Lakers' Luka Doncic plans to spend time with his kids while locked in custody battle over playing for Slovenia

Los Angeles Lakers prima Luka Doncic said helium volition forgo playing with the Slovenian nationalist squad to absorption connected his daughters arsenic he’s been locked successful a custody conflict with his erstwhile fiancé Anamaria Goltes.

Doncic said successful a station connected Instagram aboriginal Tuesday that helium volition instrumentality the summertime to walk clip with them.

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Lakers defender Luka Doncic holds the shot during a timeout successful the archetypal fractional of Game 6 of the first-round NBA playoffs against the Houston Rockets successful Houston connected May 1, 2026. (Ashley Landis/AP)

"I emotion my daughters much than anything, and they volition ever travel archetypal successful my life," a connection posted to his Instagram Stories read. "As I proceed moving toward associated custody of my daughters, I person been forced to marque a hard determination betwixt traveling and playing for the Slovenian nationalist squad and being with my daughters this summer. Unfortunately, it has been made highly hard for maine to spot them implicit the past 8 months.

"I person fixed everything to representing Slovenia and I americium disappointed that I volition not beryllium capable to play for my state this summer. But close now, my daughters and my responsibilities arsenic a begetter are my priority."

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Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers watches play against the Oklahoma City Thunder successful the 2nd fractional of Game 2 successful the 2nd circular of the NBA playoffs connected May 7, 2026, successful Oklahoma City. (Nate Billings/AP)

Doncic said earlier this twelvemonth helium ended his engagement with Goltes due to the fact that helium was incapable to person his daughters with him for the play successful the U.S.

They became engaged successful July 2023, and their daughters were calved successful November 2023 and December 2025, erstwhile Doncic near the Lakers to question to Slovenia erstwhile his younger girl was born.

Goltes filed a petition for kid enactment and attorneys’ fees successful California, TMZ Sports antecedently reported.

"I emotion my daughters much than anything, and I’ve been doing everything I tin for them to beryllium with maine successful the U.S. during the season, but that hasn’t been possible, truthful I precocious made the pugnacious determination to extremity my engagement," helium told ESPN successful March.

Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers looks connected during the 3rd 4th against the Houston Rockets astatine Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles, Calif., connected April 11, 2025. (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

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"Everything I bash is for my daughters’ happiness, and I volition ever combat to beryllium with them and springiness them the champion beingness I can."

Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.