How could anybody who watches this team play blame one player for this horrible season?
Every player on this team has not played up to their standards (sans maybe Clark)
Nash - Got injured early on and now looks frail and is making an absurd amount of mistakes for a player of his caliber, not only that he won't shoot the ball.
Pau - Also been injured throughout the year, and his motor seems to be slowing down. He's also been taken away from his strength (the low post game).
MWP - Looking afar he's been doing well this year, however his trigger happy self has at times been hard to watch
Dwight - It goes without saying he's not only been a massive disappointing on the court, but also off it. A once certainty of him coming back to LA is all but gone, and now many people argue they don't even want him back, especially if this is the Dwight we are getting.
Kobe - Although he's been shooting better than previous years, his defense has been horrible! He's playing hero ball often (and many times due to necessity) and it hasn't panned out.
Jamison - One of the bigger busts on this team, what happened to all that slashing and crazy shots he used to have? We got stuck with the every so often missed three from him.
Meeks - Hasn't really had a chance to shine, but he's been inconsistent with his shot, and his defense leaves much to desire.
Duhon - At best a 3rd pg on this team, he's been forced into a backup position, and he's not been able to really produce at a high level. Plus he shoots 80ft three pointers...
Morris - By far the worst player on this Lakers team. He's supposed to be a defensive guy, who can't do anything but somewhat pester other opponents. He can't shoot, can't run the break, and over dribbles.
Clark - He's been good.
Sacre - Obviously not ready for this.
Blake - Forever injured, and even when he's healthy its a tossup if he's going to play well.
Now coaching...which is by far the main reason why this team isn't going anywhere.
D'antoni is a bum, he can't teach defense, and has no back up plan to offense. If the pick and roll doesn't work, well we are out of luck.
He's just an incompetent coach who happened to be lucky that Jim Buss is an idiot and holds grudges.
Looking over all this it is asinine to blame one person. It's not Kobe's fault, its not Pau's fault, its not Nash's fault, its not Dwight's fault. If you do want to blame one person in my opinion you either got to blame Mike D'antoni for his stubbornness or Jim Buss for not doing the smart and right thing and hiring Phil Jackson.