Can LeBron Save The Lakers’ Season?
The Lead
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🗓️ 5 January 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The Lakers started the year as one of the NBA title favorites. Now, nearly halfway through the season, they're still struggling to stay above .500 and out of the play-in for the second consecutive year. Today, The Athletic's Bill Oram tells us why the Lakers' bet on Russell Westbrook has not paid off and whether LeBron James can carry this team back to the promised land at 37-years-old.
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| 0:46.0 | Coming into the season, a lot of people expected LeBron James and the Lakers to be at the top of the Western Conference. |
| 0:58.0 | But so far, they've been fighting to stay above 500. |
| 1:01.0 | LeBron James disappointed despite some spectacular plays here in the fourth, |
| 1:06.0 | as the Lakers lose their fifth in a row, including three straight here at home. |
| 1:13.0 | Today, the Athletics built Orm on why things haven't been clicking for the Lakers so far. |
| 1:17.0 | What is and isn't working with the Russell Westbrook experiment and whether or not a now 37-year-old LeBron can save their season. |
| 1:25.0 | That is the thing with any LeBron James team. |
| 1:27.0 | Is you never count them out because LeBron is still capable of being the best player in the world |
| 1:33.0 | and certainly the best player on any court. |
| 1:35.0 | From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:38.0 | It's Wednesday, January 5th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:46.0 | Bill Orm, welcome back to the show. |
| 1:48.0 | Thanks for having me, Anders. |
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