Finally, at long last, the train wreck known as the 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers season is in the past, and it is time to do something about it and recover.
But first will come all the postmortems from media and fans alike.
Sorry, LeBron James, but this season was a failure. Maybe he doesn’t deserve all the blame for what happened, but everyone from James to the least important member of the organization needs to acknowledge the season was a failure.
Personal development gurus remind us the first step to solving a problem is admitting there is a problem. Even if some in the organization will not fully do so, everyone else outside the organization will do it for them.
The good news? All of the Lakers’ problems, as of now, are, at least conceivably, solvable.
Yes, it will be difficult, but there seems to be a pathway back to title contention next season, and there is a checklist of items that can get that accomplished.