The summer of 2019 in the NBA was by far the most hectic free agency period in basketball’s history. It started with Anthony Davis teaming up with LeBron James on the Los Angeles Lakers, and saw Kawhi Leonard and Paul George join forces on the L.A. Clippers.
With this, fans sensed a rivalry between the two teams, anointing it the battle of L.A. The Lakers and Clippers have co-inhabited L.A. since 1984, when the Clippers moved from San Diego. Since then, the two teams had never truly been forces in the NBA at the same time.