Lakers vs. Kings Preview: The long wait ends

After lots of talk during training camp, the Lakers finally take the court on Monday to kickstart a busy week of preseason action.

Despite controlling their own scheduling, LA will open with a back-to-back this week before playing a third game on Thursday. It's a bizarre choice, and one that head coach JJ Redick doesn't seem to love , but it will give fans plenty to digest in a short period of time.

It also means, however, that there will very likely not be full rosters available for any of these games. In previous preseasons, the team has played their superstars in just one of the three games. With a younger team looking to build chemistry, perhaps that changes. But there is a precedent of how things could play out.