[Mauer4MVP]

Quote: Originally Posted by DBMcGee3

Kobe's retirement is the best thing that could have happened to the Lakers. The lure of L.A. and the prestigious history of the franchise will be enough to land a major FA and/or coach eventually, once the team has improved enough to be seen as 'just a couple of pieces away'. You now have tons of cap room and no gigantic ego to scare away the top tier FAs.

The thing is everyone has cap room and I think the Lakers prestige has been somewhat lost. At least for the short-term.

They're more than likely going to be stuck over paying bad players to fill that space. They just have to keep those to short term contracts and they should be fine.