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Lakers News: Russell Westbrook, Who Probably Won't Be With Lakers By Spring, Hoping Lakers Make Playoffs In Spring

The ultimate goal is to win a championship, but it doesn't look too promising

Ryan Menzie

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A championship seems like a far dream for the Lakers as they fall to 2-9 on the season. The Lakers won two games in a row, and it looked like things were about to turn around, but of course for Russell Westbrook and company this was not the case.

To make things worse, during their game against the Clippers which resulted in their ninth loss of the season LeBron James goes down with a groin injury. The team that's already aging in a long season that Anthony Davis and Westbrook can't sustain on their own suddenly got much darker. 

The Lakers have some soul searching to do even if it means Westbrook isn't going to be on the team by the end of the season. However, Westbrook remains focused on the task at hand and believes the season is not over yet (via Spectrum SportsNet).

"I think the goal is to obviously  towards the end of of the year to be playing in the playoffs playing towards a championship. We can get caught looking too far ahead, take it one day at a time, focus on what we do now and take it from there."

The crushing defeat continues to pile on all the drama surrounding the Lakers in still a young season. When one thing goes right for the Lakers (there shooting) another goes wrong (there defense). 

The hope is the Lakers will figure it out, but with the hole they already dug themselves in it might be too late for a resurgence. 

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Ryan Menzie
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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