Welcome back to NBA Star Power Index: A weekly gauge of the players getting the most buzz around the league. Inclusion on this list isn’t necessarily a good thing — it simply means you’re capturing the NBA world’s attention. This is also not a ranking. The players listed are in no particular order. This column will run every week throughout the regular season.
The Lakers were eliminated from play-in contention on Wednesday when they lost to the Suns. It was the 48th loss of the season for the Lakers, which is the most losses a LeBron James team has ever endured. It really is astonishing how far south this has all gone. The Lakers have endured injuries to their two best players, sure, but who hasn’t? And besides that, the Lakers haven’t even been good with LeBron on the court, just 25-31.
LeBron had only missed the playoffs four times over his 19-year career, and half of them have come in his time with the Lakers (the other two were his first two seasons in the league). Throw in the first-round exit last season, and let’s just say that Lakers front office better be thanking its lucky stars they got that weird bubble title, because if not for that the LeBron Lakers era has been a complete disaster.
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Author : Brad Botkin
Publish date : 2022-04-06 23:19:16
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