Los Angeles Lakers: 4 rotation mistakes Frank Vogel must avoid making

4. The Los Angeles Lakers must avoid being static with the rotation

If there is one thing that Frank Vogel should be prioritizing over all else in the regular season it is utilizing the games to see what works and what doesn’t for the team. If something works early on then great, put that in the memory bank but do not commit to that being the rotation for the rest of the season.

With so many new faces, play styles and egos, Vogel has the really hard task of not only making everyone happy but finding the lineups that work the best, the players who play off of each other the best and the pieces that simply do not fit.

It is an ever-growing puzzle as well. He might unlock one piece of the puzzle with a specific lineup or player combination but that only opens up another part of the rotation that has to be solved. Will he find the absolute best-case rotation that maximizes every player 100%? No, that is impossible.

However, he absolutely can find a rotation that is good enough to win the NBA Championship. A rotation that compliments itself with scorers and defenders, shooters and rebounders, ball-handlers and off-ball threats… you get the point.

Frank Vogel will absolutely not accomplish his goal as a head coach if he finds something that works early on and sticks to it all season. He should be experimenting in different situations with different matchups.

The Lakers are going to make the playoffs anyway and their talent alone should carry them to a top seed. The regular season is about tweaking and adjusting that way there are not many pressing question marks in the playoffs.

You can only answer those questions with versatility and flexibility.