If the Los Angeles Lakers played in the Premier League this season, there would have been a whole lot more noise.
The Lakers – yes, the Lebron James and Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook Lakers, the formerly-Magic Johnson world-beaters and always home of the legendary Kobe Bryant – festered in what NBA experts and fans are dubbing simply an ‘historically disappointing season’.
The team finished 11th in the NBA’s shallow Western conference, trailed by a littering of tragic performances. The Lakers did not technically crack the ignominious 50-games-lost point, though they arguably only did so by not having one more game to lose.