Ranking The Los Angeles Lakers’ 5 Best Players Right Now

With the 2016-17 NBA season just around the corner, it seems like the appropriate time to rank the Los Angeles Lakers’ best players.

In about two weeks, the Los Angeles Lakers tip off their 2016-17 season. More importantly, the post-Kobe Bryant era officially begins.

It’s an exciting time for the Lakers, but one that also brings its fair share of uncertainty.

Sure, there’s plenty of intrigue with a roster that boasts three recent top draft picks, including the previous two No. 2 overall selections. However, there’s also plenty of room for more disappointment in this franchise’s immediate future.

While no one knows for sure what we can expect from this season, we can take a look the Lakers’ top players to pass the time. There’s so much talent on this roster, but how do all of these young, high-upside prospects rank heading into 2016-17?

That’s the question I’ll answer here. I took a look at the current roster, and boiled it down to the five best players at this point in time.

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As you’ll notice, I left rookies off this list. We haven’t seen them play in the NBA outside of Summer League and a handful of preseason games, which isn’t enough to make an educated judgment. So don’t lose your marbles when you realize Brandon Ingram is absent from this list.

With that in mind, here’s my look at the Lakers’ five best players at this very moment.