The Los Angeles Lakers are 21-21 through the first 42 games of the season, meaning the team is officially past the midway point of the 2021-22 campaign.
The Lakers currently hold the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, which would again put them in the play-in tournament, just like last season.
This start isn’t what Los Angeles envisioned over the summer, but multiple factors have led to this point.
LeBron James was in and out of the lineup early in the season but has since scored 30 points in 11 of the last 12 games. Anthony Davis hasn’t played in about four weeks with an MCL sprain. Russell Westbrook has hit a new low recently, and his fit continues to be in question. The list goes on.
Similar to how LeBron Wire ranked the team after 20 games, this will be the latest edition of how the players stand among one another. Kendrick Nunn does not make this list since he hasn’t made his debut yet.
Let’s start with No. 14: