There’s a certain pain in missed basketball timelines. The kind that never quite heals, even years later. For Kobe Bryant, the 2011–12 Lakers postseason was supposed to be one last run at something spectacular, one more flash of Mamba dominance before the inevitable fade. Instead, it became the season of what ifs. What if the […]The post Lakers’ Trade Mistake During Kobe Bryant’s Last Playoffs Season Still Hurts Ex-Warriors Star appeared first on EssentiallySports.