You know it’s been a rough season when you look around and realize, “holy crap, things are actually ok right now.” Yet Wednesday afternoon, as Sabreena Merchant and I were getting ready to record this week’s “I Love Basketball,” that was exactly what we said to each other. What a time to be alive.
We started with whether this might be the Lakers’ one zillionth turning point this season now that Anthony Davis is back, Stanley Johnson is signed longer-term and it seems some of the noise surrounding Frank Vogel’s job security has at least temporarily subsided.