James is infamously passive-aggressive, and it certainly feels like this is the beginning of the end of his time with the Lakers, one way or another. The franchise is now building for and around Luka Doncic, as Doncic is 26 and could have a decade of elite basketball in a Purple and Gold uniform left in him.

No NBA offseason would be truly complete without a post-draft blockbuster trade. We have yet to get one this summer, and rather than wait for it, we will instead manifest one (or more!) into existence by spitting out a fresh batch of potential LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo trade packages.