ESPN analyzes the Lakers gains and losses next season! The most important thing is whether James can integrate into the new team

The Lakers were undoubtedly a failure last season, at least the team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. After all, they are joining the super star Doncic!

Lakers had 50 wins and 32 losses last season. The gap between the Lakers' home wins (31-10, third) and away wins (19-22, 16th) is the biggest in the league.

They have the largest winning rate when leading the first half, (43-7, fourth best), and the smallest winning rate when falling behind in the first half (6-24, 19th). They scored 11.6 points more per 100 attacks in the first half (+6.9, fourth) and 4.7 points less per 100 attacks in the second half (-4.7, 25). This is the biggest win rate difference between half-time and half-time.

For the third consecutive season, they led the league in free throw percentage, scoring 2.3 more points per game than their opponents at the free throw line. But that's half their net difference (+4.6) last season.

Main new players: DeAndre Ayton, Jack Laravia, Marcus Smart

Key characters leave: Dorian Finney-Smith

Key question: Will LeBron James fit in?

The Lakers scored by their opponents in a total of 742 minutes with Lucas and James at the same time, but in a total of 450 minutes with Dončić on the court and James was not on the court, the Lakers scored 17.2 more points per 100 offense than their opponents (124.6 points per 100 offense). James has shot 44% from 3-pointers in the past two seasons, so he isn't a bad offensive choice when he's on the court with the league's highest record average of 3.7 assists in the past five years.

The Lakers may have bigger problems in defense, with their ranking in this regard being 17th after signing Doncic and 12th in the first round (let the Timberwolves score more efficiently than the regular season). Ayton offers more rim protection than at the end of last season, and actually has a career-best result in last season's rim protection (53.5% shooting against him at the basket), although that's limited to 40 games.