After months of intrigue and anticipation, the Lakers finally play basketball on Saturday, opening the preseason with a matchup against the Golden State Warriors. It’ll be the first time we finally get to see the team’s new faces and get a glimpse of how they all fit with the retained core pieces.
This game obviously won’t be as exciting as the last time when the Lakers and Warriors faced each other, but at least we’ll get an early sample size of what the purple and gold could potentially look like this season. We might start to get some answers as to what the team’s identity could be, and which players could have big roles on a team built around LeBron James and Anthony Davis.