As the world gets to know Skinny Luka Dončić, there is tremendous speculation as to whether any of this would have happened had Luka stayed in Dallas, untraded and unbothered. Team Luka says this was an evolution already underway. Team Pretty Much Everyone Else seems to think we're talking pure "revenge bod," and even if it sticks, the catalyst was the trade and the way he was treated out the door. 

The reality is probably somewhere in between -- if there was an evolution underway, it was obviously accelerated by Nico Harrison -- but for the Lakers, the answer doesn't really matter. If Dončić has discovered something that sticks, they win. And it does seem like, in reading the Men's Health cover story, that Luka has moved into a space where he feels the value of the work he put in. 

And beyond that, the feeling around Luka and the Lakers is currently tremendous, with growing expectation that he'll sign an extension with LA sooner rather than later, after getting out and recruiting free agent guard Marcus Smart. Right now, things are going as well as they could for the Lakers in regards to Luka. 

Meanwhile, LeBron is looking fit himself, moving well, and seems ready for a season that surely will be filled with speculation about his future. Speculation he likes to feed, or allow to be fed, on social media. 

Does any of the noise mean anything for this season, though? 

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky 

SEGMENT 1: Luka! Luka! Luka!

SEGMENT 2: Nature or nurture with new Luka bod? 

SEGMENT 3: LeDrama? LeNot Really. 

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