NBA: 5 biggest disappointments from the 2018-19 season
Los Angeles Lakers
There might not have been a more disappointing team this season than the Los Angeles Lakers. After signing LeBron James during the summer, many expected the Lakers to be somewhat of a factor in the Western Conference.
Even if you didn’t believe that the Lakers would be a contender in the West this season, at the very you least you were sold on the fact that LeBron’s addition would be enough to catapult the Lakers into the playoffs.
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However, perhaps in large part to injury, the Lakers did not qualify for the playoffs and will have even more questions to answer during the off-season. The hope and thought is that the Lakers will – or should – rebound next season, but after what we witnessed this season that’s no longer a given.