There is a real chance that both Los Angeles teams could be eliminated by Friday night. Both Los Angeles face first-round exits which were not expected. Many people penciled the Lakers into the NBA Finals. But LeBron James not being 100 percent and Anthony Davis’ injury led to a shocking and surprising first-round exit courtesy of the Phoenix Suns. In the least surprising take of all time, Max Kellerman of First Take is not happy about this. He doesn’t know what to do without Los Angeles and potentially no New York either. GASP! Kellerman almost wants the league to do an investigation.

So instead of a Lakers-Clippers Conference Finals we’re going to get Denver-Utah? And instead of a NY-LA Finals, maybe Utah-Milwaukee? League’s gotta be happy about that

— Max Kellerman (@maxkellerman) June 4, 2021

Guess what, Max? You have to do your fucking job. It is not going to be the same old LeBron narratives. You will have to work for your food. Start doing your studying about the Milwaukee Bucks. Same with the Utah Jazz. Phoenix Suns too. This isn’t going to be the same easy stuff. The reason why Kellerman hates this is not for the league, it’s because his job gets harder. Start developing your takes about Milwaukee, Max! Or maybe ESPN will go the CNN route where they can’t stop talking about Donald Trump, yet for ESPN, it will be LeBron.

None of these guys want the NBA to actually succeed in small markets. It blows their minds that they can have fans in other places than the big markets with the biggest players.