{"id":509606,"date":"2026-08-12T19:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=509606"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:52:44","slug":"luka-doncic-reacts-to-lakers-ownership-change-i-want-to-bring-another-nba-championship-to-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/luka-doncic-reacts-to-lakers-ownership-change-i-want-to-bring-another-nba-championship-to-l-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic reacts to Lakers ownership change: &#8220;I want to bring another NBA championship to L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1909\" data-end=\"2214\">Luka Doncic has shared his thoughts on the Los Angeles Lakers&#8217; ownership change, welcoming Josh Kushner and Bob Iger as the franchise prepares for a new era. The record-breaking $12.5 billion sale is still awaiting NBA Board of Governors approval but marks a major milestone in the organization&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2216\" data-end=\"2576\">In a message posted on social media, Doncic said wearing the Lakers jersey means everything to him and reiterated his goal of bringing another NBA championship to Los Angeles. He added that after experiencing several major changes in recent years, he believes the iconic franchise has unlimited potential and is eager to work alongside the new ownership group.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Being a Laker means everything to me, and I\u2019m excited to get back on the court and bring a championship to LA. I\u2019ve gotten used to big changes over these last few years, but I know that no matter what, there is no limit to the potential of this iconic franchise. I look forward to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Luka Don\u010di\u0107 (@lukadoncic) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lukadoncic\/status\/2087577775301427475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2578\" data-end=\"2838\">Following LeBron James&#8217; departure, Doncic has become the centerpiece of the Lakers&#8217; long-term project. Acquired from the Dallas Mavericks in February 2025, the Slovenian guard later signed a three-year, $165 million contract extension to remain in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2840\" data-end=\"3008\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Lakers legend Magic Johnson also praised the ownership transition, expressing confidence that Kushner and Iger can help return the franchise to championship contention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he Slovenian superstar welcomed new owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, reaffirming his commitment to leading the Los Angeles Lakers back to an NBA title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":502738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[135],"typology":[21],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-509606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-rumors-nba","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/Gianni-Petrucci-Luka-Doncic-.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509606"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=509606"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=509606"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=509606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}