Los Angeles Lakers: 3 trends that will land the team on Santa’s naughty list

He’s making a list, checking it twice and the Los Angeles Lakers could end up on the naughty list this year based on their recent play.

With Christmas coming up fast, the NBA season is in full swing. The 25th is a day for families to celebrate the holiday, but also enjoy the plethora of NBA games that they can enjoy on Christmas Day, including the Los Angeles Lakers taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves in the nightcap of the day’s festivities.

Since the Lakers are such a young team mostly led by rookies, it’ll be the first time some of these players experience playing in a Christmas Day game after watching so many Lakers games on Christmas growing up.

It’s around this time where kids start to get anxious about whether they have been nice and will receive all the presents they asked for, or they’ve been naughty and will receive a lump of coal.

The Lakers have been doing their part to spread the Christmas cheer as Kyle Kuzma hung out with some fans at the NBA Store earlier this month.

For the Lakers, they have enjoyed a much-improved season thanks to the injection of young talent from Kuzma and Lonzo Ball. However, the team still sits at 11-18 and out of the Western Conference playoff picture, which is somewhat naughty behavior based on where Lakers fans expectations were to start out the season.

Let’s take a look at three reasons the Lakers could receive a lump of coal from Santa on Christmas Day.