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LeBron James exit from Lakers may come sooner than fans think

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Though the majority of reactions to Luka Doncic inking a new three-year, $165 million extension with the Los Angeles Lakers have been overwhelmingly positive, ESPN's Brian Windhorst recently unveiled perhaps one of the only potentially negative ripple effects from the signing.

During an August 5 edition of the Hoop Collective Podcast, the deal was unanimously heralded by all pundits featured on the episode. Tim Bontemps specifically noted that "the biggest" benefit of this new multi-year commitment is that it allows LA to go "in any direction they want now to build a championship-caliber roster around Luka.