The tone of Sunday's messaging was such that it’s fair to wonder how the LeBron-Lakers partnership will go from here.

It seems that LeBron James is starting to come to the realization that Luka Doncic is the Lakers priority going forward.

The Los Angeles Lakers no longer orbit around LeBron James. That baton was passed as soon as L.A. finalized the trade that sent out James' handpicked sidekick, Anthony Davis, to acquire Luka Dončić, a 26-year-old megastar more than capable of piloting the Purple and Gold well past the LeBron era.