With the Los Angeles Lakers preparing for the Brooklyn Nets, all of the attention is naturally on D’Angelo Russell, who recently made his first NBA All-Star appearance.
Despite being the No. 2 pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, the Lakers traded him and Timofey Mozgov for Brook Lopez and the No. 27 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft (Kyle Kuzma).
While president of basketball operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka eventually signed LeBron James last free agency with one of their two max-contract slots, it is difficult to ignore what could have been with the 23-year-old as he leads the playoff-bound Nets.