How Rob Pelinka set the Lakers — and Frank Vogel — up to fail

Frank Vogel didn’t help matters, but it was Rob Pelinka expecting the head coach to fix a roster full of bad or unwilling defenders that don’t play to his strengths that may have been the original sin in this Lakers disaster. Editor’s Note: When a team underachieves to the extent the 2021-22 Lakers did, it is paramount that the organization’s decision-makers not only identify why things went wrong, but that they incorporate what they learned into future decisions. In this series of posts, Darius Soriano will examine some of the lessons from this Lakers’ season and why they mattered so…