MacMahon: The Lakers top priority is to renew Doncic instead of taking care of James s feelings

Basketball 5:17pm, 4 July 2025 160

Today, famous reporter Tim MacMahon talked about the Lakers' current top priorities in the show "Get Up".

Tim MacMahon said: "I mean, the Lakers' real priority is a bigger picture, and this bigger picture is Luca Doncic. He will be eligible for a contract extension next month. How does he feel about it all? How LeBron feels is not the Lakers' top priority. That may be a potential trouble, but the Lakers are more concerned about Luca, how he can build confidence in this team, and make him believe that they can build a championship team here, and believe that the future of Los Angeles is bright. And Ayton may be part of this future, maybe not."

Then MacMahon said: "To So far, Ayton's career can be said to be not very smooth. You know, he was the No. 1 pick, with extremely high talent, athleticism and strong figure. But even so, he was still 'broken' by both teams. Now he has an excellent opportunity to prove that he is willing to do dirty and tiring work and willing to do what he must do to succeed with Luca Doncic. But in the final analysis, the problem comes back to Doncic - he is the core and priority for the Lakers' future team building. "

From August 3, the Lakers can provide Doncic with a four-year, $229 million early contract renewal.

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