The Lakers are asking quite a bit of their players this year, as not only do they have to play at a talent disadvantage almost every night, but as they fight from the lower ground, they have to deal with incessant trade rumors. When their focus wanes, I find myself wondering how they ever had it in the first place.
All that said, I’m an outsider. I have no idea whatsoever what any of this has to feel like. So I brought in an expert. This week on “The Anthony Irwin Show,” Metta World Peace (!