Los Angeles Lakers: Can the Lakers Regain Their Winning Ways?

I knew this season was lost when Kobe Bryant went down with a broken knee last December. Just as a practical matter, there was no way the Lakers were going to get out of the intensely competitive Western Conference without him. They wouldn’t have enough firepower. 

I cannot remember a season in which the Lakers sustained so many injuries. Kobe going down was the tipping point. What you have seen since is the magnitude of his absence. It’s everywhere. He's no longer giving direction on the court, setting the tone with the media or playing alongside the younger p...

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