The Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks are looking at staging a preseason game in Las Vegas, according to NBA insider Marc Stein. Assuming they both played, this would pit the Lakers' Luka Dončić and Mavericks' Anthony Davis against their old teams.

Although the 2024-25 Los Angeles Lakers season is over, there is still plenty to look forward to as fans gear up for their first full season with Luka Doncic on the roster. One date that the 26-year-old Slovenian superstar can circle on his calendar is coming up in just five months: the Lakers will face the Dallas Mavericks during a preseason game in October,

Luka Doncic’s first season with the Los Angeles Lakers was a rollercoaster, to say the least. The Dallas Mavericks inexplicably shipped out Doncic for a trade package built around Anthony Davis, but the Lakers wound up being the clear winners of the deal as they finished with the third seed while the Mavericks missed the playoffs.