THE LAKERS’ SUPERTEAM ERA: A LOOK BACK AT THE 2003-04 SEASON* The Los Angeles Lakers’ 2003-04 season was one of great anticipation and disappointment.
*THE LAKERS' SUPERTEAM ERA: A LOOK BACK AT THE 2003-04 SEASON* The Los Angeles Lakers' 2003-04 season was one of great anticipation and disappointment. With the addition of Gary Payton and Karl Malone to join Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, many considered the Lakers the most talented team ever assembled. However, despite a strong regular season and playoff run, the Lakers ultimately fell short, losing to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Finals. *The Formation of a Superteam* The Lakers' offseason acquisitions of Payton and Malone were seen as a masterstroke, bringing in two Hall of Famers to…