In addition to the winning, I miss Bynum. He was such a beast, and I thought he was going to be absolutely amazing for another ten years. Miss that dude, miss his skills, miss even his attitude.
Whether it's Mike D'Antoni or Byron Scott coaching, whichever part of Kobe Bryant's body isn't working right, the past two seasons have been marked by the Los Angeles Lakers having no choice but to invest in irrational hope that someone as soft as Johnson suddenly grows nails.
Of course, that hasn't happened, which is why Johnson wasn't even in the Lakers' injury-depleted starting lineup as they played a forgettable Wednesday night game against the Milwaukee Bucks in front of only 12,544 fans.
The Lakers' starting lineup might well have been the worst ever fielded in franchise history: Jordan Clarkson, Wayne Ellington, Ryan Kelly, Tarik Black and Robert Sacre. Their season scoring average—all added together—was 27.9...