Ric Flair takes another verbal chop at Lakers star over injury absence

Pro wrestling fable Ric Flair took different changeable astatine Los Angeles Lakers prima Luka Doncic up of nan team’s Game 4 nonaccomplishment to nan Oklahoma City Thunder connected Monday.

Flair was captious of Doncic for missing games pinch a hamstring wounded and doubled down connected his remarks successful an question and reply connected "Yahoo Sports Daily."

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Ric Flair attends nan 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards astatine Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz astatine Lincoln Center successful New York City connected May 22, 2023. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

"I’m not being difficult connected Luka. I’m having fun, I’m specified a Laker fan, and I conscionable honestly believe, of course, I don’t cognize thing astir nan grade of injury, but nan first clip I saw it … I did nan aforesaid point to nan backmost of nan 49ers a mates of years ago. I said, ‘Get backmost successful nan game, man,’" Flair said.

"You know, I’ve taken a cortisone shot, I’ve wrestled pinch a surgery ankle, so, I don’t person overmuch sympathy for nan hamstring. But you know, they’re protecting nan early and I don’t blasted them for that. They sewage guaranteed money."

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

Flair has notably worked done injuries during his professional wrestling career.

He suffered a surgery backmost successful 3 places arsenic he survived a level clang successful North Carolina successful 1975. He was told he would ne'er wrestle again earlier going connected to a history-making career. He besides suffered an wounded while he was moving for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) successful 2011. Flair besides revealed successful 2016 that he was struck by lightning.

Last week, Flair called connected nan Lakers to waste and acquisition Doncic if he wasn’t going to conflict done nan injury.

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

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Doncic’s hamstring wounded costs him nan last 5 games of the regular play and each of nan Lakers’ playoff games.