It’s been a topsy-turvy season for the Los Angeles Lakers, filled with both triumphs and tragedies.
As usual, Kobe Bryant has been at the center of everything that has gone well—and poorly—for the Lakers this season.
Successes like beating a league-best Golden State Warriors squad have been offset by failures like giving up 140 points in a beatdown at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks.
Players new and old alike have been under the microscope, as has a new, yet familiar, head coach. These trends are worth monitoring to see if they continue and how the Lakers eventually adapt.
Kobe Bryant is at the heart of it all, as is to be expected, and it is with him we kick off our list of the biggest surprises and disappointments of the Lakers’ season to date.