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#1. It's high time for Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram
The Lakers are missing the services of LeBron James, Rajon Rondo, and now even Kyle Kuzma is questionable. They are in dire need of someone else to show up and take the mantle in their hands.
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In this time they can look up to only two of their young and highly touted draft picks Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball, who were both picked No.2 overall in their respective drafts.
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Up to now, we have not been able to see any star potential in any of these two, and there is a pressure mounting on the front office to trade these players for a proven star if they fail to deliver on the goods that were promised.
If there was any perfect time to show up then it's now. The Lakers want it and these two clearly need it.
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