Luka Dončić's max extension with the Los Angeles Lakers makes him the new front-facing star of the team -- not LeBron James, an aging superstar playing the final years of a futu

The Los Angeles Lakers committed to Luka Dončić as the face of the franchise on Sunday when they gave him a three-year, $165 million contract extension.

LeBron James may have been notably absent from Luka Dončić’s press conference or celebration on Saturday, but he still congratulated the Lakers new superstar.