21-time All-NBA Los Angeles Lakers combo forward LeBron James' first playoff run with five-time All-NBA First Team L.A. guard Luka Doncic ended in near-disaster this spring, as the 50-32 Lakers fell in just five games to the lower-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves. Los Angeles' obvious lack of a serviceable traditional center became glaringly apparent when four-time Defensive Player of the Year five Rudy Gobert kept rejecting everyone at the rim, but even the size and scoring talent of three-time All-Star power forward Julius Randle and the two-way athleticism of perimeter threats Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels bugged the Lakers.