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Los Angeles Lakers: Predicting the starting lineup for the season

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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 10: The Los Angeles Lakers stand for the National Anthem before a preseason game against the Utah Jazz on October 10, 2017 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 10: The Los Angeles Lakers stand for the National Anthem before a preseason game against the Utah Jazz on October 10, 2017 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
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Los Angeles Lakers: Predicting the starting lineup for the season
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 10: The Los Angeles Lakers stand for the National Anthem before a preseason game against the Utah Jazz on October 10, 2017 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

Who will be in the Los Angeles Lakers starting lineup this season? We take a crack at predicting the season’s starting five.

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to kick off the 2017-18 regular season tonight against the Los Angeles Clippers. This is a day that is always exciting for fans, as hopes are high everyone starting off with a clean slate. Also, who doesn’t love seeing the Lakers and most of the NBA, above the Golden State Warriors in the standings?

The Warriors lost their home opener on Wednesday night, an outcome the Lakers are hoping to avoid tonight against the Clippers at the STAPLES Center. The biggest question now is, who will be in the starting lineup for the Lakers?

The lineup that we see tonight against the Clippers will be different from the one we see come Sunday when the Lakers play the New Orleans Pelicans.

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With Kentavious Caldwell-Pope serving his two-game suspension, the Lakers will have to put someone into the starting lineup from him. Anyone from Luol Deng, Corey Brewer, Kyle Kuzma and Larry Nance Jr. could be inserted into the starting lineup.

Whoever Luke Walton chooses, it will be a good showcase for that player. They will have a chance to earn some extra minutes going forward if they play well. The Lakers will do a lot of tinkering this season with so many players worthy of minutes, so getting off to a hot start is imperative if a player wants to remain in the rotation.

Five players will have to start the game; who will it be? We take our best guess predicting what the Lakers starting lineup will be for a majority of the season.

Here are the five players we will be predicting to start the most games this season for the Lakers. These five players may not be in the starting lineup right away, but by the end of the season, they will lead the team in games started at their respective positions.

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