Five Things The 2014-15 Los Angeles Lakers Season Taught Us
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5. Nick Young Has Jumped The Shark. 

I’ll admit, while I wasn’t totally on board with his re-signing (mostly because the Lakers rushed into it when they didn’t have to), I should have disliked it more. Young played well last year, and just as importantly was the only consistent source of entertainment. I mean, who didn’t love this? Or this? Or this? Losing him would have unleashed a torrent of decidedly unswaggy complaints across Lakers Twitter. Plus, to keep Kobe’s minutes down the Lakers needed a credible backup. (Granted, nobody mentioned that part to Byron.) Well, it’s fair to say that deal turned sour. Swaggy is a genuinely good guy, but the character he plays has a lot less appeal when he’s not playing well. Add in a bunch of injuries and an attitude his (see item #2) head coach doesn’t appreciate, and suddenly a deal that looked reasonably cheap, particularly once the cap jumps up, is one some think the Lakers won’t be able to move this summer without adding some type of sweetener.

Swaggy P (wait for it…) U.

(I’ll show myself out.)

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