In less than a week, this Lakers season will finally, mercifully end. Yes, there’s still a painfully slim chance they make the play-in to extend the 2021-22 campaign, but in all likelihood, any wins they tally between now and Sunday are far more likely to be yet another fake comeback in a season defined by that trend.
So this week on “The Anthony Irwin Show,” I welcomed back Jovan Buha of The Athletic to revisit a conversation we had back in September previewing how we thought this season would play out through the lens of the Russell Westbrook trade.