The 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers entered the NBA's diamond anniversary season as Western Conference favorites, officially boasting four of the 75 greatest players in league history and the list's biggest snub.
And they failed to make the play-in tournament, let alone the playoffs.
There should be a name for that. It's called the most disappointing team in NBA history.
In retrospect, LeBron James is 37 years old, Anthony Davis has been prone to injury throughout his career, Russell Westbrook is the lowest efficiency superstar of his generation, and the only other player further from his perennial All-Star prime than Carmelo Anthony is Dwight Howard.