The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a brutal early first-round exit to the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was a tough and unexpected loss to a young Timberwolves team l

The four-time NBA MVP says the MCL sprain likely would have caused him to miss the rest of the first-round series had the Lakers defeated Minnesota in Game 5.

There's no question that the Los Angeles Lakers were disappointing during the playoffs. There's a good chance that the organization expected to struggle a bit without a dominant big man to replace Anthony Davis.