{"id":239877,"date":"2025-09-19T21:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239877\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T21:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:38:10","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-secret-luka-doncic-group-chat-leaks-fiery-message-as-franchise-goes-all-in-on-new-superstar-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239877\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 secret Luka Doncic group chat leaks fiery message as franchise goes all-in on new superstar | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LosLuka Doncic is now in the Los Angeles Lakers (Image via Instagram \/ @lukadoncic) The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> are all set to have their star for the next ten years. Luka Doncic is anticipated to lead the Lakers to new heights as he prepares to embark on his first full season with the purple and gold. Amidst all this, an ESPN insider revealed a more personal level of support, with all the Lakers officials connected via a secret group chat. Rob Pelinka, the general manager and president of basketball operations for the Lakers, Dr. Leroy Sims, the director of player performance and health for the Lakers, Lara Beth Seager, the chief brand officer and business manager for Doncic, and Javy Barrio, Doncic’s physiotherapist, were all on the group chat. <\/p>\n

Luka Doncic\u2019s EuroBasket dominance showed why Los Angeles Lakers are all-in on their new star<\/p>\n

With an average of 34.7 points per game and a spot on the tournament’s All Star Five, Luka Doncic stole the EuroBasket<\/a> spotlight. He scored 243 points in 233 minutes at the tournament, helping Slovenia advance to the quarterfinals where they faced Germany.Meanwhile, the Lakers had demonstrated their support for Pelinka both in person and through policy. To help Doncic in the tournament, the Lakers reportedly secretly incorporated employees into the game, and Jeanie Buss and other Lakers officials flew to Katowice to see him. Later, Rob Pelinka told ESPN that Luka’s summer demonstrated “that he’s on that incredibly short list of ‘best player on the planet’ candidates, if not at the top.\u201dThe same ESPN report revealed a more intimate level of that support, with a private group chat where Luka Doncic<\/a> said: \u201cWe\u2019re up by seven, calm the f*** down, everyone.. You\u2019re all nervous, it\u2019s seven points. Focus, we don\u2019t need to f***ing fight each other. We\u2019re against them, not against ourselves, come on!\u201d he was heard screaming at his teammates, confirming that the transformation in question was not merely physical in nature.Meanwhile, according to Lakers insider Dave McMenamin, Doncic reportedly conveys the same message to his team<\/a> each and every day, which reads that he wants to win a championship, The 26-year-old sensation communicates his one objective to the organization and his ardent fan following. At least one title has been won by the superstars who have worn the purple and gold. These include Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, George Mikan, Jerry West, and Elgin Baylor.<\/p>\n

Rob Pelinka outlines Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 long-term plan to build a strong team around Luka Doncic<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Rob Pelinka<\/a> had a clear plan going into the summer of 2025. In order to have the flexibility to recruit elite players in one of the two next offseason, they sought to assemble a competitive team around Luka Doncic. Talking about it, he once told ESPN: “Luka has a tremendous amount of heartfelt pride and appreciation for his roots and playing for his country.. I just think in the partnerships we have with our players, the Lakers want to be mindful of players’ passions and who they are as men and then lean in and support those things. So, around Luka, it was a very easy partnership decision that we wanted to support.”He continued:\u201cLuka\u2019s play in EuroBasket made it clear to the entire basketball world that he\u2019s on that incredibly short list of \u2018best player on the planet\u2019 candidates, if not at the top. In terms of team building, we\u2019ve talked about the importance of having optionality and when I use that word, it\u2019s not to say in the future\u2026\u201dMeanwhile, the EuroBasket star<\/a> is all set to start a new journey with the purple and gold. Also read: “It was a bit of a kick in the a** to Luka” – NBA commissioner Adam Silver spills beans on Luka Doncic’s surprising trade to Los Angeles Lakers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic is now in the Los Angeles Lakers (Image via Instagram \/ @lukadoncic) The Los Angeles Lakers…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":239878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[128313,128311,128312,3141,3365,1260,81384,20538,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-239877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball-performance","9":"tag-eurobasket-2022","10":"tag-lakers-organization","11":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","12":"tag-luka-doncic","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-championship","15":"tag-rob-pelinka","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115233128673180342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239877","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=239877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}