{"id":489482,"date":"2025-02-07T03:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T07:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=489482"},"modified":"2025-02-07T03:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T07:17:09","slug":"luka-doncic-set-to-make-his-la-lakers-debut-against-utah-jazz","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/luka-doncic-set-to-make-his-la-lakers-debut-against-utah-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic set to make his LA Lakers debut against Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\">Luka Doncic<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> is expected to make his long-awaited debut for the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> on Monday night against the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/utah-jazz\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/utah-jazz\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/utah-jazz\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/utah-jazz\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/utah-jazz\/\">Utah Jazz<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>, head coach JJ Redick confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The Slovenian superstar has been sidelined since Christmas due to a strained left calf. Initially, Redick had suggested that Doncic could return on Saturday against Indiana, but on Thursday night\u2014before the Lakers\u2019 matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/golden-state-warriors\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/golden-state-warriors\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/golden-state-warriors\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/golden-state-warriors\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/golden-state-warriors\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/golden-state-warriors\/\">Golden State Warriors<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\u2014he adjusted his prediction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">First look at Luka Doncic in his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lakers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Lakers<\/a> threads.<\/p>\n<p>(\ud83d\udcf8: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lakers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Lakers<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pmYlzWmbCd\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/pmYlzWmbCd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LakersNation\/status\/1887345783546024111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Probably more likely Monday,&#8221; Redick said. &#8220;No commitment yet, but things are trending in that direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doncic joined the Lakers in a blockbuster trade with the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> last weekend, with Anthony Davis heading the other way. The 25-year-old participated in a full 5-on-5 \u201cstay-ready\u201d game with his teammates and coaching staff on Wednesday, and Redick confirmed that Doncic has had no setbacks in his recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything is positive,&#8221; Redick said. &#8220;Hopefully, in the next few days, we\u2019ll get the confirmation that he\u2019s good to go. We all want to see him in a Lakers uniform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just days after acquiring Doncic, Maxi Kleber, and Markieff Morris from Dallas, the Lakers continued reshaping their roster by bringing in 7-foot-2 center Mark Williams from Charlotte in exchange for rookie Dalton Knecht and Cam Reddish. As of Thursday night, the trade had not yet been officially approved by the league, preventing Redick from discussing Williams\u2019 potential impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic is expected to make his long-awaited debut for the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night against the Utah Jazz, head coach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":489483,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16970,16747],"news_category":[16706,16715],"gn_keywords":[17645,18115],"acf":{"announce":"The trade is yet to be approved by the league and the Slovenian superstar won't be risked against Indiana on Saturday","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489484,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489482\/revisions\/489484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489482"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=489482"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=489482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}