Lakers vs Pelicans: Three keys to victory for Los Angeles

Closing Thoughts

In closing, it’s time to be realistic about something — the Lakers are on their way back.

Not sort of, almost, or anything short of the mark. They’ve got their squad together, the talent is there, and once it fully develops it’ll be scary.

The rest of the NBA has already been put on watch for they took apart the Warriors earlier in the season. Those kinds of nights will soon be the norm if they can find the right strokes to bring chemistry into the picture.

Of those needing more chemistry development, Julius Randle and Brandon Ingram should be the team’s biggest priorities.

Both D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young have put their troubles behind them and it’s paid off — now it’s time for other young guns to do the same.

Ingram will continue to battle the argument that he’s too skinny for his position, while some will say that Randle hasn’t lived up to expectations.

While neither of those arguments are necessarily wrong, it’s wrong to judge such a young team when not many folks saw them doing this well this early anyway.

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