The 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers season is effectively over.
A lot will be said about the decision-making from leadership over the next month or so with plenty of finger-pointing to go around. The media blitz could be reminiscent of the reporting about the Lakers following the 2018-19 season, except there likely won’t be a star acquisition to douse those flames.
Looking ahead, the Lakers’ path back to title contention with LeBron James and Anthony Davis anytime soon seems like a low probability scenario. For starters, both players will be three years removed from their 2019-20 championship season and have declined from being no-brainer Top 5 players since. Also, their durability has fallen off as both players have missed significant chunks of the last two seasons.
