5 Offseason Moves the L.A. Lakers Could Have Made

It's been an eventful offseason for the Los Angeles Lakers and one that's brought a lot of change for the team. Los Angeles added key players like Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and Antawn Jamison. Also, a few players like Ramon Sessions, Matt Barnes and Andrew Bynum have left L.A. for new teams.

At this point—mere weeks away from the opening of training camp—the team's roster is pretty much set in stone. For better or worse, what you see is what you get.

However, what about the moves the Lakers could have made this offseason? Now that's a different story. There were plenty of options for L.A. this season and quite a few different directions the front office could have gone in constructing its roster.

Let's examine a few of those options and what the Lakers could have done differently this offseason. Here are five moves the team could have made heading into the 2012-13 season.

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