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The Los Angeles Lakers are banking on Luka Doncic to take the torch from LeBron James once James decides to retire from basketball, but in order for that to happen, Doncic will obviously have to stay healthy.
So you know the Lakers are definitely holding their collective breath right now after seeing Doncic suffer a potential injury while playing for Slovenia during the EuroBasket 2025 tournament.
While facing Latvia, Doncic got tangled up with a couple of players and appeared to injure his knee. He then asked out of the game and headed to the locker room.
Luka Doncic’s teammate fell into him and the Lakers star appeared to injure his knee.
Doncic asked out of the game and went back to the Slovenia locker room. pic.twitter.com/RLSDjpeQkS
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) August 16, 2025
This is obviously the last thing the Lakers — or NBA fans in general — want to see from one of the league’s brightest stars.
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Los Angeles initially acquired Doncic in a shocking blockbuster trade with the Dallas Mavericks midway through the 2024-25 campaign.
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