Much has been made this summer about how the Los Angeles Lakers are doing all that Luka Doncic wants, making him the centerpiece superstar and shunning LeBron James. Yet for all of that hullabaloo, the Lakers' most significant addition doesn't even grant Luka his No. 1 wish.
It is hardly a secret that Luka Doncic loves to play basketball with a rim-running center. He took a rookie and a ho-hum veteran center in Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford and lobbed his way to the NBA Finals just two seasons ago. Sorry Mavericks fans, but it's true: Dallas and Doncic were in the Finals just 14 months ago.