NBA – Dallas Mavericks – $ 207 million over five years: Luka Doncic breaks the bank

Luka Doncic, the playing master of the Dallas Mavericks and the Slovenian team at the last Tokyo Games, will extend his contract with the Texas club by five years, for $ 207 million, according to the Dallas Morning News and the ESPN sports channel. . « It’s a dream come true« , reacted the young player (22), who took his national Olympic team to the semi-finals in Tokyo, beaten by France and then by Australia for the bronze medal.

His current contract dates back to 2018, when he was first picked by the Atlanta Hawks and immediately sent to the Mavericks in the NBA Draft, in exchange for Trae Young and another player. The previous season, in 2017-18, he had become the youngest MVP of the Euroleague won for Real Madrid. He was then voted best rookie in the NBA in 2019.

Crazy stats

Last season, Doncic’s NBA stats were 27.7 points per game, 8 rebounds and 8.6 assists, with a 47.9% success in his shots (35% three-pointer). Thanks to its Slovenian leader, Dallas has just played the NBA play-offs for the past two seasons, beaten each time in the first round by the Los Angeles Clippers. The Mavericks, founded in 1980, have only won the supreme North American basketball title once, in 2011 against the Miami Heat.