A blank slate awaits the Lakers as they eagerly try to erase the stench from last season’s mess.
Then, the Lakers won 21 games in what marked the franchise’s worst record in its 67-year-old history partly for reasons ranging from injuries, lack of talent and a debilitating Western Conference.
A blank slate also awaits Roy Hibbert as he eagerly tries to forget about last season’s nightmare. Hibbert, a former two-time NBA All-Star, quickly became trade bait amid the Indiana Pacers’ quest to go smaller and faster. So much that the Pacers traded Hibbert to the Lakers last July for only a second-round pick, a move that cleared Hibbert’s $15.