Dončić made his LA debut on Monday night, but what he does in between the games will determine his legacy in purple and gold.

With Doncic, Lakers fans have the chance for something different, something more similar to what they had with Bryant or Johnson, both of whom spent their entire careers with the Lakers, winning five championships apiece in Los Angeles.

When it first emerged that the Los Angeles Lakers had traded for Luka Dončić, everyone unanimously agreed that the report was fake. That’s how seismic the trade was for the Lakers. When LeBron James inevitably reaches the end of his career,