Because when you SO OBVIOUSLY HAVE WON THE TRADE, you should be better.
They actually fared worse.
They fared worse than what? Everyone figured the Lakers would be not a championship team because of size. I even had Minnesota in the series. They have a very flawed roster and would need an offseason to start building around Luka …. that was pretty much the consensus opinion
They so obviously won the trade for a myriad of reasons that for some reason you don’t want to admit , even though it’s pretty much universally accepted
You just paying no mind to building for the long term is pretty hilarious. Teams tank seasons in hopes of drafting someone that could become half of what Luka is……the Lakers literally got that for nothing