Why have the Lakers struggled this season and will they make the playoffs?

The Los Angeles Lakers have always been a franchise that prides itself on winning. Dr. Jerry Buss created the winning culture immediately after buying the team and drafting Magic Johnson in 1979, but despite some incredible championship runs with primetime players over the past few decades, the team is in dire straits after making a bad gamble in the offseason. Instead of catering to Frank Vogel's defensive philosophy that paid off with a championship in the bubble a couple of years ago with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, Rob Pelinka chose to go in a completely different direction this ...