There’s a scene in the classic Will Ferrell movie, “Elf”, where Santa’s elves, after toiling away all year to create toys for Christmas, celebrate their success for a scant few seconds before getting right back to work preparing for the next holiday season.
The Los Angeles Lakers, with reports that the 2020-21 NBA season could be starting on December 22, can relate.
After all, they only won the 2020 NBA championship just over a week ago. There would be about 75 days between the deciding Game 6 of the NBA Finals and the start of the 2020-2021 season, giving the Lakers precious little time to rest and recover before they ramp things back up again.