It is August 2, 2025, and Luka Dončić is sitting next to Lakers President of Basketball Operations on a makeshift dais at the Lakers practice facility. Wearing a crisp black suit and a smile from ear to ear, Dončić fields questions from assembled media about the three-year, $165 million contract extension he just signed with the organization that traded for him exactly six months prior while his family and several of his Lakers teammates look on.

Looking much more at ease than he did back in February when he sat in this same place in the aftermath of the deal, Dončić deftly answers questions about why he extended and his partnership with the Lakers, what his goals are for this season and why he thinks this team has a chance to contend, the offseason additions that he helped recruit, and h

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