Is grind finally catching up with listless Lakers?

Just one full week since Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, just one full week since the NBA became the first of the North American pro sports leagues to suspend operations, one week since sports essentially stopped. The NHL quickly followed the NBA’s lead and suspended play. The NCAA basketball tournaments were called off and college sports for the entirety of the academic year soon followed.

The Knicks priority this summer is big game hunting: Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, maybe Kyrie Irving (if one of those first two come). They have the cap space (or can get to it easily) and the lures of New York and Madison Square Garden. They want to be players. Whether they land a superstar or

Klay Thompson is widely expected to re-sign with the Warriors, which leaves Jimmy Butler as the prize at the position. After him, depth but few difference-makers.