Los Angeles Lakers: 5 takeaways from the preaseason

With the Los Angeles Lakers preseason over and the start of the regular season on the horizon, let’s take a look back and see what to make of these six games.

With an end to an eventful preseason, not only the Los Angeles Lakers but for the NBA as a whole, it’s fair to take a deep breath and process what we all just saw. For the Lakers, they only played two teams this preseason, the Brooklyn Nets for two games in China, and home and away games against the Golden State Warriors back in the States.

While it’s hard to get a good read after only playing two teams, there was still a lot to take away from for a team that has undergone a complete make-over since last season.

Everything from the players to the coaching staff is brand new, so it’s been interesting to see how this team has progressed during this short preseason schedule, and extrapolate that to how they’re going to perform in the regular season.

But most importantly, after months of speculation, it was just plain awesome to see the Los Angeles Lakers take the floor again, and finally watch one of the most anticipated one-two punches in the league in Anthony Davis and LeBron James wreak havoc on the opposing team.

With all that mind, let’s take a deep dive into the Los Angeles Lakers preseason.