Down 3-0 in the Western Conference Finals to the Denver Nuggets, the Los Angeles Lakers look done, and many of their fans have come to the realization that the team simply isn’t good enough to reach the NBA Finals, let alone win it all this year.
Perhaps there’s no shame in that — the Lakers as presently constituted were schlepped together just prior to the trade deadline, and a new roster like that simply isn’t supposed to win a world championship right away.
