Going into the just concluded season, my expectation is that the Los Angeles Lakers make the playoffs. Before the trade deadline they were the 4th seed in the Western Conference. Lakers were exceeding my expectation and may even surprise a few teams in the playoffs but trade speculation of Lakers acquiring Anthony Davis for some of the young core as well as injuries to Lebron, Lonzo, Kuzma and Ingram played a part in Lakers not making the playoffs.
I see a bigger problem why they didn't make the playoffs. One reason only, direction. Direction starts at the front office. It seems there is a lack of cohesion among Jeanie Buss, Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka, which resulted in Magic resigning. I questioned from the start Pelinka and Magic's experience in running a NBA team. Magic is a former player while Pelinka was the former agent of Kobe Bryant. Going forward there need to be one goal, shared by all involved. They need to decide if they are going to develop the young core of Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram or they will try to acquire superstar type talent to join Lebron James and help Lakers contend again.
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