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Los Angeles Lakers: How far away from contending are they?

With their four all-stars, two of them former MVPs, the Golden State Warriors possess an embarrassment of riches while the rest of the league is just scraping by. The Warriors dominance has bullied the majority of the competition into launching full scale rebuilds.

In my opinion no team is doing a better job of rebuilding than the Los Angeles Lakers. Here I will discuss why the Lakers stand out as well as how far they are from contending.

Talent Overload

There are many talented young teams such as the Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks, and Philadelphia 76ers.