Even under purple-and-gold skies, the future looks bleak for the once-mighty Los Angeles Lakers.
There will be some blissful moments and perhaps a transcendent acquisition or two. However, they'll be more like bandages when surgical procedures are needed to correct what ails this franchise.
This organization has tied its fate to crossed fingers and wishful thoughts: to the hope that 35-year-old Kobe Bryant, who's been battered by injuries like never before, hasn't left all of his best days in the history books; to the dream that assistance from outside the organization (Kevin Love, Carmelo Anthony, a 2014 draft stud) is not only coming, but that it will bring monumental relief when it does.
False hopes can cripple a franchise. With certainty, assuredness and the potential for greatness now running rampant elsewhere in the Pacific Division, have the Lakers fallen completely behind a group they've historically dominated?
If so, just how long is L.A.'s road to recovery?
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LA Lakers Will Have Long Road Back to the Top of Pacific Division
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