Will Luka Doncic LEAVE Lakers after LeBron James drama? | Nick Wright NBA

Will Luka Doncic LEAVE Lakers after LeBron James drama? | Nick Wright NBA

Is Luca gonna sign this extension? And my answer to that question three weeks ago would have been obviously. The Lakers have built-in inherent advantages. They now have one of the richest ownership groups in the league. Luca really likes being by the ocean. He said as much. I would imagine for international players, big cities are always preferable because you’re more likely to have a real community of Slovenians. Like, and again, I don’t know how much Luca cares about that, but it’s obviously easier to find a thriving, you know, Slovenian or Serbian or Nigerian or any of, you know, any international community in a place like New York or LA than it might be in Milwaukee or Cleveland. And that again, that’s not a indictment on any of those places. that just the uh reality of geographics and uh demographics or not geographics but demographics. Uh so I would have said very and Luca’s statement about being excited to win championships with the Lakers and Mark Mark Walter and all of that. I would have said the odds of him signing C in the summer were like 95%. I think the way the Lakers screwed up the Dorian Finny Smith thing is potentially troubling. And I think the way the Lakers are not so subtly dissing LeBron James, who again, as a reminder, the Lakers were in the midst of the worst six-year stretch they h had in the history of their franchise in the total wilderness, a bottom two record in the entire NBA over the half decade before LeBron got there. Within two years he del within one year he delivered them Anthony Davis. Within two years he and AD delivered them a championship. And then because they had AD they were able to get Luca Donic. And he’s still performing at a sixth in the league and MVP voting level for for them to Luca is not an idiot. now be leaking stuff to ESPN about how excited they are to be done with LeBron. I can’t imagine Luca’s happy about that. And again, the Dorian Finny Smith thing really matters because of the relationship he had with Luca and the fact that the team gets a touch worse going from Dorian Finny Smith to Jake Laravia. So, I I would have said it’s 95% that Luca will resign this summer. I now will say it is 75%. I still think it is overwhelmingly likely, but I would say it is not a lock and I would have thought it was a lock before. So I think that that is and I know that. So, let me because the producers just asked me if I don’t see him signing with the Lakers, where would I see him going? So, let me just take a quick look at right now who is slated to have cap space next off season. And the answer is once again, not many teams. Uh I mean, Brooklyn again is slated to have some. Uh, and then everyone else is in the negative, but you of course like I I haven’t really dove in to who has the most flexibility and the ability to create cap space or move off guys, things like that. Obviously, it would Daniel be thrilled with this. I think there’s a lot of folks that have wanted to see Luca and Joker together. I think that is probably easier said than done. And I also think it’s kind of a weird fit because Joker has um you know Joker is their point guard and Luke is the point guard. There is the thing that I would think would utterly and thoroughly terrify the entire league and that is Luca going to San Antonio which San Antonio I think if they wanted it would have a ton of cap space next here. Wimby hadn’t been paid yet. Fox is on and expiring. Barnes is on and expiring. And so they could s like they could flat out just afford him. Um and so let me just sort by what what would be active cap uh next year. Yeah. So that was the better way to look at it. Chicago is not to me a likely destination. And there’s the So, let me look at this again. Hold on. Sorry. I’m trying to figure out for the the teams that will, you know, practically have cap space. Um and and so again, I think Luca resigns, but the fact that we’re even having this conversation, if I were the if I were the Lakers, I would be a little anxious about it. And again, we’re not going to find out for a while because he can’t sign the extension until August 2nd, but because he’s playing Euro Basket with Slovenia, you know, fat, lazy Lucanic, who all he does every summer is just play basketball. Um, he he might not uh he’s probably not going to do anything until the Euro baskets done. All right, very quick tennis corner. Uh, I obviously was very bummed that Alcarez didn’t win Wimbledon. Uh, Yannik Center, good for him, avenging his French Open loss. The producers are asking, does center Alcarez have the potential to be an all-time rivalry? And the answer to that question is no. Uh, and it listen, center is really good. And I and he’s also like Alcarez Young. I don’t I think it is. Here’s why my answer is no. I think we were spoiled by the big three era and because of the big three era of these alltime historic legends playing simultaneously that we expect that to happen again. I think Alcarez is that all-time historic legend level. I don’t Listen, Center’s young and he’s got four majors. So maybe I’m maybe I am selling him a bit short, but I think he is a tier beneath where Alcarez is going to be. I think he’s probably closer to the Agassy tier than the Joker Federer Nadal tier when it’s all said and done. And I think Alcarez is closer to the Joker Federer and Nadal tier than the Agassi tier. Now again, maybe I’m being unfair to center. He’s only 23 24. He’s now in the last two years won four majors and final to French. That’s the only reason he doesn’t have the career grand slam. But I’ll still I’ll still be a I just don’t know that Carlos is going to have a true one for one rival. [Music]

Nick Wright breaks down whether Luka Doncic re-signing with the Los Angeles Lakers is not as guaranteed as initially thought. How impactful will the recent LeBron James drama be in Luka returning to the Lakers?

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