Is the plot unraveling for the Hollywood story?

The summer of LeBron James, in which no morsel is too minute to investigate, every possible breadcrumb of news an opportunity to follow down the rabbit hole, is fully under way.

Jeanie Buss, the owner of the Lakers, is well aware.

Jerry Buss’ daughter offered a tweet tailor-made for 2018 on Wednesday night, with overflowing implications and precious little overt as the world waits for LeBron.

“Do not ever underestimate,” Buss wrote, before hitting “enter” several times to build the hype. “Nothing else to say.”

If she has nothing more to offer, plenty of others do. She sent the message after many odds were set on the James sweepstakes, in which Los Angeles is now the front-runner. Bovada set the Lakers as the favorite, giving them 7/4 odds (other notables: 76ers 11/5, Rockets 5/2, Cavaliers 5/1, Spurs 8/1). @BettingDime put the Lakers at 3/2 and Philadelphia 2/1. The Action Network too has LeBron as Kobe Bryant’s heir, as a -130 favorite, with Philly at +325.

The 76ers and Rockets have current rosters that are better built to win now, but the Lakers’ cap space and Paul George could change that view.

Just a few days ago, Gary Payton was putting the thought out there that James already had enrolled his son in a Los Angeles-area school for next year (which was promptly swatted away). No one knows but James — and perhaps not even him — but it’s becoming more apparent that the Lakers are a legitimate player in this lottery.