Luka Doncic Discussion: Clean Slate

Luka Doncic - Clean Slate, or Clean Plate?



so many fat jokes, so little time. I've actually had a few local foreigners tell me I look like Luka, and I act all offended because he's fat. But then I remember I've got my winter coat on after hibernating all winter, so I get it.

 

Lol

Yet it's half way through July, Hmm...

 

oh you mean American Winter



I'm in the Philippines. We don't really even get a winter! So it's extra bad. #noexcuses

 

I keep hearing videos that have some other players claiming Luka is 6'8" or even 6'9" but ESPN, the NBA and Basketball Reference ALL list him as 6'6".

What is the deal? Does he wear 3" heels or what?

 

Not sure with a lot of guys it’s annoying, but he looks at least 6’7” out there.

 

Not exactly Luka mews ,but it's related
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo has been granted Italian citizenship, making him eligible to play in the upcoming EuroBasket 2025.

 

I suddenly want to say DiVincenzo with an Italian accent and say something about pasta.

 

Huggy Boy heels?

With the goldfish?

 

Lol

Salamat Po for letting me know

 

You know that his name is Donte 'cos his father misspelled it since he wanted to name him after the great Italian poet Dante Alighieri?

 

LOL .. is that true?

 

Absolutely

 

Luka is 6'8 - 6'8 1/2. That 6'6" stuff is old.

 

Lol..Windhorst is trying to keep his name in the mix with anything Lakers related. Now it's Luka’s turn.

https://fadeawayworld.net/nba-trade...t-luka-doncics-229-million-contract-situation

 

What a load of crap these people are. Just don't read that rag.

 

And people like you keep making him relevant. You do know when you share links they monitor that, right? Stop watching these clowns and they’ll go away.

 

FWIW, I have never read that site before and don't intend to again. I get so tired of hearing BS about the Lakers. Hell, last I heard Lebron is moving to Iran and planning to nuke the Lakers and take over the planet. Real!!!!

 

• • •
Luka Dončić recruiting for Lakers ahead of contract extension decision

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 30: Luka Doncic #77 of the Los Angeles
Lakers is introduced before Game Five of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena on April 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.


Dan Woike
July 19, 2025 Updated 5:23 pm PDT

The single biggest piece of Los Angeles Lakers business — bigger than Jeanie Buss selling the team, bigger than the LeBron James drama, bigger than Austin Reaves’ declined contract extension and bigger than landing a starting center — has yet to occur.

Luka Dončić, who became the face of the Lakers’ present and future the moment Rob Pelinka and the organization shocked the NBA by acquiring him from Dallas last February, is eligible to sign a contract extension with the franchise on Aug. 2.

While Dončić hasn’t directly addressed his future with the franchise this summer — time he’s spent in Europe putting together an all-time revenge glow-up — his actions behind the scenes crystalize why the Lakers are confident with how things stand.

Dončić, according to league sources, had communicated his desires for a capable rim-running center, shooting help and defensive support. The Lakers responded by filling those needs with Deandre Ayton, Jake LaRavia and, soon, Marcus Smart.

Welcome home, Deandre and Jake pic.twitter.com/V2U56EnrFX

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) July 9, 2025


In addition to that, league sources said, Dončić has been an active recruiter for the Lakers this summer and helped secure commitments from Ayton and Smart after both unexpectedly hit free agency via contract buyouts.

NBATop NBA Stories
The Lakers also posted an interview with Dončić on Saturday (taped during the season) that ended with him saying that he hoped his legacy with the Lakers would leave him known as “the guy that brought championships to the city.”

All of it has the Lakers confident they’re in alignment with Dončić in their plans to build a championship roster.

None of this is to say that Dončić was going to patiently wait for next summer or a talent-rich 2027 free agency crop for the Lakers to begin stacking their team. While Dončić and the Lakers understand their long-term flexibility needs, the short-term movement has, on paper, signaled a commitment to competing in the short term, provided some things break their way.

If — and it’s a word you hear a lot when you speak to people about the Lakers’ summer to date — a few key things happen, contention could be closer than a quick first-round exit last spring would suggest.

The argument for the Lakers goes something like this:

Dončić has committed to getting into fantastic shape thanks to a strict diet and exercise routine ahead of EuroBasket, and has shaken off most of, if not all, the shock from a trade he never believed was possible.
Reaves and James will have a full training camp to learn how to best play off of Dončić and vice versa, the Lakers having three highly intelligent, adaptable pieces getting the benefit of time together.
Rui Hachimura quietly had his best season in the league on both sides of the court and had his second-straight season making more than 40 percent from three.
Ayton is a massive wild card, but the last time he played basketball with a pick-and-roll maestro, he was the starting center for an NBA Finals team with the Phoenix Suns. Heading into a contract year, he’ll never have more financial motivation to be consistently engaged.
LaRavia will get his first consistent crack at real role-player minutes around talent and should see the quality of his looks jump while getting a chance to dig in defensively on the glass.
Smart was the Defensive Player of the Year just three seasons ago, but he’s barely been on the court since. If the Lakers can get a run of good luck with Smart playing a reduced load, that, like the Ayton and LaRavia deals, has a chance to be tremendous value.
Perhaps most importantly, the Lakers are in this position without having to surrender their 2031 first-round draft pick, Dalton Knecht or any other limited trade assets.
Whether or not the Lakers’ moves are good enough to vault them up toward the Oklahoma City Thunder or allow them to keep pace with the Rockets, Nuggets and Clippers — who all made splashy moves this summer — remains to be seen. However, it does seem clear that, at least for now, they’ve sold Dončić on a vision he trusts.

Come the first weekend in August, he can sign an extension to cement that.