The Athletic has live coverage of Mavericks vs Lakers. LOS ANGELES — Luka Dončić’s Los Angeles Lakers debut, through no fault of his own, was virtually meaningless. Strip away all the pomp ...

Shortly after joining the Lakers, Dončić donated $500,000 to relief efforts after the devastating fires that swept through L.A. in January, and this week while the Lakers are in the midst of a ...

After a mural depicting legendary Laker Kobe Bryant with his daughter Gianna was vandalized in downtown Los Angeles, current Laker Luka Dončić donated thousands of dollars to restore it.

As for Gasol, he spent seven out of his 18 NBA seasons with the Lakers. Dec. 28, 2009; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward (18) Pau Gasol against the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Center.

Bryant never got to see Dončić ascend to those heights. Less than a month after their in-person interaction, he and Gianna were among the nine people who died in a helicopter crash. “I just ...

The rest, as they say, is history, as Bryant would embark on the second-greatest career the NBA has ever seen from a shooting guard, winning league MVP once, bringing L.A. five championships ...

Arutyun Gozukuchikyan's new mural of Kobe Bryant and Luka Doncic captures them embracing each other at a Lakers game in December 2019, a month before Bryant died in a helicopter crash.