At the beginning of the offseason when the Anthony Davis trade went down, there was a league-wide assumption that the Los Angeles Lakers were now the dominant team in the NBA going forward.
That sentiment was multiplied once the rumors of Kawhi Leonard joining them in free agency started to ramp up.
But, as we all know, Kawhi Leonard ended up choosing to take his talents to the B-Team of Los Angeles known as the Clippers, choosing to bring that guy, Paul George, who used to play for the Oklahoma City Thunder with him.