Lakers Podcast: Is the team’s next franchise player already on the roster?

The Los Angeles Lakers have had their worst three seasons in franchise history back-to-back-to-back in the least desirable sort of threepeat, but the run of futility has had its benefits.

The Lakers’ frequent trips to the lottery have allowed the team to amass an impressive cache of talent, but will those players on their own be enough to drive the team to contention one day? Or will the Lakers have to dip their toes back into free agency to find their next centerpiece?

With his normal co-host out of the picture for the day, Anthony Irwin attempted to answer that question and more listener submissions in the latest episode of Locked on Lakers, brought to you by SeatGeek.

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