Editor’s Note: The CDP wrote for Silver Screen and Roll regularly during the rebuild years. For the latest edition of his semi-yearly return to the site as an alumnus, he wrote about why he feels the Lakers owe it to both LeBron James and themselves to trade their picks and go all-in this year.
For the second straight season, the Lakers have found themselves in the headlines and water cooler discussions for the wrong reasons. Since their championship in 2020, it’s been a nearly non-stop parade of injuries, bad decisions, speculation about the politics behind the decision-making of the organization, and most of all, misery.