LOS ANGELES — One week into the 2015-16 NBA season, no team is more desperate for a mulligan (or three) than the Los Angeles Lakers.
They’ve been terrible, with a defense that somehow looks worse than its 28th ranking and a 16th-ranked offense that’s filled with lifeless possessions. No team is forcing fewer turnovers. No team is passing the ball less. Only two teams have scored a smaller percentage of their points in the paint.
The Lakers don’t hustle in transition or understand their half-court rotations. “Our guys are still trying to get our terminology,” head coach Byron Scott said at a recent practice. “They’re still trying to understand our rotations. It takes time.”
Time is a thin currency right now. This season has been 144 minutes of bubbling frustration, and after three horrendous losses against a trio of flawed Western Conference teams, it’s tempting to label L.A. as the most embarrassing group in basketball; a hopeless, mismanaged and woefully constructed roster that should already cast its eyes on next July’s free agency and try t ...
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