The Los Angeles Lakers don't lack starpower with LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and Austin Reaves running the show. But often, it's the moves not involving star players that ultimately decide how successful a team becomes. For the Lakers, choosing to keep Dalton Knecht on the roster while cutting Jordan Goodwin in the offseason may come back to bite them in a big way.
Goodwin played 29 games with the Lakers last season; he averaged just 5.6 points per game but provided energy on the defensive end, disrupting the rhythm of ball-handlers and being a pest pretty consistently.