Luka Doncic Breaks Silence After Signing $165M Max Extension With Lakers

[ad_1] Los Angeles Lakers followers can lastly breathe a sigh of aid.

After weeks of hypothesis about the way forward for level guard Luka Doncic, the 26-year-old famous person put an finish to all the hypothesis about how dedicated he's to the Lakers by agreeing to a brand new max contract with the staff on Saturday, in response to ESPN's Shams Charania.

"BREAKING: Los Angeles Lakers All-NBA star Luka Doncic has signed a three-year, $165 million most contract extension with the franchise, with a participant choice in 2028, agent Invoice Duffy of WME Basketball informed ESPN," Charania wrote.

Although Doncic, who will not hit free company subsequent season, missed out on a profitable $345 million supermax with the Dallas Mavericks due to the commerce that despatched him to L.A. again in early February (gamers can solely earn supermax contracts with the groups that drafted or acquired them of their first 4 seasons), he can money in on a $417 million max extension in 2028.

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Moments after his deal was introduced, Doncic took to social media to announce the information himself.

"I simply signed my extension with the Lakers," Doncic wrote on X. "Excited to maintain working to convey championships to LA and make Laker Nation proud. Grateful to the Lakers, my teammates and all of the followers who've proven a lot love since day one. That is only the start. 💜💛."

I simply signed my extension with the Lakers. Excited to maintain working to convey championships to LA and make Laker Nation proud. Grateful to the Lakers, my teammates and all of the followers who’ve proven a lot love since day one. That is only the start. 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/PrTfTxxlpU

— Luka Doncic (@luka7doncic) August 2, 2025 Doncic additionally introduced that he plans to make use of a part of his new fortune to assist underprivileged athletes.

"At present I am additionally committing $5 million to assist 77 younger athletes around the globe chase their goals, similar to I did," Doncic added. "Basketball gave me every part, and I am fortunate to have the ability to give again and assist the following technology."

With LeBron James exercising his $52.6 million participant choice, the Lakers are seemingly all-in on subsequent season (each James and Austin Reaves will develop into free brokers in 2026) after locking up Doncic for 4 extra years plus signing heart Deandre Ayton to a two-year, $16.2 million contract and guard Marcus Sensible to a two-year, $11 million deal.

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Many consider 20205 might be James' final season with the Lakers. It has been reported he felt much less of a precedence to the staff because it plans to construct round Doncic, making him the brand new face of the franchise.

"James understood the Lakers making the most of a possibility to pivot to the youthful famous person," ESPN's Ramona Shelburne and Brian Windhorst reported. "However from James' perspective, sources mentioned, nuance was generally misplaced in the course of the transition.

"...The Lakers had already made their assertion in not providing James a contract past this season. It was abundantly clear that the 21-time All-Star's time because the face of the Lakers had, for the primary time, a deliberate finish date, even when James' record-setting NBA profession didn't but."