What do you get when you take an All-NBA player and arguably the basketball GOAT in LeBron James, pair him with arguably the best player in the game in Luka Dončić and add in a budding superstar in Austin Reaves?

Apparently, just a mediocre trio.

Tim Bontemps of ESPN recently sorted the best trios in the league into tiers. While most would argue the Lakers have a top-five trio in the league, Bontemps didn’t even have them in his top five tiers.

Forget the fact that the Lakers went 19-13 once Luka played with the team, which was the eighth-most wins during that time frame. Ignore that the only thing more consistent than LeBron in this world is the sun rising in the morning. And toss out that Reaves averaged 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 5.8 assists, all career highs, and is entering a c

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