What we learned from the Lakers' preseason: The team is a work in progress
LOS ANGELES_After the hype and excitement of a productive offseason receded this month, the mundane business of training camp commenced.
Officially, training camp was short. In an effort to alleviate the strain of an NBA schedule and allow for more rest, the NBA season starts more than a week earlier than it did last year. So the Los Angeles Lakers' two-a-day workouts lasted only three days, with a fourth one-workout day to finish the week.
In reality, though, the work only began
