In this article, I’ll grade the five forwards or centers who played 25 or more games for the Los Angeles Lakers and finished the season on the Purple and Gold. (This list doesn’t include Jemerrio Jones, Mike Muscala, Johnathan Williams, Michael Beasley, and Ivica Zubac.)
A list was compiled breaking down the seasons of the backcourt players already, which you can check out here.
To avoid any prejudice, I’ll use three all-purpose defensive metrics:
ESPN’s Defensive Real Plus/Minus: a positive score shows a player is a valuable defender and a negative score shows he’s below average.