WWE legend Ric Flair blasts Lakers' Luka Doncic, calls on team to trade him

Pro wrestling fable Ric Flair didn’t mince words erstwhile it came to Luka Doncic’s lack from the Los Angeles Lakers connected Tuesday night.

The Lakers fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder successful Game of their second-round series, 108-90. Doncic missed the archetypal circular of the playoffs with a hamstring injury. Los Angeles has seen Austin Reaves instrumentality to the lineup successful the past series. He played 36 minutes against the Thunder, but lone scored 8 points.

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Ric Flair exclaims his trademark 'WOOO' astatine his Last Match property league astatine the Fairgrounds successful Nashville, Tenn., connected June 23, 2022. (Abbey Cutrer / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Flair wrote connected X that Doncic needed to get backmost successful the crippled and that helium hoped the Lakers determine to commercialized him.

"Luka, Please Get In The Game! Take A Shot Of Cortisone And Deal With The Pain! They Are Paying You 50 Million A Year, And You’re Not There! WTF! I Hope @JeanieBuss Trades You Next Year. Nobody Wants A Lame Duck On Their Team!" Flair wrote successful his rant.

Flair made wide successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital successful 2023 that helium keeps an oculus connected each sports – not conscionable what’s going connected successful pro wrestling.

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Lakers defender Luka Doncic greets Rockets guardant Jeff Green pursuing crippled six of the archetypal circular of the 2026 NBA Playoffs astatine Toyota Center successful Houston, Texas, connected May 1, 2026. (Erik Williams/Imagn Images)

Particularly, helium recovered players resting owed to "load management" loathsome.

"These hoops players that whine and b---h, it's taken a batch of the athletics distant from me," helium said astatine the time.

Flair contrasted wrestling done his ain injuries to NBA players sitting retired done injuries helium felt they should beryllium capable to play through.

"They spell to enactment hurt," Flair said astir pro wrestlers astatine the time. "That’s what p----s maine disconnected contiguous astir these hoops players that stub their toe. No s---. How bash you deliberation I consciousness astir that knowing I wrestled six months aft I broke my backmost successful a f---ing airplane crash? ‘I got a torn thumbnail. Whoa, whoa, whoa.’"

Lakers players Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves chat portion sitting connected the seat during the 2nd fractional of Game 1 successful the first-round NBA playoffs against the Rockets astatine Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles, California connected April 20, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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In immoderate event, Doncic’s hamstring wounded outgo him the past 5 games of the regular play and each of the Lakers’ playoff games.

Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.