Fearless forecast

The Lakers' crack media relations staff hosted the annual training camp dinner with the beat reporters at a swanky restaurant high atop a swanky hotel Tuesday night. As ever, the highlight of the evening was when the writers put their season forecasts for the Lakers to paper. Names have been omitted for legal reasons, but I can say that I predicted the Lakers will go 60-22 this season. Predictions ranged from 66 wins on the high end to 55 on the low. Last season, they went 57-25. As I recall, I predicted they would win 44 games.