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Luka Doncic's ex-fiancée is dropping her court case over child support for their two children, TMZ Sports has learned. In court docs Anamaria Goltes submitted Monday that were obtained by TMZ, she requested a Los Angeles judge dismiss her request without prejudice, reasoning ... "I am withdrawing my Petition for Child Support with the specific intention of resolving this matter amicably and by a mutual agreement which is in the best interests of our children."
As TMZ first reported, the NBA star moved to dismiss the case -- arguing that her petition for child support and attorneys' fees had no legal grounds because it was filed in California ... when the kids live in Slovenia. Luka and his attorney Laura Wasser even alleged he tried convincing Anamaria to move to the Golden State with their kids, but she refused and has resided in Slovenia with them since last May.
On his "Byron Scott's Fast Break" podcast, the Los Angeles Lakers legend claimed that while the 76ers look good on paper with James' addition, expectations must be tempered about Philly easily winning it all. Using the ill-fated 2003-04 Lakers as an example, Scott said the new-look 76ers with James are still not assured of claiming an NBA title. ‘I mean we can go all the way back to the early parts in the 2000s. You got Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Shaq [O'Neal], and you still got [Derek Fisher], you know, you still got an unbelievable starting lineup. And on paper, everybody said, 'Oh, they going to win a championship.' What happened? They played Detroit Pistons, who was a team, much better team, a much better cohesive group of guys who wanted nothing more than to win. And you had friction on that Laker team with Gary Payton and some of the other guys. And then you had the Peacemaker Karl Malone. And then Karl got hurt which really killed their chances of winning the championship and Detroit went through them four games to one. Right? So talent on paper don’t mean a whole lot.’
"I took a real break from basketball the first few weeks after the season ended to rehab my body. My recovery went great, and I’m 100% healthy again," Doncic wrote. "Taking some time away from basketball is something I do at the start of every offseason. It’s a different way to do things, but it works for me. When I let myself miss the game a little bit and try some new things, it only makes me more excited and motivated to get back to playing."
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Bryon Scott on LeBron James with 76ers: “I mean we can go all the way back to the early parts in the 2000s. You got Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Shaq, and you still got D Fish, you know, you still got an unbelievable starting lineup. And on paper, everybody said, “Oh, they going to win a championship.” What happened? They played Detroit Pistons, who was a team, much better team, a much better cohesive group of guys who wanted nothing more than to win. And you had friction on that Laker team with Gary Payton and some of the other guys. And then you had the Peacemaker Karl Malone. And then Karl got hurt which really killed their chances of winning the championship and Detroit went through them four games to one. Right? So talent on paper don’t mean a whole lot. It means you got talent. That’s about all it means. It doesn’t mean or guarantee that you going to win the championship.”
Anthony Davis: 🧢 Legion Hoops: Lionel Hollins on why LeBron James and Anthony Davis rarely worked out together: “LeBron told him ‘you’ve got to get up a little earlier to come work out with me.’”
Adam Zagoria: Former Saint Louis big man Robbie Avila, known as 'Cream Abdul Jabbar, is waiting to see what his options are after he was granted a 5th year, per sources Portal opens Aug. 3-10 The 6-10 F averaged 12.8 ppg and 4.5 rpg before signing an Exhibit-10 with the L.A. Lakers.
Marc Stein: Not sure who actually believed this one … but for those asking: There’s no golf summit scheduled tomorrow in LA. Luka Dončić is in Slovenia and will be for the whole offseason. Cooper Flagg is training in Maine and occasionally Dallas all summer.
Joe Johnson: It was fun playing against y'all. I'll never forget, bro. I mean, from Chris Webber to Vlade Divac to Doug Christie, those guys were hell of a passers and IQ through the roof. And then you add you to that mix, bro. Y'all was just a hell of a team. Think about those legendary Kings versus Lakers battles. Tell us a little bit about those battles, bro. Hey, knowing what we know now. You know what I'm saying, Smooth? Knowing the history of the game. Y'all may have been robbed a little bit. Mike Bibby: A little bit?! [Laughs] Johnson: Hold up. Do you honestly think it would really… Bibby: Hell yeah! Did you see that sh*t? Look, that could have changed my whole career, you know? I was rolling at that point. Now, what if it looks like if I we go to the Finals, and I get Finals MVP? That's going to look a whole lot better on my resume than the sh*t I got now.
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Joe Johnson: I didn't think nobody could beat that Lakers Kobe and Shaq. But, bro, when I tell y'all push him to the brink. Obviously, under certain circumstances, maybe y'all would have won it. But, man, that was a pleasure to watch. You know what I mean? Because I was a young buck. I was just coming into the league in 2001, bro. That was everything to me to see, to see great basketball. Mike Bibby: I think Shaquille O'Neal is the best big man that ever played the game. Kobe Bryant is top two for me. Just to be in those battles and going to LA and seeing all those movie stars and the guys that you look up to in the movies coming and cheering against you knowing we had them beat. I mean, I couldn't ask for nothing else, man.
Fullcourtpass: AJ Dybantsa says he WANTS to guard Luka Doncic "I just want to be on like an ISO island. This sounds crazy, but I want to be on an ISO island and just really see if he's moving that slow." (Via @RoadTrippinShow)
LeBron James leaving the Los Angeles Lakers and heading to the Philadelphia 76ers re-opened plenty of discourse around the fandom’s support of the surefire Hall of Famer and all-time great. The national conversation has been about whether or not Lakers fans supported James enough during his eight years with the franchise. It was reminiscent of Shaquille O’Neal, another all-timer who left the Lakers franchise after eight seasons as the team moved forward with a younger superstar. So O’Neal felt uniquely able to chime in on the debate, where he took the side of those saying that James wasn’t as well-liked as other Lakers greats. “Well they didn’t love me, they loved Kobe,” O’Neal said in a SiruisXM interview. “They didn’t love me, and listen. This is what we call B.O.B., the business of basketball. When you’re like me, when I’m in charge, I’m a difficult man to deal with. Everything has to be done my way, and sometimes, people don’t agree with that. So when they get you up out of there, I can kind of understand both sides.”
Carlisle coached Doncic during the Slovenian superstar's first three seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, witnessing his rapid transformation from a highly regarded European prospect into one of the NBA's best players. "I said this during the year, from a talent standpoint and ability and everything else, he's the most unique player I've ever worked with," Carlisle said. "He's just so good. And he's a killer, you know? He's a killer competitor, too."