Both players have the potential eversince, they are just young back then and remember Clarkson got the chance playing with LeBron
back then, he got the shot playing at the finals with LeBron last Cavs championship appearance.

Management are the one who's responsible for trading players, but in some occasions players like LeBron have a strong influence
choosing who he wanted to play with.

Just like how AD and Drummond are now playing beside him.

The only good thing about last night's game was I didn't have to watch too much of it.  Joking with 24 or something in the first quarter and the Knicks going 2-20 or something to start the game told it all.  Probably the ugliest game I seen them play all season.  Hopefully an outlier 

Cousins is giving it to the Lakers right now. I think he’s showing them what they passed up on. He’s making Montrez Harrell (who makes a lot more money) look like a college kid out there. Rondo looks to be getting himself some revenge as well. I was hoping LeBron would be playing but I guess they’re still letting him sit during the tough games until he’s closer to full strength.

Mavericks already above them now with 6 games left. Blazers are going to fight harder for number 6. Lakers should think about some ways to win.
Why not use Gasol more? He had made good contributions during their game against the Nuggets and I hate to look at them defeating the team I cheer for but I saw a spark there with the Lakers team because of Marc even for just 17 minutes.

The Warriors also taking a big step upward from number 10 to number 8. Plenty of changes happening in WCF while the playoffs is going near.

They really punish the LAL lakers this time but its still tolerable since provably we can see the Lakers a different team in playoffs, they are suffering now from injury stigmas so I expect them struggle for their current run this season. Lakers now feel what GSW encountering when their major stars got injured.

The Lakers has a really bad regular season this year. Bugged with a lot of injuries and the teams seemed lost like they're just having trouble with team chemistry after adding Drummond to the line up.
AD just hurt himself again after tweaking his ankle, and didn't come back to the game after he got subbed.
They are a couple of games loss away from falling in the 8th seed. I guess LeBron will play the next game and AD would rest.
Their next game is a key game against Portland. If they lost they'll fall in the 7th spot and the Blazers will climb to the 6th spot.

AD has not been effective since his return, they only won one game IIRC while they lose a lot of games. AD has to prove that Lakers is not only a Lebron team, he can also carry the team and give a win for them to at least be at the top 6 ranking.

It's necessary because if they will fall on the ranking, they will have to go through a tough journey just to be in the playoffs. It's been an injury that has been causing the Lakers a big problem, from being the top team in the West to the current standing, I guess they also have some problem with chemistry.

Actually, I believe they will still remain a good team if they did not let go of their key players, especially rondo as he can still help the team to win and makes AD more effective when Rondo is on the floor, he is a great PG so he can do that.

I do not really think that Lakers care about winning right now. All they care about is getting everyone back on the court and helping them get back on their schedule, as long as they have a 100% ready AD and 100% ready Lebron when the playoff comes, that is going to be more than enough.

If they finish 6th they will play clippers and that is going to be tough but if they beat them on the first round, rest will be much much easier, at 7th they face Suns and at 8th they face Jazz both of which they can take out very easily if you ask me (Don't care about the standings). So, Lakers can lose as much as they can without going out of the playoff spot, and as long as they go to playoffs they are going to be fine. There is no point on trying very hard and going up a spot, because in the end they are not going to profit from it, they will face similar teams anyway.

The sad news is that Lebron may still not play, and probably Davis is available but I doubt they'll win this game. As of now, the betting line is -7.5 for the Blazers, line tells that stars of the Lakers are missing, and who knows, Davis might not play too.