If that is how things continue to go then Los Angeles may be forced field an open competition for who claims the fifth starter spot among their internal guys. Lakers reporter Jovan Buha wondered if the losers of that competition could miss out on minutes in the rotation altogether. A nine-man Lakers rotation leaves no room for the losers of the competitionThe four other starters in Los Angeles should be fairly straightforward. That means in the nine-man rotation hypothesized, there is only room left for the winner of the starting forward job. If that is the case, the losers of the fifth starter competition could still find some minutes toward the back end of the rotation.