Im one of the few who still believes they will make the playoffs. But the rest of the team needs to be healthy. A lot of these players will push to have career years, this being their contract years (Lin, Hill, Davis, X) I'm not counting on Nash anymore, dude is done and Wes will basically be out of the league next year. If those guys plays above their usual expectation level along with Randle, Clarkson giving us decent minutes/production, the Lakers will fight for a playoff spot. Kobe will have his up and down season, 23 ppt, 4 rpg 5 apg 43% is probably his ceiling this year.
Mitch will also pull another big trade midseason. The Lakers have plenty of expirings this year. If the right offer comes along, prepare another highway robbery that will piss the out of every fan base.