The view from the padded folding chairs arranged in rows along the Lakers’ practice court featured a backdrop of Lakers logos in the foreground. In the background, peeking just above the top of the backdrop, was a row of 10 championship trophies that sit on a windowsill in Jeanie Buss’ office.

Occasionally, the top of a head full of blond hair could be seen moving around the office as most of the Lakers’ players took turns sitting before reporters and discussing their seasons in a yearly tradition known as exit interviews.