A few games into the season, it seems that the overreaction could perhaps just be cold hard facts.
Change is never easy. Switching course midstream is hard. Changing directions in the midst of a storm -- change with adversity -- is even harder. But burning it all down and starting from square one? Sometimes, that's just easier.
But none of it is fun.
The Los Angeles Lakers are right at ground zero of their lengthiest rebuild in twenty years. It's been a stark change from a two decades-long run of nearly continuous title contention--seven Finals appearances and five titles will do that--making this forthcoming third consecutive year of no postseason games an even harsher reality.