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Los Angeles Lakers Need To Make A Big Trade To Save Season

The 2023-24 Los Angeles Lakers are going nowhere as currently constructed.

Fresh of the heels of their surprising finish to the 2022-23 season, which saw them unexpectedly advance to the Western Conference Finals as a seventh seed, this current version of the Lakers is lost in the conference shuffle.

Despite bringing back of all of their key players from last season and adding some key young role players — Gabe Vincent, Christian Wood, Taurean Prince and Cam Reddish — it’s become clear through the early portion of the season that this is a below-average team being kept afloat by 38-year-old LeBron James.