is obviously due to a massive roster overhaul that occurred between 2018 and 2020.