By Zack Quaintance — The NBA Finals will in all likelihood conclude tomorrow, with The Los Angeles Lakers securing a championship at the end of what has been the longest season in the history of the association. It is, on account of this, a season that speaks to the long history of the league and of the game. It is unique in that outside factors made it a scheduling aberration, yet it is traditional in that the playoffs were played in full, and when the dust cleared, the best player in the world was standing atop the heap wearing one of the two winningest uniforms in the history of the NBA — the Lakers purple and gold.