{"id":100415,"date":"2025-08-21T22:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/100415\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:44:07","slug":"former-lakers-big-man-compares-luka-doncic-to-la-hall-of-famer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/100415\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Lakers Big Man Compares Luka Doncic to LA Hall of Famer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Lakers made the trade for Luka Doncic last season because they thought he was one of the best players in the league. It was a very easy decision to bring him to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Doncic hasn’t finished a season in which he has been fully in shape yet, which means he has only scratched the surface of his potential. He still has another level he can reach.<\/p>\n

Doncic is a very good player and has already garnered some comparisons to all-time greats. One former player actually compared Doncic to one of the greatest Lakers players in history.<\/p>\n

More news: Former Mavericks Champion Reveals He Was Shocked About Luka Doncic Trade to Lakers<\/a><\/p>\n

Former center Tyson Chandler gave Doncic the ultimate comparison. He compared Doncic to all-time Lakers legend Magic Johnson. He made that comparison while speaking with EuroHoops<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I would always call in Luka Magic because he reminded me of a European version of Magic Johnson. This new age, Luka is his own player, but Magic is the older generation of somebody with a smile that was the killer. They’d come out there and destroy you, win games, but with a big smile. He’s such a joy to watch, and I love watching him. Nothing but great things to say about Luka.”<\/p>\n

That’s some very high praise for someone to give a current Lakers player. Johnson isn’t just one of the greatest Lakers of all-time, but he’s one of the best players to ever play in the NBA.<\/p>\n

More news: Stephen A Smith Calls Out LeBron James for Feelings Over Lakers, Luka Doncic<\/a><\/p>\n

Doncic will have a lot to live up to now that he’s with the Lakers for the next few years. He’s a really good player already, but being compared to Magic puts him at a whole new level.<\/p>\n

Doncic doesn’t have the same kind of defensive skills or rebounding skills that Johnson had, but he’s every bit as good a passer. He’s arguably a better scorer than Johnson was, too.<\/p>\n

This past season with the Lakers, Doncic averaged 28.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 7.5 assists per game. He shot 43.8 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.<\/p>\n

For more news and notes on the Los Angeles Lakers, visit Los Angeles Lakers on SI.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers made the trade for Luka Doncic last season because they thought he was one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-100415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}