{"id":113749,"date":"2025-08-02T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/113749\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T19:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T19:28:10","slug":"luka-doncic-extends-contract-with-the-lakers-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/113749\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Don\u010di\u0107 extends contract with the Lakers \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luka Don\u010di\u0107 has agreed to a three-year, $165 million maximum contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, bypassing a chance at free agency next summer to build a long-term future with his new team.<\/p>\n

The deal keeps Don\u010di\u0107 with Los Angeles through 2028. The Slovenian superstar had a player option for the 2026-27 season under his previous contract.<\/p>\n

A person with knowledge of the deal confirmed the terms to The Associated Press on Saturday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Lakers don’t publicly announce the details of contracts.<\/p>\n

\u201cExcited to keep working to bring championships to LA and make Laker Nation proud,\u201d Don\u010di\u0107 wrote on social media. \u201cGrateful to the Lakers, my teammates and all the fans who\u2019ve shown so much love since day one. This is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lakers acquired Don\u010di\u0107 from the Dallas Mavericks last February\u00a0in a seismic trade for Anthony Davis<\/a>. The five-time All-NBA selection and a five-time All-Star averaged 28.2 points, 8.2 assists and 7.7 rebounds per game last season while teaming up with LeBron James for 50 victories and the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles lost to Minnesota in the first round, but Don\u010di\u0107 enjoyed his first months in Hollywood enough to commit to the Lakers. He will return this fall alongside James, who will begin his unprecedented 23rd NBA season.<\/p>\n

Don\u010di\u0107’s growing comfort with the Lakers was already obvious in his offseason activity. He played a significant role in Los Angeles’ successful bids to sign Deandre Ayton and Marcus Smart, persuading the two veterans to team up for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

Don\u010di\u0107’s extensive regimen of offseason conditioning work has also been well-documented after the Mavericks’ questions about his physical commitment to the sport reportedly played a role in his shocking departure from Dallas.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA muralist talks about his artwork featuring Luka Don\u010di\u0107 and Kobe Bryant. Michelle Valles reports for Today in LA on Monday Feb. 17, 2025.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luka Don\u010di\u0107 has agreed to a three-year, $165 million maximum contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, bypassing…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":113750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,8604,224,3141,5337,1260,62],"class_list":{"0":"post-113749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-lakers","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114960826685270217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}