Under this scenario, Dončić would only commit one extra year to the Lakers: the 2026-27 season. He would then have a player option for the 2027-28 season. Based on the current estimated cap growth of 7% and the maximum allowable 8% annual raises, this is what such a deal would look like:

Dončić averaged 28.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists a game last season after being dealt from Dallas to Los Angeles.

Luka Dončić recently went viral for his new and improved physique, but some big-time media personalities have something to say about it.

Philly GM Daryl Morey said the Lakers' 2020 bubble title "doesn’t truly hold up as a genuine championship." Is he right or is he off-base?

Ever since the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA title in the bubble at Disney World, people have debated where it stands in the hierarchy of recent NBA championships.

In a look back at the bubble at The Athletic, NBA executive Daryl Morey — at the time with Houston, now the head of basketball operations with Philadelphia — said that the tit