The Los Angeles Lakers and five-time All-NBA First Team guard Luka Doncic appear primed to be in business together for a long time, after all.
Doncic has signed a three-year, $615 million contract to stay in Los Angeles.
L.A. acquired the 6-foot-6 pro as part of a blockbuster three-team trade with the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz, offloading 10-time All-Star center/power forward Anthony Davis, swingman Max Christie, and a first-round pick to Dallas, plus Jalen Hood-Schifino and a second-rounder to Utah.
Doncic, 26, was grappling with a calf injury at the time, and the Mavericks balked at having to pay him a maximum-salaried long-term deal this summer.
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