Lakers: 5 Things to Watch at Summer League 2016

Five things that you need to be looking for from the Lakers at 2016 NBA Summer League

After what feels like an eternity, Los Angeles Lakers basketball is back in action on Friday evening—well, at least they’re back in action in Las Vegas, NV for 2016 NBA Summer League.

While Summer League technically doesn’t mean a great deal for the Lakers or any of the other teams that are competing in Vegas or have competed in either Orlando or Utah leading up to this point, there is still plenty that can be learned and plenty of things to watch. In fact, that’s truer for the Lakers than most.

Even with their focus of adding veterans potentially at the end of their prime in free agency, the Lakers are still a team whose primary value and future is predicated on their young players. As fate would have it, many of those young players will be in action at Summer League in Vegas.

Obviously it’d be great to see the entirety of the young core in action out in the desert, but Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson will be sitting this one out. Even still, the Lakers will get to see how many of the players they’re banking the future on will be in action and there will also be players getting the shot to prove that they deserve to occupy the 15th roster spot in Los Angeles.

With all of that in mind, these are the five things everyone should be watching with the Lakers at NBA Summer League.

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