'The biggest bust of a season in Lakers history essentially ended Monday night, 18 games early and one superstar late,' BillPlaschke writes.
Except that it wasAlso to blame are the guys who brought James here, Johnson and Pelinka. They celebrated his signing in the oddest of ways, by signing eccentric and mismatched veterans who failed to complement him or improve the team.
The wreckage they helped create could haunt them into summer, as Johnson and Pelinka must now convince a top free agent to join a team with a suddenly aging star, mostly unproven kids and a coach picked by James, whose ability as a general manager is questionable. In an appearance at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference last week, Buss disparaged the media while oddly disputing the terms of the Davis offer.
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