LeBron James and Luka Doncic will matchup on Christmas

Marc Stein: The first draft of next season’s NBA schedule has Lakers at Dallas/LeBron James at Luka Doncic on Christmas Day, league sources tell me. Changes are still possible before the full schedule officially drops next week but Christmas games usually hold. More NBA from me: marcstein.Substack.com
Source: Twitter @TheSteinLine

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BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Cedi Osman, Furkan Korkmaz, Alperen Sengun – 7⃣5⃣ points combined 🇹🇷
Luka Doncic, Goran Dragic, Vlatko Cancar – 6⃣3⃣ points combined 🇸🇮
NBA ballers had a game of their own in Turkey vs Slovenia 👀 – 2:59 AM CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
LeBron James, Lakers to play Luka Doncic, Mavs on Christmas in first draft of 2022-23 NBA schedule, per report
cbssports.com/nba/news/lebro… – 11:58 PM Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
The first draft of next season’s NBA schedule has Lakers at Dallas/LeBron at Luka on Christmas Day, league sources tell me.
Changes are still possible before the full schedule officially drops next week but Christmas games usually hold.
More NBA from me: marcstein.Substack.com – 9:48 PM Bryan Kalbrosky @BryanKalbrosky
If he committed to Oregon, four-star Bronny James would join an exciting recruiting class that already includes five-star Mookie Cook — who is set to play LeBron James in an upcoming biopic.
bit.ly/3C3u5Zo | #GoDucks @marquiscookk – 7:42 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Luka line vs Turkey today
27 minutes
23 pts
10 rebs
5 assts/2 TO
8-16 FG/2-7 3pt/5-8 FT
Goal this season should be to be better than league average in 3pt shooting and FT shooting. Especially given his volume. Shot 35.3 and 74.4. League Avg was 35.4 and 77.8 – 4:47 PM BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Goran Dragic & Luka Doncic scored 5⃣1⃣ points together against Turkey 🤯
28 points for Dragic & 23 for Luka. The duo is B A C K 🔥🇸🇮 pic.twitter.com/sXgpl2gpob – 4:08 PM Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Locked On Pelicans is live! Would you rather…
🏀 Lose in the NBA Finals or get the #1 pick
🏀 Draft Bronny to get LeBron or take best player available
🏀 Be over or under dressed?
🎧 https://t.co/BETlDzTh35
Watch on YouTube!
📺 https://t.co/4DBESaga40 pic.twitter.com/mgjuwZQPFW – 3:30 PM Christos Tsaltas @Tsaltas46
Luka Doncic with Slovenian National Team vs Turkey in Instanbul:
23 points
10 rebounds
8-16 FG
6-9 2P
2-7 3P
5-8 FT
5 assists
1 steal
2 turnovers
26 ranking
27’18” minutes
Luka Magic has arrived in Europe! #mojtim #MFFL – 2:56 PM StatMuse @statmuse
Active players to average 17/5/5 as a rookie:
— LeBron James
— Luka Doncic
— Cade Cunningham pic.twitter.com/86f3DsEosr – 2:38 PM BasketNews @BasketNews_com
You can watch the second half of Turkey vs Slovenia here: basketnews.com/stream/150154-…
Luka Doncic had 13 pts in the first half as Slovenia was leading 46-40 – 2:08 PM Christos Tsaltas @Tsaltas46
Slovenia up 46-40 at half time vs Turkey at Sinan Erdem Dome, Instanbul.
Luka Doncic has 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assits, 1 steal and 5-9 FG in 13 minutes
Furkan Korkmaz with 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3-7 FG leads for Turkish National Team.
#BizBirlikteyiz #Mojtim – 1:52 PM David Hardisty @clutchfans
We’re live watching Alperen Sengun as Turkey takes on Luka Doncic and Slovenia. The stream, chat, audio, video — Come join us!
getplayback.com/room/rocketswa… – 1:48 PM Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
LUKA-CEDI-FURKAN 👀👀
pic.twitter.com/ILJyUBWrWn – 1:13 PM Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Locked On Pelicans is live! Would you rather…
🏀 Lose in the NBA Finals or get the #1 pick
🏀 Draft Bronny to get LeBron or take best player available
🏀 Be over or under dressed?
🎧 https://t.co/BETlDzBFEv
Watch on YouTube!
📺 https://t.co/4DBES9YyFq pic.twitter.com/oi47bWhHxv – 12:59 PM StatMuse @statmuse
LeBron in Miami:
27/8/7
54/37/76%
4x All-Star
4x First Team All-NBA
2x MVP
2x FMVP
Hall of Fame resume in a 4 year span. pic.twitter.com/oBOzJLI2Yj – 12:36 PM Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Locked On Pelicans is live! Would you rather…
🏀 Lose in the NBA Finals or get the #1 pick
🏀 Draft Bronny to get LeBron or take best player available
🏀 Be over or under dressed?
🎧 https://t.co/BETlDzTh35
Watch on YouTube!
📺 https://t.co/4DBESaga40 pic.twitter.com/zQz9zvLYpt – 11:30 AM Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Friday’s @LockedOnLakers podcast! We discuss the NBA honoring Bill Russell, and how it affects LeBron and The Lakers. Plus, Kyrie tweets about paradigm shifts! #FirstListen @LockedOnNetwork @LockedOnNBAPods
Subscribe. Rate. Enjoy. Thx!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… – 11:20 AM Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Antetokounmpo praises LeBron James: He is best player in the world and he’s still in year 18 sportando.basketball/en/antetokounm… – 10:55 AM StatMuse @statmuse
Only players to win Finals MVP for multiple teams:
— LeBron James
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
— Kawhi Leonard pic.twitter.com/vSxcRadj4I – 10:04 AM Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Locked On Pelicans is live! Would you rather…
🏀 Lose in the NBA Finals or get the #1 pick
🏀 Draft Bronny to get LeBron or take best player available
🏀 Be over or under dressed?
🎧 https://t.co/BETlDzTh35
Watch on YouTube!
📺 https://t.co/4DBESaga40 pic.twitter.com/jCO7y1jWDq – 9:33 AM Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
ICYMI: NBA to retire No. 6 (Bill Russell), with Heat expected to retire it again (LeBron James) sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h… – 8:11 AM BasketNews @BasketNews_com
You cannot give interviews around Luka Doncic 😂🙅‍
🎥 @24ur_com & @LukaMittag pic.twitter.com/3pai0YQEkC – 2:10 AM

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