Why It's "The Beginning" for Luka Dončić With the Lakers. Plus... Kevin Love?

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers · Aug 6, 2025 · 34m

On Tuesday's show, we talked about how in many ways, the Luka Dončić Era, while technically starting when he was actually traded to the Lakers, really started Saturday when Luka signed his extension.

Turns out, in a lot of ways, Team Dončić agrees. Via Dan Woike's story about the epic week Luka had leading up to last weekend's contract party, the contract was presented to Dončić "in custom purple-and-black folders with his name and the Lakers’ logo in opposite corners, with a phrase his management team had chosen on a video screen behind him — “The Beginning.”"

Additionally, Luka's manager…