Los Angeles Lakers: Three offseason strategies without Anthony Davis

3. Load up on expiring contracts and hope for Anthony Davis next summer

This is probably the worst route the Los Angeles Lakers could take this offseason in terms of next year. This is the route that the front office took last summer and it has not led to the results that anyone was hoping for.

While there is potential in this strategy, the floor on this strategy is too low. Just look at this year for example. Things did not go the Lakers way and the bottom fell out quickly. That could be the same case next year.

However, in terms of the long-term, this could be good for the Lakers. This would allow the team to add Anthony Davis while keeping the young core. With two more years of LeBron at this point, the Lakers would be bonafide contenders for at least two years and would be as long as LeBron is productive and a Laker.

And even if LeBron bounces the team would still have the young core, which would be in their primes at that point, alongside Davis, that is not a terrible situation to be in.

As for who the Lakers would target, well, it would be like last year. The team would have to overpay next season in order to convince guys to not sign two or three-year deals.

However, this time, the Lakers need to add shooting. J.J. Redick is an intriguing option, Marcus Morris could be game for a one-year deal, DeAndre Jordan might sign a more expensive one-year deal, the list goes on and on.

Would the Lakers take the exact same route as last summer even though that route did not lead to the playoffs? Who knows. We have to wait and see.