Vincent Goodwill

Once the shine of the possible 70-win thing flew off of them, we stopped paying attention to them.

And when we stopped paying attention to them, you looked at the roster and you're like, wait, everybody can defend.

And everybody can defend a level up or a level down.

You can use Chet Holmgren at the rim.

You can use Chet Holmgren in space.

You can use the AJ Mitchells of the world at the rim or in space.

Like, nobody's uncomfortable at any point on the floor.

And the Lakers have an older LeBron James

who can only give it to you in spurts.

Like in game one, he had a great game, but he gave it to you in spurts.

It wasn't like he was flying up and down the floor.

This wasn't game one of the 2018 NBA Finals where he emptied the tank and almost took out one of the greatest teams we've ever seen.

He gave you 25 efficient YMCA points.

Oh, man, I'm going to get on the break because I'm at half court.

You know, like that type of thing.

There's only so much that he can do.

And Luka's not coming back.

And Austin Reeves...

He didn't give you anything because he's still recovering from injury.

The Lakers don't have many options.