Do LA Lakers Need a 2013 NBA Title to Meet Expectations?

Few people felt the Los Angeles Lakers would spend the last portion of the 2012-13 NBA season competing desperately for a playoff spot. Even fewer people felt that success in the struggle would be rewarded with the eighth seed in the Western Conference.

It's been a while since the Lakers entered the NBA postseason seeded lower than third, which makes it unimaginable to think the Lakers could end this regular season as spectators.

The Lakers are already failures in most viewers' eyes because they could very well be the first team in NBA history to fail to qualify for the playoffs with four future Hall of Famers in the starting lineup

And honestly, how much satisfaction can really be had if the ...

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