Los Angeles Lakers captain LeBron James easily squashed rumors about wanting to be traded after Luka Doncic's arrival.

Luka Doncic’s fiancée, Anamaria Goltes, is loving the purple and gold. The model gushed over the All-NBA point guard on Tuesday when he was photographed holding up his No. 77 Lakers jersey, two days after the Mavericks traded him to Los Angeles in a stunning blockbuster that transpired early Sunday morning.

Luka Doncic says he was just as shocked as the rest of the basketball world when the Dallas Mavericks traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers.

On the latest episode of “NBA Daily,” Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni were joined by senior Lakers beat writer Jovan Buha to discuss what further moves Los Angeles could make. A partial transcript has been edited for clarity and length. The full episode is available on YouTube below or in the “NBA Daily” podcast feed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

The Lakers and the Clippers are both in search of help on the inside and are trying to make a deal with the Knicks to get it.

The 2024-25 NBA trade deadline (Thursday, 3 p.m. ET) is one day away, and the landscape of the NBA has already been shaken after a blockbuster deal Saturday that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks.