Season Grades: LA Lakers

F

Championship or bust. This season = BUST. Super BUST. Swept BUST. Bush league, decking dinky guards, taking off jersey, BUST.

With dreams of three-peats dancing in Laker-Land, the purple and gold took a giant dump all season long. The Lakers getting blown out against teams such as the Grizzlies, and the Heat, folks in LA started to panic, but don't worry Derek Fisher, and Kobe have your back.

Don't worry... I got yo back

Remember all those interviews through out the year, where the Lakers were quoted saying they know when to "hit the switch"? It's a long season. Champions know when its time to take over and 'hit the switch'. And they seemed to do so against the Pacers when they won 122-99 (that was sarcasm).

The Lakers lied all season long, then were exposed during the post season. Pau Gasol became a softy once again, and wrongly blamed for all the Laker problems. The Bench disappeared and Bynum became a punk....and trade bait some how...

The Lakers gave us another terrible Christmas Day game, swore they would turn it on when it counted, blamed the guy who brought them two championships, and now swear they'll get Dwight Howard, when in reality they need a guard who won't get beat off the dribble every time.

Its easy to be disappointed when you're accustomed to winning championships, and you fail. But it was the way the Lakers failed this year that gave them their F. Empty promises, excuses, punk/cheap plays, getting swept out of the playoffs in the most embarrassing game the Lakers have played since game 7 against the Suns in 2007.