For much, if not all, of their history, the Los Angeles Lakers have been NBA royalty. They've won far more than they've lost, with sharp coaching, revered stars and, above all else, Lady Luck permanently affixed on their shoulders.
But the last few years have been nothing but gloom. In 2016, as they enter a scary post-Kobe Bryant universe, the Lakers sit in a ruined valley and are aware that zero rescue helicopters are in flight to pull them out.
It took awhile, but the Lakers are finally just like everybody else. The sooner they recognize it, the better.
Last Sunday was Byron Scott’s final morning as head coach of a team he chaperoned into the NBA’s dankest cellar. The Lakers went 38-126 over the last two years with the 55-year-old in place, vomiting out a pair of the worst single-season records in franchise history.
A failure of this magnitude is never any one person’s fault; Scott does not deserve all the blame for their struggle. He did not choose his players or put the organization in an unprecedented situation (thanks to a front office that splurged on & ...
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The Los Angeles Lakers Are Finally Like Everybody Else
April 26th, 2016 by Michael Pina Leave a reply »
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