While it’s not officially clinched yet, the Los Angeles Lakers should be returning to the NBA playoffs during the 2019-20 NBA season after a six-year drought.
It had been an unbelievably tumultuous six seasons, including owner Jeanie Buss ousting her own brother and firing general manager Mitch Kupchak.
The last time the Lakers made the NBA playoffs, the team was led by Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol, and Steve Nash during the 2012-13 season. Buss had no control over the decision making and Bryant tore his Achilles being forced to play 45 minutes per game in order to will Los Angeles into the playoffs.