Dear Mitch Kupchak,

Mitch Kupchak General Manager of the Los Angeles Lakers is feeling the pressure in the off-season to make some great moves for the team in 2016.

Dear Mr. Kupchak,

Please make smart, informed decisions, stay true to your promise and trust the rebuilding process as well.

Advice I was once told is It is best to make a decision therefore you are not indecisive.

If it is the wrong decision you will notice that by the outcome and if it is the correct decision you will also notice it as well in the outcome.

To start off right to the point, Mitch Kupchak stated via tweet that nothing is off limits and nobody on the Lakers Roster is off limits.

In essence he is saying he would demolish the rebuilding process they started two years ago and start all over which would mean they would be rebuilding again.

Before I get into detail about why he should not do that and what he should do, let me share with you  all  some insight on what the rivals Boston Celtics have been doing.

They have been rebuilding and it has taken them 2-3 years.

This year they made the playoffs as a top 5 seed in an Eastern Conference that improved its strength in 2015/2016.

For example for the first time in a while all 8 teams in the Eastern Conference in the playoffs were over .500.

This Boston Celtics built around a core of people, traded othesr that were good role and bench players to acquire other good talent they saw and built off their core players.

In brief, the Lakers can do the same process and not have to worry about waiting because they are in the middle of the rebuilding process.

Why disregard your vision you have, just to rebuild again which will take another 2 years.

They have their 5 key core players they acquired via drafts, free agency and trades.

Each of their key core players were acquired at different times and years to build a team around and make a playoff run in the future and the future for them is almost now in the present.

I agree with the five players Executive VP of Operations mentioned as the key core players.

He said their core players are Julius Randle, D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr., and veteran Lou Williams.

They drafted Julius Randle in 2014 and acquired Clarkson that night in a trade with the Washington Wizards.

In the 2015/2016 off-season they acquired Hibbert, Lou, and Bass.

They drafted Russell with the second overall pick, Larry Nance Jr. and others.

He mentioned liking Huertas and Black as role players in the future.

I disagree with that because Black is a troubled free throw shooter, while Huertas is a troubled three point shooter, however Huertas did improve throughout the year.

The problem may be they might be the players on the Lakers that will be role players for them because no other team may want to pick them up.

I do like Brandon Bass as a role player.

Yet if they are going to attempt to acquire to max vertaran players and trade their possible first round lottery pick they are going to need to clear the bench and Bass could be the guy to be their trade currency along with their lottery pick to acquire quality veteran all-star players.

My response and advice to Mitch Kupchak is keep those key core players Jim Buss says they have because I agree with that.

Mr. Kupchhak hiring Luke Walton as head coach was a smart hire because that is one incentive to attract all star free agents and because he is a young coach who can relate to the young players.

It makes sense because as team you need players who want to come play for you and Los Angeles is a great city with multiple activities to do and multiple places to visit.

Good move by you and the organization.

Keep up the good work.

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Here is what I think you need to do.

Keep the Lakers five key core players, trade the bench players along with the the top 3 lottery pick and use Bass and Hibbert as trade currency’ along with the lottery pick to acquire other role players who will come off the bench and all-star players such as Demar Derozan or Paul George.