No Finals MVP for the Lakers isn't. 2020 earned him a spot - whether or not you think it should be there is sorta beside the point. He will be. There's no chance the Buss family doesn't have a top 3 player of all time up there.

The current team isn't working, and Bron clearly knows that. He and AD fucked up by pushing for this Westbrook trade (if they did that, anyhow). No way out of it now. I can't really fault Bron/AD's play, I can fault the roster construction. AD has been killing it since coming back - it's not on him.

Anyway.

This is all for nothing. This is another lost year. They just can't ignore the fact that Lebron is not long for this team - he's done the year after next and that's if we're lucky.