With the playoffs nowhere in sight, Los Angeles Lakers fans knew the clock was running out on Jim Buss' tenure as the team's executive vice president of basketball operations. But it was still a shocker when the Lakers moved Earvin "Magic" Johnson into that role coming out of the All-Star break.
L.A. has lost eight of its last 10 games and all five since the front office purge. Clearly, a reset alone won’t solve everything for a team that has fallen so far off the map in recent years.
But the story is about what lies ahead, not the water under the bridge.