When will the baby Warriors grow up?

The Lakers’ season in review and preview for 2019

When Luke Walton was hired at the start of the 2016–2017 season, his goal was to install the Warriors system. Given the personnel that year (net negative to non-existent defenders in D’Angelo Russell, Lou Williams, Nick Young and an out-of-shape Julius Randle), the Lakers were the worst defense in the league, equaling their inept efforts the previous year, otherwise known as the Kobe Bryant retirement tour.