Adding Montrezl Harrell to roster puts Lakers in position to repeat

It will be a new-look Lakers team that attempts to defend its championship next season, writes @billoram.

And that's a good thing, based on the shrewd moves Rob Pelinka made this week.https://t.co/LhfhG1BHuZ

— The Athletic L.A. (@TheAthleticLA) November 22, 2020

The Lakers are a long way from finding out if the moves they made Friday night will lead them to another championship.

But when the dust settled on the first day of free agency, the Lakers emerged as clear winners after luring Sixth Man of the Year Montrezl Harrell from the Clippers and adding veteran shooting guard Wesley Matthews to replace Danny Green.

Combine those moves with the arrival of Dennis Schröder earlier in the week, and the champion Lakers are suddenly younger, nastier and poised to enter the fast-approaching season as favorites to repeat.