Editor’s Note: The CDP wrote for Silver Screen and Roll regularly during the rebuild years. So as something as an expert in bad basketball, we brought him back to analyze how the Lakers ended up headed for another lost season.
Before getting into a gory dissection of the 2021-22 Lakers, it’s important to acknowledge that the purple and gold have also been unlucky this year. Injuries have been a major storyline, with LeBron missing 17 games, and AD missing 22 (and counting). Kendrick Nunn, a good value signing turned contractual deadweight, has yet to play.