The 2015-16 NBA season is barely old enough to fit in a complete Master Cleanse, and already doom and gloom has descended upon the Los Angeles Lakers.
For this proud franchise, with its 60 playoff appearances, 16 championship banners and 21 Hall of Famers, there is no settling for the fifth seed or winning a playoff series or two. There is only all or nothing at all—or, for this year's edition, not many wins at all.
So when there's even a musk of mediocrity flowing through the noses of those watching L.A.'s woes—as there is whenever the Lakers are short of title contention—disappointment is quick to follow. And when a cloud of that stench rolls in, as it has so far this season? Well, the locals don't know how to react.
Like when the Staples Center faithful turned to boo birds at the end of the Lakers' 120-109 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday. Or, after the game, when Magic Johnson, franchise legend and self-appointed voice of the people, took to Twitter to break the bad news of an 0-4 start to Laker Nation:
Not that this wasn't obvious to anyone who's ...
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