Los Angeles Lakers: Five bold predictions for next season

It’s time to dust off the old crystal ball and stare into its murky innards to come up with five daring predictions for the 2019-2020 Lakers.

Rob Pelinka’s done a great job for the Los Angeles Lakers assembling a deep and talented roster around LeBron James and Anthony Davis. While the Lakers might have missed out on Kawhi Leonard, this is a roster that has two superstars and is very balanced with depth.

Except for one or two more minor additions here is the Lakers 2019-2020 roster:

• LeBron James
• Anthony Davis
• Kyle Kuzma
• Danny Green
• DeMarcus Cousins
• Jared Dudley
• Troy Daniels
• Quinn Cook
• Alex Caruso
• Rajon Rondo
• JaVale McGee
• Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
• Talen Horton-Tucker
• Avery Bradley

It’s clear that the lineup listed above is much better than last year’s rendition of the Lakers. It’s so good in fact, that many people around the association have predicted that the Lakers will be at least a top-four seed in the incredibly deep western conference.

Las Vegas has taken the Lakers forecast for next season to another level  and given the Purple and Gold and the Clippers each 7-1 odds to win the championship next year, which is a bold prediction for how good the Lakers will be next season.

Let’s beat the men in Nevada and the experts across the NBA and predict not just whether the Lakers will win a championship during the 2019-2020 season, but instead calculate five different outcomes for the Purple and Gold next year.