After the 2018-19 season, which was LeBron James' first season with them, the Los Angeles Lakers were in a definite tailspin. They had missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year, and the immediate outlook seemed very bleak for them.
But they traded for Anthony Davis and made some prudent free agent signings that summer, which allowed them to win the NBA championship the very next season. Unfortunately, that championship was won during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic inside the Walt Disney World Resort bubble, which led to plenty of people not giving them the proper credit for that accomplishment.