The Los Angeles Lakers have taken repeated hits after missing the playoffs despite LeBron James’ presence last season. Magic Johnson resigned without warning. The team fired Luke Walton, who they once considered the heir apparent to their great coaches of yesteryear. Tyronn Lue, Walton’s most logical replacement, pushed away from the negotiation table after being lowballed and asked to relinquish hiring power for his own assistant coaching staff.
Yet after all that, the worst mistake of all could be executing on their rumored interest in Jason Kidd, and voluntarily accepting the criminal baggage he would bring with him to any position within the organization.