LA Lakers Face Another Crucial Offseason

One more year, one more critical offseason for the LA Lakers.

The Lakers may have repeated as NBA Champions, but they’ve also repeated their postseason quandaries.

Last year, Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza became free agents after playing key roles in the Lakers’ victory over Orlando.

Odom’s ability to score and rebound were vital to the Lakers, as was Arizonas’s shooting ability and timely defensive plays. It seemed imperative to resign both or at least one of them if the LA wanted a chance to repeat.

Overshadowing it all were questions about Coach Phil Jackson. Health issues and the landmark tenth Championship ring seemed likely reasons why the Zen Master would retire.

The result is, of course, well documented. The Lakers kept Od...

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