Do the Lakers still have enough pull to sign big names?
Over the past two seasons, in which the Los Angeles Lakers set new franchise lows with their record for two consecutive years, there was a lot of questioning whether the purple and gold would still be held in the same regard to free agents.The Lakers project to have as much as $23 million in cap space this summer, but will players still want to sign with them? Can the franchise fumigate the stink of all of those losses in time to recruit a big name, such as the team's much rumored pursuit of Portland Trail Blazers' big man LaMarcus Aldridge?