Los Angeles Lakers: Why Lakers Aren’t Title Contenders in 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers may be in third place in the Western Conference, but calling them NBA title contenders may be premature.

The Lakers surprised some people when they decided to hold onto Pau Gasol at the trade deadline. Instead, the Lakers made two other interesting moves. First, they traded Luke Walton, Jason Kapono and their first-rounder in 2012 for Ramon Sessions and forward Christian Eyenga. Then the Lakers traded one of their team leaders, Derek Fisher, and the first-round pick acquired from Dallas in the Lamar Odom&n...

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