After the Los Angeles Lakers front office duo of “Maginka” signed LeBron James, they had a solid young core surrounding “The King,” that looked like this:
That’s a nice group -inexperienced- but nevertheless, an “agreeable” assortment of players.
The formula on how to construct a winning team around LeBron James was solved years ago by the Miami Heat. All you have to do is surround James with good 3-and-D players and then find players who can defend the lane.
The group listed above can play defense and Zubac can defend the lane, but according to the simple recipe needed to get to the playoffs (and hopefully make some noise in the playoffs), the Lakers still needed shooting and more defense in the middle.