Los Angeles Lakers Having Major Identity Crisis Without Kobe Bryant

There have been many twists and turns in the Los Angeles Lakers' path with Kobe Bryant at the wheel, but there was always a road for them to follow.

Now that its driver is gone, L.A. finds itself mindlessly wandering through basketball's abyss.

The present is foggy, with that same haze rendering all future forecasts useless. The man who led this proud franchise for the last two decades is lost and may never return.

Stop-gap solutions are just that—Band-Aids pressed down on gushing wounds. Despite a shared past as brilliant ...

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