Ss&r: The Lakers Future Is Burning Bright

My latest, this time with a positive view on the Lakers future:

"If you are going through hell, keep going"

-Winston Churchill

This year has been a trying one for Los Angeles Lakers fans who have endured a season filled with injuries, uncertainty, and plenty of losing. When the 2014-2015 campaign finally comes to a conclusion and the dust settles this year's Lakers team will likely go into the history books as the worst in the franchise's storied history. Meanwhile fans have struggled to stay positive in such a bleak time, and rightly so given the string of misfortune that has been heaped upon the purple and gold.

Before the season began Steve Nash, who had been penciled in to start at point guard, ostensibly decided to end his career due to persistent nerve-root problems. Unfortunately the ravenous injury bug didn't stop there, claiming rookie Julius Randle's leg on opening night and robbing Lakers fans of the chance to watch their highest draft-pick since 1982 develop.

As the season went on the injury list grew larger and larger, with Nick Young, Ronnie Price, Wayne Ellington,Kobe Bryant, and Xavier Henry all finding themselves out for the year. Suffice it to say the Lakers roster that is currently trudging through the final game remaining on the schedule looks almost nothing like the one that Mitch Kupchak put together last summer. While no one expected the Lakers to be title contenders this season, the level of futility the once-great franchise has reached is nonetheless shocking.

For now though, Lakers fans must not focus on all of the darkness that has plagued their beloved team over the course of the season. With the Lakers locked into the 4th-worst record in the league, it's time to step back from the ledge and celebrate that, for the time being, the future is looking bright. For lack of a less Disneyesque term, it's time to let it go.

To that end, here are 5 reasons why, in spite of all that has happened, Lakers fans should be excited about the future.

Read the rest HERE. Hope you like the positive spin!

 

Thanks I really appreciate that. Looking forward to watching this team be rebuilt from the ground up.

 

Low screamer over the wall in deep center...... touch em all. Like you did with all the nuance and bullet points of the experiences of this season..... and what is coming up in our immediate future thanks to great front office moves. We do have a "West" back in our picture too and this should give even more hope with our draft picks and future.

 

Thanks guys, I'm glad you liked it!

 

Now..... about your odd choice for an avatar......

 

Lol I was just getting rid of the tank avatar and thought surprised Bynum with the huge fro was funny.

 

It is