The LeBron Lakers. I never could, man. They just lost to a team shooting 7-47 (!!!) from three.
That Russell trade was so weird, but that Luka one was even weirder. It would have made a lot of sense to trade LeBron for Luka and keep AD. Sure, it would have been a PR disaster. But I think they would still be going at the Wolves.
It’s super simple: basketball is easier to win with long dudes. If you don’t have any and go “small” then you need extremely good shooters and a team which knows how to protect them. And even in that case, you’d better be on point (see Warriors vs Rockets with Sengun and Adams).
Lakers have nothing. No big, no shooters, no teamwork. I don’t even know how they made it to 3rd seed, that is so odd.
But that’s also why they got gentleman swept.