The moment Los Angeles Lakers fans have anxiously waited for all year has finally arrived in the form of a potential monumental offseason. And although there are plenty of reasons to feel optimistic this time around when it comes to the team’s chances of reeling in big fish, it is also important to recognize the other avenues the team possesses in case things do not go as ideally planned in free agency.
The Lakers have seemingly pushed all their chips to the middle of the table this summer — and rightfully so with the notable names available and the recent Kawhi Leonard news — but they have also not ruled out the option of shifting their focus to a 2019 free-agent class which potentially could be headlined by the likes of the aforementioned Leonard, Jimmy Butler, and Klay Thompson.