5. Which player(s) will play for an L.A. team in 2014-15?
Adande: Kobe. As he has said before, "Why would I go somewhere else?" He can't knock Lakers management for failing to bring in support, not after it got him Gasol, then Nash and Howard. And the one part of MJ's career he doesn't want to duplicate is the Washington Wizards phase.
It would be easier to see LeBron back in Cleveland (how does Bron and Kyrie Irving strike you?) than in L.A.
Haberstroh: Just Kobe.
My guess is that if LeBron leaves Miami, he'll take his talents back to Cleveland, not to L.A. But if he does go to L.A., I have a feeling it would be to play in Lob City with his buddy Chris Paul.
Soriano: Although it's possible the right answer is both, I'm going with neither. With Kobe talking openly about retiring when his contract expires in the summer of 2014 and LeBron looking more than happy to spend his career playing for the Heat, I don't think either will call the City of Angels home in that season.
Wallace: Kobe Bryant. The fact LeBron even granted the Clippers a visit to recruit him as a free agent in 2010 shows he's at least open to the possibility of taking his talents to Cali. But LeBron seems to be more likely to stay in Miami --
or eventually return to Cleveland -- than to head to the West Coast.
Windhorst: I say neither. But because they're the Lakers, I wouldn't completely rule out both.