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Los Angeles Lakers: Three role players that will have a bigger impact

EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 20: Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka sits with new head coach Frank Vogel as he speaks to media at a press conference at UCLA Health Training Center on May 20, 2019 in El Segundo, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 20: Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka sits with new head coach Frank Vogel as he speaks to media at a press conference at UCLA Health Training Center on May 20, 2019 in El Segundo, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) – Los Angeles Lakers
(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) – Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers quickly filled out a roster full of role players once Kawhi Leonard signed elsewhere and now boast a pretty deep roster.

TheLos Angeles Lakersmay be driven by the superstar duo ofLeBron JamesandAnthony Davisbut the role players on the roster are just as important to the team. As we see every year, when the going gets tough in the playoffs it can be the role players that make the biggest difference.

This is especially true considering that there is so much talent in the league right now and there arguably are more stars than ever before. The superstars are what carries a team to that position, it is the role players that need to come up big once they are there.

The Los Angeles Lakers were able to bring in some notable role players onceKawhi Leonardsigned with the Los Angeles Clippers and the Lakers were able to use the $32 million in cap space.

Some are returning players from last year, others are completely new to the team. Some will be great, others might not have much of an impact.

We already wrotean article aboutthe three Laker role players that are either going to be really good or really bad next year with no real in between. To follow that article up, we are going to bring you the three Los Angeles Lakers role players that will undoubtedly have a bigger impact than expected in 2019.

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