Author: Soccerhuz
A Homecoming Laden with Emotion Stepping back onto the familiar hardwood, Luka Doncic is poised for a return that transcends a simple game—it is the embodiment of heartache, resilience, and the unyielding pursuit of redemption. His upcoming face-off in Dallas is more than a competitive fixture; it is a deeply personal duel that infuses every dribble and shot with palpable emotion. Journey Through Loss and Determination For Doncic, the memory of being unceremoniously separated from the Mavericks—a franchise that once embraced him as a star in the making—remains a bittersweet chapter in his career. Having been stripped not only of…
The city of Dallas is preparing for what should be a hotly contested event as Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers play in the American Airlines Center for the first time since February’s ridiculous trade. Doncic had a massive impact on the Dallas Mavericks in his six-and-a-half seasons with the team, making five First-Team All-NBAs, advancing to the Western Conference Finals in 2022, and the NBA Finals in 2024. He wasn’t in Dallas long but that still raises the question, was it enough to have his jersey retired one day? “I mean, yeah,” Dwight Powell told RG when he…
Doncic, sources said, providing fans in the arena a final opportunity to savor all of his accomplishments in a Mavs uniform — and mourn not getting more. Team sources told ESPN that the Mavs had also lined up lucrative sponsorship deals for Wednesday’s game, with multiple companies that Doncic endorses, but those deals fell apart after Doncic’s camp declined to give its blessing, pointedly noting that he now plays for the Lakers.
It turns out that celebrities are just like normal people. Like many fans across the country, Lakers star guard Austin Reaves didn’t believe the Anthony Davis-Luka Doncic trade was real when he first found out, according to an interview with Dave McMenamin of ESPN. He believed that it was part of Davis’ prank show. “First thing, I was like, ‘Oh this is [false],” Reaves said. “He got hacked.” Then, the team group text began to explode with messages. “AD, texting the group message, was like, ‘They traded me.’ And I was like, ‘OK, AD is bulls**ting with us.’ He’s a…
As Calciomercato.com report, flashes of Reijnders’ brilliance were seen during his first season with the club, the 2023-24 campaign. However, there were moments where his end product perhaps could have been a bit better. That all changed with the arrival on the bench of Paulo Fonseca, who was good in this case at understanding that the former AZ Alkmaar player had to be freed from defensive duties, thus moving him forward to be the attacking midfielder. Reijnders is integral to how Milan play. The Dutchman always thinks and plays vertically, raises his head and takes aim. It is why he…
Luka Doncic says he was trash-talking with a courtside fan in the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 136-120 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday when an official thought Doncic’s ire was directed at him, leading to an ejection for the Lakers guard. “I never got a fan ejected,” Doncic said, explaining how he will often engage with opposing fans without asking arena security to intervene. “Never. But if [the fan is] going to talk, I’m going to talk back, like always. That had nothing to do with the ref. So I didn’t really understand.” Los Angeles…
Luka Doncic has had no shortage of headlines this season—especially since his blockbuster trade to the Los Angeles Lakers in February. The 26-year-old star has averaged 27.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 7.6 assists since joining the Lakers and has formed one of the league’s most-watched duos with LeBron James. But it wasn’t his stats that made noise this week—it was his behavior. Doncic was ejected in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, a moment that sparked a 29-12 run by the Thunder to close out a 136-120 win. With 7:40 left in the game,…
According to Claudio Raimondi in his report for SportMediaset (via MilanNews), while waiting to define who will be chosen as the sporting director of Milan – with Igli Tare the current favourite – a new name has emerged to take over from Sergio Conceicao. It is Gasperini, the current coach of Atalanta who Tare had already tried to hire in the past when he was at Lazio. His candidacy is gaining traction among the offices of Casa Milan, as the possibility of leaving La Dea is growing. Gasperini has a contract with Atalanta until 2026 and he announced that there…
After a very disappointing season, a lot will change at AC Milan this summer and that includes the defensive department, with two centre-backs targeted. As Tuttosport report, Milan will hire a new sporting director and most likely a new coach. The transfer moves will follow, with the defence in particular in the crosshairs after what has been a statistically terrible season. Even though there is not yet a director in place to make calls ahead of the summer on who might stay or go, the scouting team and the current management are still carrying on their work of researching…
Zvonimir Boban does not even want to consider the idea of Sandro Tonali joining Inter, even if Paolo Di Canio believes it would be an ideal move. Tonali’s sale to Newcastle United in the summer of 2023 is still very painful for many Milan fans as they saw a boyhood fan of the club depart. His adventure in England didn’t start in an ideal way with his suspension due to betting activity, but he returned at the end of August. The Italian was part of a team that won Newcastle’s first trophy in decades, beating Liverpool to lift the Carabao…