The good, bad and story from the horrible Lakers season

The story from the Los Angeles Lakers’ season:

The Russell Westbrook saga really begins!

If anyone thinks that Russ hated his experience enough to opt out of a $47 million player option, they are just trying to argue and get into an intelligent conversation while they should be watching cartoons. The Lakers gambled and they lost. Badly. But as stated before, no one really takes accountability for the mistake so the correction will be slow.

See, the Los Angeles Lakers signed up for this player and put in no work to enhance his abilities…

If a writer 3000 miles away can understand what to do to make this guy effective, why can’t a front office and a head coach do it while collecting millions of dollars?

• A Lakers fan’s handbook to the understanding of Russell Westbrook

The Lakers are over the luxury tax NOW starting next season. Sure, it’s best for everyone involved for a trade but how? Sure, trade him to Charlotte for Gordon Hayward who commands $60 million over the next two years and Terry Rozier who has another bad contract. How about P.J. Washington who has a contract extension coming?

But whatever move they make will expose what went on at the trade deadline. They made it clear that they would not trade their first-round picks or take back more money in contracts.

Guess what? That’s exactly what they have to do according to Marc Stein.

"Gordon Hayward has two seasons left on a four-year, $120 million contract and has appeared in only 49 of Charlotte’s 79 games this season. Terry Rozier has performed well this season, with an above-average PER of 17.36, but next season is Year 1 of a four-year, $97 million extension. With the Hornets facing the onrushing expense of signing [Miles] Bridges to a lucrative contract extension this offseason, followed by the eventual prospect of a max extension for Ball, combining one of their long-term deals with the final season on Kelly Oubre Jr.’s two-year, $24.5 million pact, as an example, could function as a workable trade framework. Any team trading for Westbrook has to send out roughly $38 million in salary."

This closes the season for Lake Show Life post-game analysis. It has been a long season but we have the bubble season, right? This article is dedicated to Corky Carroll, who just got out of hernia surgery.

Get healthy and back on those waves Corky. For this writer…