Although the regular season has not ended yet, the Lakers can start looking at what led to a disastrous year that saw them falling from being title contenders to not even making the play-in tournament.
It seems that at least internally the blame is placed on the team’s superstars and injuries. “The blame internally appears to be focused on injuries, Russell Westbrook and LeBron James for pressuring the team to trade for Westbrook,” Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report wrote.
James, whose voice is always heard and listened to when roster changes are made, played the main part in bringing Westbrook to L.A. instead of DeMar DeRozan was close to joining the team.
