Los Angeles Lakers: Most important role players to win a championship

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The Los Angeles Lakers are so much more than LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

For the first time in seven years, Los Angeles Lakers basketball is back in the playoffs. For the first time in ten years, the Lakers have secured the #1 seed in the West.

Normally, LA would have played themselves into home-court advantage however as we’ve seen this season has been anything but. Despite the catastrophe this year has been; Kobe Bryant’s tragic death, the COVID-19 pandemic, social injustice and civil unrest, basketball fans can at least have a bit of solace in watching some Laker’s playoff basketball. This is the magic of sports.

We know that LeBron James and Anthony Davis can be interchangeable as the Laker’s 1A and 1B on any given night, but what about the other guys? This is the question we’ll answer today.

With Avery Bradley sitting out, and the Lakers being bamboozled out of home-court advantage, they will really need their role players to come through big.

Getting to this point for the first time in seven years is nice, but these Lakers have their sights set a little higher. So, who are the three most important players to a successful Lakers championship run?

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