
Sharks
If there is one running theme through three episodes of Winning Time so far, it is the brutal difficulty involved in human beings attempting to force ourselves upon events.
If there is one running theme through three episodes of Winning Time so far, it is the brutal difficulty involved in human beings attempting to force ourselves upon events.
When we left Magic Johnson at the end of the first episode of Winning Time, he was assuring the press that, having added him, the Lakers would not just be good, they would be “exciting.”
Near the end of the first episode of Winning Time, Dr. Jerry Buss, played immaculately by John C. Reilly, pauses to admire the swans gliding across the surface of a pond at the lavish mansion owned by Jack Kent Cooke. He is there to finalize an agreement to buy the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, the Fabulous Forum, and the greatest runner-up team in American professional sports – the Lakers.
They might be down, but I don’t think they’re dead. Moving forward, the Lakers need these keys to drive into a successful postseason:
It would be a gross understatement to say that 2022 has, thus far, been a disappointing year for fans of the Los Angeles Lakers.
I refuse to believe the Los Angeles Lakers are not a good basketball team. There is simply no way this can be true, right?
What has happened to the Lakers in the last 72 hours is like the climactic scene in Avengers: Infinity War, when half of a team of almost-victorious superheroes watches the other half disintegrate in front of their eyes.
In any Lakers season as full of frustrations, setbacks, and mediocrity as this one has been so far, the fanbase will have opinions about who is to blame. Strong ones.
Despite the obvious bad start, I believe in miracles. Here are a few things I’d like Santa to bring the Lakers this Christmas:
Is Anthony Davis cut from the same mold as Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, and LeBron James? Can he be the face of the franchise in a way that the Lakers become his team? Can he carry the weight of being the face of the Los Angeles Lakers?