Los Angeles Lakers Will Have Busy Offseason

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It's never too early to look ahead to the 2009-10 season when your Los Angeles Lakers will look to defend their crown.

This team obviously does not need an overhaul, but rather needs to keep as many pieces together as possible, while making minor tweaks to improve a couple flaws.

The top five priorities for the Lakers this offseason are:

1. Sign Trevor Ariza
2. Sign Lamar Odom
3. Sign Shannon Brown
4. Find a veteran big who can bring an edge and provide toughness
5. Find some additional outside shooting

This will be a five-part segment in which I break down each priority, starting now with the re-signing of Ariza.

Sign Trevor Ariza

Trevor Ariza came into his own this season. His numbers were all very impressive as he tried to fill in as the defensive stopper and the fourth offensive option behind Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, and Lamar Odom.

• The regular season (19 starts) — 8.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.7 spg, on 46 percent from the field
• The playoffs (23 starts) — 11.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.6 spg, 1.7 3pg, on 50 percent from the field and 48 percent from the three-point line

Read the rest of this article on Lakers101.com and stay tuned as we break down the rest of the Lakers off-season.