In other scenarios we can't stop them bombing from the outside because our best three players all play the same position. Or somewhere in between and the Lakers still lose to this historic, record breaking Warriors team.

Again, the assets we'd lose for contending this year instead of next year is huge. The last time the Lakers traded for a player in the last year of his contract it didn't work out so well. We waited and didn't trade for Paul George last year, so why not wait out another year for Kawhi?