its not just him responsible for the state of the franchise
its mostly on the buss kids (jeanie and jim.) then some blame goes to mitch kupchak, magic, and pelinka. but with rambis and his wife now calling the shots with magic gone it looks like nothing is going to change for the better anytime soon
I was joking mostly, but yes, I agree with you.
It’s a real sad thing too. I grew up in Orange County during late 90s and the early to mid 2000s. In that time, no sports team was as big as the Lakers, nobody was even close. Not the Angels who won a World Series during that time. Not the Dodgers who were mired in nonstop mediocrity from 1989 until just about four years ago. Definitely not the Ducks or the Kings despite the SC championship. The Clippers, well let’s just say that if any kid at school openly admitted that they preferred the Clippers then they were likely to die of embarrassment.
Personally, I’m a Bucks fan and have always been indifferent towards the Lakers. Even so, the Lakers are one of those franchises that make the league a more interesting place when they are at least competitive and making the playoffs year in and year out. If Jeanie Buss stays on her current course she might become the third worst owner in LA sports history behind Frank McCourt and Donald Sterling, both of which ran their franchises with unfathomable malice and disrespect.