Fans of the Los Angeles Lakers are planning a protest outside of Staples Center on Friday in hopes to voice their displeasure with the organization and its management, according to Fred Roggin of NBC Los Angeles.
Lakers fans are a passionate bunch, and the recent streak of questionable decision-making has gotten most up in arms.
The purple and gold not only came well-shy of a postseason berth, but also wasted the first year of LeBron James' tenure with the team, had their Hall of Fame president of basketball operations quit on them without notice, fired their head coach, missed on the best-available candidate in the market, and then on the next best due to contractual differences.
If this seems like a long rambling list of mishits, it's because it's as many as a readable sentence can get.
The Lakers have been the richest source of drama of any of the teams that failed to make the playoffs, at times embarrassing those who love the franchise so loyally.
Local and national media have often expressed their dismay with some of the choices the franchise has made this season — from missing on top-of-the-line targets like Paul George and Kawhi Leonard to disappointing details about the inner workings of the front office, which has proven to be a complete disarray.
ESPN's Dan LeBatard told Get Up! on Thursday morning that the Lakers organization has been a “mom and pops” shop for quite a while, but that late-owner Dr. Jerry Buss often did an excellent job at making it look like a functioning franchise.
With Jeanie Buss at the helm, the Lakers now look as dysfunctional as they have ever been and now have a series of questions to address in the offseason — but before that takes place, they will have to answer to thousands of angry Angelenos that demand a change within the organization along with answers to the inexplicable line of ineptitude in the front office.
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