The Los Angeles Lakers have been absolutely careless with the basketball. Even amid a respectable start to the new season, from a record standpoint, this area will definitively keep them from hanging with the best in the West until they undeniably clean it up.
JJ Redick called out his transition defense in the preseason, using some colorful language to describe the issue. While the Lakers have been fine in the standard fastbreak points given up, they are also feeding their opponents golden opportunities with turnovers, failing to get back and reposition themselves.
Championship teams do not have these kinds of glaring flaws.