The NBA preseason is essentially a movie trailer. For some teams, these games will present their entire plot, main characters and action scenes as a preview of what’s to come in the new campaign.
For other clubs, these snippets will have to be combed through frame by frame to get a clearer picture of what the story actually will be come showtime.
On Monday night, the Lakers gave their fans a first look at their reshaped cast and Darvin Ham’s coaching direction. Although the sample size is minuscule, and should mostly be taken with a grain of salt given the context required with any exhibition contest, there were still scenes worth monitoring going forward as we inch closer to real games.