Luka Doncic signed a three-year extension with the Los Angeles Lakers on the first day he became eligible to do so as he now is believed to be fully adjusted to his new life after his trade from the Dallas Mavericks.
“He’s moved on,” Doncic’s manager, Lara Beth Seager, told The Athletic.
Doncic was widely expected to commit to the Lakers this offseason and he did just that.
“I think it was always known that, when Luka was traded here, it’s, ‘He’s here now,’” Seager said. “He wants to win where he is, and it’s important that he wins and that we’re working together with the team so we’re not waiting. His mindset has never been to hop around. His mindset is to win championships.
“His mindset is to build where he is and to work together. And as long as he’s signed with a team, it’s a marriage and you treat it like a marriage. And marriages have hard times and good times, but you’re loyal and you’re faithful to each other through it all. And that’s just who Luka is. I don’t think he ever thought. ‘I’m not signing my extension.’”
Doncic has committed to an improved offseason training regiment in hopes of staying healthy and performing at his highest level possible.
“He’s only looking forward. And he’s here. He wants to get the best players here. He wants to win, and he knows it starts with him,” Seager said. “And I think that’s what he proved this offseason. ‘OK, everyone wants to say or people think that they know me or I’m not a leader or I’m this way, or I’m that way, I don’t care. They can think and say whatever they want.
“I’m gonna show them who I am.’”
