The Lakers hired former Dodgers executive Michael Spetner as the team’s new chief strategy and growth officer, a freshly minted position designed to stretch the Lakers’ brand across the globe.  New Lakers owner Mark Walter has already implemented Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and front office executive Farhan Zaidi as special advisers to Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka , and recently hired Lon Rosen as president of business operations after a decade with the boys