The Los Angeles Lakers, following a surprising 118-109 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Saturday, have dropped to a 30-33 record on the season. Everything is going wrong in LA.
LeBron and the Lakers have only won four games in their last 12. Their season has had it’s ups and down, notably beating teams more superior to them like the Boston Celtics and having Lebron out with an injury (the longest he’s ever been out in his career.)
It’s surprising. Everyone thought that Magic Johnson was going to build an All-Star team led by LeBron James but they are essentially and Lebron led team and everyone around him are either young and inexperienced still or scrap players that teams last are now better without. It reminds me of what happened with the Cleveland Cavaliers last year, but they made the playoffs and went to the NBA Championships.
So how do you fix them. For starters, Johnson has to make a splash in the upcoming free agent offseason. Anthony Davis is practically a guarantee considering that he wants out of New Orleans and Los Angeles is where he actually lives. Other players that the Lakers need to sign could be Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving (if he wants to play with LeBron again,) DeMarcus Cousins and Kawhi Leonard. One of these guys will make you that much more of a threat in the league that’s spearheaded by the Golden State Warriors, who will probably repeat their reign as champs this season. The Lakers also don’t need any rental player like Carmelo Anthony, who they wanted on the team since the trade deadline. He’s an older player but would have a great chemistry with James.
Right now, this Lakers team was not what anyone expected. They won’t be what we wanted them to be until maybe next season, or the season after that. It’s a matter of who they can land on the free agant market, how their younger player develop under LeBron James, and if James can keep playing like LeBrom James