Lakers Schedule Breakdown: Highlights, Lowlights, and Big Challenges Ahead

In a normal offseason, the August schedule release is one of those signpost events that lets fans know the season is creeping closer. It's a fun chance to try and predict what's coming. Things never quite work out as predicted, but that's part of the fun. Of course, this year, a certain blip in the news cycle has radically changed the subject for Lakers fans, who now wonder what's coming with the…