But his situation with LeBron James in the Lakers is a bit different from what it was with the Mavericks. While he had Kyrie Irving, everybody knew that Doncic was the star, including Irving, who said multiple times that this was Doncic’s team.

As speculation swirls once again around LeBron James and what comes next, Charles Barkley says the conversation inside the Lakers’ front office may already have shifted away from LeBron and toward Luka Doncic.