For years this question was easily answered, as the Lakers have seemingly always had a best player. From George Mikan and Jerry West, to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, ending with Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, this is the first time in what seems like franchise history that the team has yet to have a player solidify himself as the Alpha Dog.
The argument can be made based off of potential, Julius Randle and D’Angelo Russell fill in here nicely, results, queue Jordan Clarkson, or even experience, Lou Williams and Luol Deng I’m looking at you, so we thought it’d be interesting to hear what those who follow the Lakers closely had to say on the topic at hand.