Lakers Luka Doncic named to All-NBA team, receiving first-team honors
Luka Doncic was once again formally recognized as one of the NBA’s best players.The Lakers superstar guard was named to a 2025-26 All-NBA team on Sunday, receiving first-team honors.The recognition marked the sixth time in Doncic’s eight-year career that he was named to an All-NBA team.He was named All-NBA First Team in five consecutive seasons (2020-24).The lone seasons Doncic hasn’t been named to an All-NBA team were his first season in the league, when he was named the 2019 Rookie of the Year, and after the 2024-25 season, when he was limited to 50 regular-season games. Doncic, 27, won the scoring title for the second time in the last three seasons. He led the league with a scoring average of 33.5 points to go with 8.3 assists, 7.7 rebounds and 1.6 steals.Doncic was the lone player to be named the Western Conference Player of the Month twice in 2025-26, receiving the honor for his play in January and March. Despite falling short of the 65 games-played threshold, Doncic was eligible for the league’s end-of-season awards voting, including All-NBA, after the NBA and NBPA announced last month that his Extraordinary Circumstances Challenge for the 65-game award rule was honored. He also finished fourth in the voting for league MVP, which Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won for the second consecutive season.Doncic played in 64 qualified games before suffering a regular-season-ending Grade 2 left hamstring strain during the Lakers’ loss to the Thunder on April 2.He missed two games in December because of the birth of his daughter in Europe, which qualified as an extraordinary circumstance according to the announcement. His 2025-26 regular season was filled with historic achievements and accolades, as he reestablished himself as one of the league’s best players after a 2024-25 season that featured a lengthy absence because of a calf injury and the shocking trade to the Lakers in February 2025.Doncic scored at least 40 points in the first three...