The Los Angeles Lakers have been a mess for several years now. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past four years, this is not news. It started with some bad luck with Kobe Bryant tearing his achilles tendon and then being plagued with injuries during his last few seasons as the Lakers have not made the playoffs since 2013.
It’s easy to look at those seasons as lost seasons, especially for a team like the Lakers. This is a franchise that has the second most wins (3,261), the second highest win percentage (59.