Luka Dončić, by all accounts, planned to sign a five-year, supermax extension with the Dallas Mavericks this offseason. Those plans were scuttled when the Mavericks traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers in February.

“Get Up” host Mike Greenberg and ESPN’s NBA insider Brian Windhorst agreed that Redick was referring to Dončić, whose poor conditioning and off-court habits were reported as reasons why the Dallas Mavericks traded him. “There isn’t any question that he is talking directly to Luka Dončić there, right?” Greenberg asked Windhorst.

Was this the Lakers wake-up call moment? The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2025 NBA Playoffs with high expectations, boasting a revamped roster featuring LeBron James and Luka Dončić.

The play, one Hayes did not remember, came last season, on Dec. 12, 2023, when he was in his first months with the Los Angeles Lakers and Luka Dončić was still starring for the Dallas Mavericks.

The Los Angeles Lakers have to mask Luka Dončić’s defensive liability, or it will be the reason they get eliminated in the first round.

Luka Dončić and the Los Angeles Lakers have a long offseason ahead. After losing in the first round to the Minnesota Timberwolves, general manager Rob Pelinka will have some major decisions on his hands and moves to make on behalf of the team.

“I mean it’s been great, honestly,” Luka said. “The way the fans accepted me, it’s been amazing. The way the community accepted me, it’s been amazing. I’m really glad that I’m here. I had a great couple of months. Been trying to learn about everything, about the city, about the team. So, just trying to process everything.”

Luka Dončić has never been a great defender. But through four games of the Los Angeles Lakers' first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, he's not even passable. Zach Lowe, the foremost voice in NBA analysis,

The mural served as one of the many tributes dotted around the city following the athlete’s tragic death in a helicopter crash in 2020.

Luka Dončić thought he would spend the rest of his career with the Dallas Mavericks; that, as he was (and we were) stunned to learn back in February, won’t happen. What comes next, now that the Los Angeles Lakers team that traded for the Slovenian superstar has been eliminated from the 2025 NBA playoffs,

As the Lakers' offseason begins, insiders from LeBron's inner circle voice concerns about the team’s structure—and point fingers at Rob Pelinka.