There are still some very good players available on the NBA’s free-agent market, but it doesn’t matter where they choose to sign because we already have a winner of basketball’s offseason: The Los Angeles Lakers.

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The NBA is a better and more interesting league when its marquee franchises are championship contenders, and the two most storied teams in the NBA are the Boston Celtics and the Lakers. Alas, the purple and gold haven’t finished with a winning record since 2012-13, which was also the last time Los Angeles made the postseason. It will surely be back there next spring after luring LeBron James from the Cleveland Cavaliers in free agency.

LeBron’s move has jumped the Lakers up the odds to win the 2018-19 NBA title to +460, but still behind the two-time reigning champion Golden State Warriors (-185) at online sportsbooks. James reportedly reached out to Warriors star Kevin Durant in an attempt to get KD to join him in Los Angeles but was unsuccessful. Durant signed a one-plus-one deal to stay with the Warriors, who then incredibly also were able to lure four-time All-Star DeMarcus Cousins on a way-below-market one-year contract. Now Golden State could start five All-Stars once Cousins is healthy off rehab from a serious Achilles injury. Not fair.