Little has gone as expected for the Los Angeles Lakers throughout the course of the 2018-2019 campaign. However, despite factors such as the injuries, there are certain areas that are more controllable.
One of those aspects is the attitude and effort brought to the hardwood. Regardless of how things are going, things of that nature are fair to expect day in and day out.
Certainly, when the Lakers signed LeBron James to a four-year pact this past summer, they put him in a position to be the leader of the squad. Thus, he was expected to set a good example for those around him.