As is typically the case when a professional sports team loses five games in a row, finger-pointing about who is to blame for what is wrong with the Lakers has begun in earnest. And — given the complete lack of nuance social media has brought upon society — now, that means a single target typically deals with the lion share of the blame.
After all, it’s easy to scapegoat when things are going wrong, rather than to look at the big picture. Sometimes the chosen culprit is at fault, and a critical reason as to why struggles have occurred, but as is the case with most things, the root of the problem is often much more expansive.