In the aftermath of the Len Bias and Reggie Lewis deaths, the Celtics entered a roughly 12 year period of bad decisions, bad luck, and bad results. In a league where more than half the teams make the playoffs, the Celtics went six consecutive years, six long, painful, gloomy years without even the hollow achievement of a quick first-round exit against the best team in the conference.
Per a blockbuster article from ESPN’s Baxter Holmes, it looks like the Lakers are currently embroiled in their own long dark night of the soul.
When Jimmy Buss was the face of the Lakers’ ownership, it was easy to assume that this member of the lucky sperm club was to blame for the way the team was wandering in the desert as Kobe’s career drew to a close.