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Los Angeles Lakers: Jeanie Buss was confident in Magic recruiting LeBron

The Los Angeles Lakers were able to make a huge splash when the signed LeBron James this offseason. Coming into the offseason, signing a star was a main priority for the Lakers. After making some trades over the past two years, the Lakers were able to position themselves very nicely for free agency this past summer and for the upcoming summer.

While having cap space is obviously the most important thing to sign free agents, it also takes some other things to convince a star player to join a new franchise. The Lakers have strong leadership at the top of their organization with Rob Pelinka and Magic Johnson.