I really don't like to see that Lebron James has to carry the team to victories most of the time. He should already have left those days behind from now on. And as far as I know, he doesn't want to continue to do this too. He wants his team to build a team which consist highly capable players to take the load off of his shoulders. But Lakers did the opposite for this season. And last night, we saw another example that Lebron carried the team. Lakers just can't go on like this to the end. They could have big problems in the playoff stage.
Yeah exactly.
And I believe that Lakers have one of the toughest schedules remaining going ahead in the NBA season, so that certainly does not help either.
LeBron in Year 19 should not have to average career numbers in order to just win games.
But I guess that is what the Lakers signed up to when they signed AD and Westbrook - they can work great when hot, but when they don't work, it's either going to be AD out for injuries or Russ making braindead moves which does not help.
AD is the most important piece of the Lakers after Lebron, without him, the Lakers will not be able to win a championship as Davis is really a dominant player and consistent as well, his only problem is the injury issue but as long as he is healthy in the playoffs, everything should be fine for the Lakers. Westbrook, does better in the playoffs so expect good playoffs for the Lakers once they qualify.