The one benefit to tanking like the Utah Jazz are is that there's no immediate pressure for the team to succeed. Not having a proven superstar (this could change in no time for Utah) allows the Jazz to ride the wave with little resistance. That's not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers, whose rumored falling out with LeBron James not only affects them but could also negatively affect the Jazz's hopes of striking gold in free agency by signing Austin Reaves.
ESPN's Shams Charania confirmed on "The Pat McAfee Show" that James and the Lakers are on the outs, though didn't exactly specify if that meant he was leaving when this season is over.