As LeBron James nears his late 30s and Anthony Davis plans to test free agency this summer, there’s a scenario—albeit a rare one—where these two phenomenal Los Angeles Lakers players could receive the dubious honor of playing for the purple and gold without delivering a championship to Tinseltown.
With 16 championships over the course of their storied history, the Laker name has been synonymous with winning for quite some time. Whether it’s Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, the stars have almost always managed to shine on the brightest of stages.