Zach Lowe On Dallas Mavericks The Luka trade is just going to be inescapable You had a proven finals level team And you took this gigantic risk shrinking your championship window to AD's age curve and Kyrie's age curve The team as constructed is not good enough to do anything in the West

Vlade Divac on why he didn't draft Luka I already had Fox who I had a good relationship with so I would have to trade him The small market was a perfect fit for Fox Luka is a big market player if I get him I may lose him down the road

The Lakers have been linked to Thunder guard Lu Dort as a potential trade target to pair with Luka Doncic

Buha I spoke with several Lakers people this weekend more often than not there was an acknowledgment that we might have taken a slight step back this season but this is about the longer-term vision here with building this core from the ground up around Luka and Austin

Nico Harrison on the backlash to trading Luka Doncic I did know Luka was important to the fan base I didn't quite know it to what level

Draymond says he was surprised at the Reaves contract I didn't expect the Lakers to go so high On a team where you had Austin Luka and LeBron the team didn't fare as well as one would hope I thought Lakers would stand pat and negotiate it down Austin had some struggles in the playoffs

Max Kellerman The team wouldve functioned better had Luka dribbled a little less LeBron been playing point more I felt like LeBron needed to assert himself a little more Rich Paul Youre not wrong