The marriage lasted eight years.

There was love. There was a championship. There were champagne-soaked locker rooms and million-dollar memories. There were moments when it all felt like a movie, like Hollywood had somehow written an award-winning basketball script and cast the perfect leading man.

And now?

LeBron James might return for a 24th NBA season, but it might not be with the Lakers. Getty Images

Now it feels like that dramatic scene from “Marriage Story.” Two exhausted people in a room together fighting to preserve something that has quietly expired.

It’s time for the Lakers and LeBron James to get a divorce.

Not because they hate each other. Not because the relationship failed completely.…