Ring Number 4. For LeBron James, it’s just sitting out on a silver platter now.
No Giannis. No Kawhi. No Harden. No Luka. And of course, no Steph Curry or Kevin Durant.
When it comes to the NBA’s conference finals, the absence of the game’s elite stars is the most notable surprise. Make a list of the game’s top eight stars and only two of them will be participating.
Moreover, they both play on the same team: James and Anthony Davis, the Laker superstars who each were coronated First Team All-NBA on Wednesday.
For however long LeBron James continues playing, he will never have an NBA title lying there waiting for him to claim it as clearly as this one. No disrespect to the Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics or Miami Heat, but at this point the Lakers have to be considered massive favorites to win the championship.
The team with the best regular-season record, the Milwaukee Bucks, has been eliminated. The defending champion…
