Any New Year optimism quickly left the building this week as Kyle Kuzma joined the banged-up squad, diagnosed with a back contusion. As ESPN reminds, this is a club whose current members are Rajon Rondo (hand) and LeBron James (groin). While a Christmas miracle saw the Lakers take down the Warriors after James suffered his injury, the Lakers luck ran out swiftly. Lakers game notes say LeBron James is officially out tomorrow against the Knicks. The Lakers were always going to need to prove to be more than LeBron James.

Source: Forbes January 04, 2019 10:30 UTC