Legacies are mostly abstract. Trophies, banners and records all matter. But the things that cement a player or a team or a moment are less defined. It’s not so much what happened; it’s how what happened made you feel.In Cleveland, James made people feel inspired because he was one of them and he got them to the top. In Miami, people felt vindication that the super team chose South Florida as its home, lived up to the hype and stared down its fiercest critics.But what did James make people in Los Angeles feel?The answer is probably not enough for either James or Lakers fans to fully appreciate what this chapter of his career meant. After eight seasons, James informed the Lakers he plans to move on and play for another team in his 24th season.What are NBA lottery picks' favorite LeBron memories?Eric NehmHe arrived in Los Angeles under a cloud of cynicism. He wasn’t leaving the Cavaliers and the cozy Eastern Conference for basketball reasons, some people thought. It must have been for Hollywood, to boost his off-court ventures and become a movie star.The Lakers he joined were young. They were also not very good. They’d built momentum the year before with Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart, but they were still a losing team.Those pieces, though, got James the most talented big man he’d ever play with in Anthony Davis. Together, they were a dominant force in 2019-20. They won 17 of their first 19 games and rolled through most of the regular season. But that season isn’t remembered for any of that.That year, the Lakers organization and its fans endured unimaginable sorrow after Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s tragic deaths in a helicopter crash that also killed seven others. Less than two months later, the NBA season, like much of the world, shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.