When Is It Finally Time to Declare L.A. Lakers a Bust?

It’s time to break out the B-word: the 2012-13 Lakers have been a bust.

Too soon? Hardly.

We’re just about halfway through the season. The Los Angeles Lakers are currently 17-23. They’re sitting in 12th place in the Western Conference, ­three games out of the final Western playoff spot and 14-and-a-half games behind the division-leading Clippers.

Last season, the Lakers captured a fifth consecutive Pacific Division title and finished as the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. They accomplished that with Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
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