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Lakers News: Lakers Have Officially Been Favored To Miss Postseason

L.A.'s 0-4 start is further evidence this team isn't ready

Ryan Menzie

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There are 82 games in an NBA season, but most teams who begin their runs with an 0-4 record have gone on to miss the playoffs. Notably, two exceptions, the 2018-19 Oklahoma City Thunder and the 2020-21 Wizards (via Reddit), featured current Los Angeles Lakers starting point guard Russell Westbrook. His Lakers have also kicked off 2022-23 with an 0-4 record. But this may not be the positive sign fans are looking for. 

With history riding against the Lakers, Caesars Sportsbook has officially given the Lakers -150 odds to miss the postseason. This comes at the end of the Lakers' slow start with not just their losses but also their historically bad shooting. 

The Lakers' miserable 22.3 percent field goal conversion rate is the worst four-game shooting stretch in NBA history. 

This is not the kind of things Lakers fans want to be hearing this early into the season. It makes it even harder to bare knowing the team also has a pick swap with the Pelicans this season.

The future looks bleak for the team, but the front office needs to decide now whether this season is going to be toast or are they going to give up more of their future for proven players. The Lakers roster has talent, albeit very top heavy, but the star power of the Lakers isn't enough to keep up with the league. 

All-star L.A. forward LeBron James has dominated the league for the greater part of the past 20 seasons, but it's only a matter of time before someone takes the rightful place of being the most feared athlete in the league. Teams have caught up and the Lakers are running out of time. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Kobe Bryant  Favorite Moment: Kobe Bryant Final Game. Too many moments to choose from between Derek Fishers 0.4 second buzzer beater, the Lakers 3-peat or game seven against Boston, but can't beat a final memory like Kobe's final game. 

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