The great change Pelinka did to the team's roster & no one noticed, Ham has no excuses

One of the biggest grasps the Lakers Nation had regarding coach Darvin Ham's lineups was his lack of common sense when playing against big teams, as he loved to play with a small lineup.

Rob Pelinka improved the roster with potential upgrades from the last season's team, that made it to the Western Conference Finals, but there's a detail that has been lost for many fans, the team got 'bigger.'

Despite still needing to add a backup center, which will only make the roster even bigger, the Lakers have to go with a player with more height than the previous ones, so Ham doesn't have an excuse anymore on going small.

This is the first time in the LeBron James and Anthony Davis era that the roster has had just one player under 6'3. Jaxson Hayes is 6'11, AD 6'10, Vanderbilt 6'10 (according to AC Phil Handy he grow a couple of inches since the season ended), LeBron is 6'9, Rui Hachimura is 6'8, Prince 6'7, Reddish 6'7, Maxwell 6'7, Max Christie 6'6, Austin Reaves 6'5, Jalen Hood-Schifino 6'5, D'Angelo Russell 6'4 and Gabe Vincent being the only player below 6'3 with 6'2.

Last season vs. this offseason signings show the difference in the team's roster

Small Forwards like Juan Toscano-Anderson and Troy Brown Jr. who were some of the pickups in the last summer are gone now, replaced by higher-quality double-digit scoring 3 & D-Player Taurean Prince and reclamation project Cam Reddish.