{"id":843561,"date":"2026-08-04T19:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843561\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:54:23","slug":"new-lakers-rumors-on-attendance-for-luka-doncics-upcoming-minicamp-ahead-of-2026-nba-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843561\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lakers Rumors on Attendance for Luka Doncic&#8217;s Upcoming Minicamp Ahead of 2026 NBA Preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Almost the entirety of the Los Angeles Lakers roster is heading to Slovenia to participate in Luka Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25458961-new-lakers-rumors-luka-doncics-minicamp-teammates-ahead-2026-nba-preseason\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">minicamp<\/a> later this month, NBA insider <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/late-night-nba-intel-for-the-first\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Stein<\/a> reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">According to Stein, 16 of the 17 players on the Lakers&#8217; roster including Austin Reaves, Walker Kessler and Bronny James are making the trip to Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s home country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The program will also features returners like Dalton Knecht, Jarred Vanderbilt and Jake LaRavia alongside newcomers including Quentin Grimes, Collin Sexton, Ziaire Williams, Matisse Thybulle and Sandro Mamukelashvili.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The only player not participating is 2026 first-round pick Cameron Carr, who is &#8220;required to participate in an official NBA rookie orientation&#8221; that conflicts with the camp, per Stein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The NBA generally invites recent draft picks to attend a <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheNBPA\/status\/1958655323377381868?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rookie transition program<\/a> hosted by the league in late August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">ESPN&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mcten\/status\/2082490335582892510\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Dave McMenamin<\/a> previously reported Don\u010di\u0107 is planning on hosting &#8220;workouts, golf and some Ljubljana tourism and bonding&#8221; prior to his four-day minicamp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The camp will kick off Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s first season as the unofficial leader of the Lakers roster following LeBron James&#8217; departure to join the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">NBA teams are set to open training camp in late September before opening the 2025-26 regular season Oct. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Almost the entirety of the Los Angeles Lakers roster is heading to Slovenia to participate in Luka Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-843561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}