Who will be the face of the NBA when LeBron James retires?

After a lost cause of a season, LeBron James holds the NBA in the palm of his hand again, regaining his foothold as an MVP candidate on a title contender and reestablishing himself as the undisputed face of the league. The four-time Most Valuable Player never really lost that moniker, of course, even as an injury sent his Los Angeles Lakers spiraling into the lottery, because he was still the center of most NBA conversations. Did joining the Lakers, whose fans will always hold Kobe Bryant in higher regard, taint his legacy?