Luka Doncic on if he plans to sign supermax: 'I think you know the answer'

June 07, 2021 - 3:12pm

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic celebrates. (Mark J. Terrill / AP)

Luka Doncic is fresh off a Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, but things should be looking up this summer.

The third-year Dallas Mavericks guard will be eligible for a supermax extension in the off-season — because he earned All-NBA honours in 2019-20, and likely will again in 2020-21 — and hinted at his intention to take what is projected by ESPN insider Bobby Marks to be a five-year, $201.5-million payday.

“I think you know the answer,” he told reporters Monday with a smile, according to ESPN‘s Tim MacMahon, when asked if he’d accept the deal.

Luka Doncic smiles widely when asked if he plans to sign a supermax extension this summer: “I think you know the answer.”

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) June 7, 2021

Here is the breakdown on what a Luka Doncic extension would look like:

2022-23 | $34.7M
2023-24 | $37.5M
2024-25 | $40.3M
2025-26 | $43.1M
2026-27 | $45.9M

This is based on a $115M cap in 2022-23

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) June 7, 2021

The 22-year-old was named an All-Star for the second straight year after putting up a 27.7 points, eight rebounds and 8.6 assists per game on 47.9 per cent shooting from the field and 35 per cent from three and leading the 42-30 Mavericks to a second straight playoff appearance.

In taking the fourth-seeded Clippers to seven games, Doncic nearly single-handedly carried the No. 5 Mavericks to an upset, averaging a mind-blowing 35.7 points, 7.9 boards and 10.3 assists on 49 per cent from the field (40.8 from beyond the arc).

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