On Monday night, LeBron James played his first game with Luka Doncic-- and his pregame words for his new superstar teammate bore a striking resemblance to a prior message to a previous co-star.

Los Angeles Lakers star guard Luka Dončić is still getting used to life as a teammate of star forward LeBron James ... t commit as much time to their pre-game preparation.

It seems the 25-year-old star may have already taken Lebron's pregame advice to heart. LeBron shared a fired-up message to Doncic prior to Monday night's tipoff in which he told him to "be your f ...

Don't fit in, fit the f— out." Luka spoke after the game about that moment in the pre-game huddle and what it meant for him to see LeBron say that to him. “I mean, it’s like I said before.