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Los Angeles Lakers prima Luka Doncic has agreed to a three-year, $165 cardinal maximum declaration extension, with a subordinate enactment successful 2028, cause Bill Duffy of WME Basketball told ESPN.
The captious caller woody keeps Doncic retired of escaped bureau adjacent summer, eliminating his 2026-27 subordinate enactment successful spot of the caller contract.
Doncic could opt retired successful 2028 and motion a caller woody for 35% of the wage cap, which projects to 5 years and $417 million. In doing so, Doncic would recoup each the wealth mislaid erstwhile helium was traded by the Dallas Mavericks, with whom helium had been eligible to motion a five-year, $315 cardinal supermax hold this summer.
The Lakers announced Saturday that they had signed Doncic to an hold but did not disclose terms.
"I'm truly grateful to the Lakers organization, my teammates and the fans for welcoming maine and my household with truthful overmuch enactment and kindness since time one," Doncic said successful a statement. "This is an astonishing organization, and I genuinely judge successful what we're gathering together. I'm going to support moving arsenic hard arsenic I tin to bring different title to Los Angeles and to marque Laker Nation proud.
"This is conscionable the beginning. I'm excited for what's up and to support gathering thing peculiar with this team."
The Lakers acquired Doncic from the Mavericks for Anthony Davis six months agone successful 1 of the astir shocking trades successful pro sports history. Led by politician Jeanie Buss, president of hoops operations Rob Pelinka and caller proprietor Mark Walter, the Lakers person established a adjacent rapport with Doncic, his main marque serviceman and concern manager Lara Beth Seager, and Duffy.
Pelinka called Doncic "one of the game's astir transcendent players" arsenic portion of the hold announcement.
"Luka is an implicit slayer connected the court, and blends that with a unsocial generosity and attraction for the community," Pelinka said. "Above each else, Luka volition pb our franchise to prosecute aboriginal championships, a extremity that volition everlastingly specify the Lakers."
Doncic averaged 28.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 7.7 assists with the Mavericks and Lakers successful a career-low 50 games past season. He led the Lakers successful points, rebounds, assists, steals and 3-pointers per crippled aft making his debut with the squad Feb. 10.
A five-time first-team All-NBA selection, Doncic has besides been making his beingness with the franchise felt disconnected the court. He has played a important portion successful the Lakers' offseason pickups of Deandre Ayton and Marcus Smart, holding a bully narration with Ayton, the No. 1 prime successful their shared draught class, and recruiting Smart with aggregate calls portion traveling overseas connected household and hoops commitments.
In Monday's contented of Men's Health, Doncic besides elaborate the large changes to his assemblage and conditioning shape.
Doncic's quality to support his assemblage was a sticking constituent portion with the Mavericks, and Lakers manager JJ Redick made a constituent of saying successful his last gathering with the media that players needed to "get successful title shape."
Doncic has individually played astatine a title level successful the postseason. He became the archetypal subordinate successful NBA past to pb the playoffs successful points, rebounds, assists and steals during the Mavericks' 2024 tally to the Finals, which ended successful a nonaccomplishment to the Boston Celtics.
In his archetypal postseason with the Lakers, Doncic became the 5th subordinate successful franchise past to mean 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists successful a series. However, Los Angeles was eliminated successful the archetypal circular by the Minnesota Timberwolves successful 5 games.
