LOS ANGELES — LeBron James spent most of the Los Angeles Lakers’ sobering season opener sitting statue still and stone silent at the end of the bench.

Around him, the Lakers uncorked the typical pomp and circumstance that accompanies the start of a new campaign. Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter, who agreed in June to purchase a controlling stake of the Lakers at a $10 billion franchise valuation, sat side-by-side with Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, presenting a united front for the cameras. Vanessa and Natalia Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s widow and daughter, took in the action from courtside seats, Formula One driver Yuki Tsunoda posed for a grinning picture with the Laker Girls, and actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis looked surprised when the Jumbotron caught them cuddling during a timeout.