The Los Angeles Lakers are 5-5 through the first 10 games of the season with a recent loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.
It hasn’t been smooth-sailing so far for a team that has championship aspirations.
LeBron James has been in and out of the lineup with an ankle injury, and now, an abdominal strain.
The Lakers have had to adjust with overhauling the roster with 12 new players from last year, not counting two new two-way additions. Russell Westbrook has been a roller-coaster experience thus far, which isn’t exactly surprising.
Let’s look at some early winners and losers from the first 10 games: