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 the team’s Game 4 nonaccomplishment to the Oklahoma City Thunder connected Monday.

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

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Ric Flair attends the 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 hard 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 the grade of injury, but the archetypal clip I saw it … I did the aforesaid happening to the backmost of the 49ers a mates of years ago. I said, ‘Get backmost successful the game, man,’" Flair said.

"You know, I’ve taken a cortisone shot, I’ve wrestled with a breached ankle, so, I don’t person overmuch sympathy for the hamstring. But you know, they’re protecting the aboriginal and I don’t blasted them for that. They got guaranteed money."

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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)

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

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

Last week, Flair called connected the Lakers to commercialized Doncic if helium wasn’t going to conflict done the injury.

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)

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