Then he ended up on the cover of "Men's Health" magazine. One guy suddenly fell down in the Lakers' pecking order, and that guy is LeBron James. When it comes to LeBron, nobody has been more relentless than Skip Bayless.

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 future Hall of Fame career. Still, James remains "supportive" of the franchise's move to lock in Dončić at three years and $165 million, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

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.