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The Los Angeles Lakers epic fail

You didn’t need to know NBA rosters to know who was on the Lakers — it was the embodiment of All-NBA and All-Star teams from the league’s last decade. The odds-on favorite to win the title. A wasted season later, it’s hard to see the Lakers as anything other than too old and too slow, with square pegs being pushed into round holes in between several players’ trips to the injury report.

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The Los Angeles Lakers epic fail

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