 The league is full with 27, 28, 29 up and coming young stars, guys that are in their prime or about to enter their prime to go win a championship. The Lakers are simply holding on, hoping that they can get one, two more seasons of prime LeBron. That is just a really, really bad formula. If you were trying to win a championship, if you're trying to be competitive, the Lakers can absolutely be competitive. There were 12 games over 500 last year.