Lakers Have Promised Luka Doncic They'll Build 'Dallas 2.0' Around Him

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Lakers Have Promised Luka Doncic They'll Build 'Dallas 2.0' Around Him

The 2024 Mavericks made the NBA Finals with Luka being surrounded by shooters and lob-threat, rim-running big-men. Dan Woike reports the Lakers have "promised" Luka to build that same archetype of team for him, hence the Walker Kessler, Quentin Grimes, etc acquisitions. Luka also had Kyrie as a backcourt running mate. LAL just signed Reaves to a $185 million deal.

By Samir Mehdi

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