On Aug. 2, Luka Doncic will be eligible to sign a long-term contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers. It may take him some time to actually sign one, as he is spending much of the summer representing his native Slovenia in the upcoming FIBA Eurobasket competition.

The Los Angeles Lakers might have a new incentive for emptying their asset collection and giving their roster as many win-now resources as they can.

Doncic is eligible for a four-year, $229 million extension, and the Lakers desperately want him to sign it. But if he doesn’t, over 10 teams with max cap space are expected to l