Laker holes and how they are doing on filling them

I wrote this on 8/4 (Link)
At 82Games.com, each player is given a rating (PER) for he did offensively at each position he played, a rating for how his man did while he was in there, and the net difference between the two. Looking at the net PER, you can see the holes Mitch needed to fill this offseason:

PG -6.2 (Atkins -4.7, Brown -9.6)
SG +5.0 (Bryant +9.6, Butler +0.8, Vujacic -10.6)
SF -3.5 (Butler -2.9, Jones -5.7, Odom -0.6)
PF -0.9 (Odom +1.6, Cook -1.0, Walton -6.1, Jones -3.6)
C  -3.0 (Mihm +0.8, Grant -7.5, Cook -0.7, Medvedenko -2.1)

(The players are listed in order of minutes played at the position)

The Lakers needed:
A better starting PG
A better back up PG
A better back up SG
A better starting SF
A better back up SF (not sure on this, as I think Jones played better than net PER indicates)
A better back up PF (but not too much)
A better back up C

The Lakers drafted Andrew Bynum, Ronny Turiaf and Von Wafer. They also picked up Smush Parker as a free agent for the SPL. Based on the SPL, Bynum will help with the back up C, but he is a project and it will be at least next year before he can significantly contribute. Based on the SPL, Turiaf appeared to be the back up PF we need, but then he was diagnosed with heart problems. Based upon the SPL, Wafer appears to be the back up SG we need and Parker may be the back up PG we need.

Mitch then traded Butler and Atkins to Washington for Kwame Brown and a player to be cut later. With Brown at PF, we can slide Odom down to SF. Also, Kwame can play some C, so with Bynum the back up C position should be covered.

Now, Mitch is trying to sign Derek Anderson to the MLE to be our starting PG. If that happens, then Mitch will have filled almost all of his holes:
Starting PG - Derek Anderson
Back up PG - Smush Parker
Back up SG - Von Wafer, though hopefully Sasha Vujacic will play better
Starting SF - Lamar Odom
Back up SF - (not sure a change is needed)
Back up PF - Maybe Ronny Turiaf next year
Back up C - Kwame Brown and Andrew Bynum

On the SF, I am not sure that a change is needed and given all of the players the Lakers have that can play back up SF, hopefully one of them will step up to playing well there. Parker is iffy as the back up PG and the Lakers may pick up someone else, though I am not wild about the potential pick ups. The next biggest need to fill is back up PF, but as Cook almost broken even and he should be better this year, that isn't a pressing need.

At the start of the off-season, I was all for Mitch trading Divac, Medvedenko, George and/or the Miami pick to fill the holes in the Lakers roster. Now, Mitch has filled almost all the holes without moving them. I can see moving them if a good deal comes along, but I wouldn't be disappointed if Mitch doesn't trade them.