Luka Dončić just pulled off the sweetest assist of his life.The Dallas Mavericks superstar and his fiancée Anamaria Goltes welcomed their second child – another baby girl – early Thursday morning in Ljubljana, Slovenia, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. The healthy newborn arrived just days after big sister Gabriela turned two on December 1, giving the Dončić family back-to-back birthday seasons to celebrate.
Dončić, 26, flew straight from Toronto – where he dropped 44 points in Wednesday night’s win over the Raptors – to be present for the birth. The Mavericks had listed him as out for Thursday’s home game against the Pelicans for “personal reasons,” a mystery that solved itself hours later when close friends and family began sharing congratulations across social media.
While the couple has not yet revealed the new baby’s name, Goltes posted a simple black-and-white photo on Instagram Friday of two tiny hands – one belonging to Gabriela, the other to her brand-new little sister – gently clasped together. The caption read only: “Our hearts doubled again. 04.12.2025 🤍”
Dončić followed minutes later with a photo of his custom game shoes from the Toronto game, showing “Gabriela” written on one pair and fresh Sharpie still drying on the second: the name spot left blank until he could fill it in beside his new daughter. “Welcome to the world, my second princess,” he wrote. “Daddy is already wrapped around both your fingers.”
The birth comes during one of the best individual stretches of Dončić’s already legendary career. Entering Friday, the six-year veteran leads the NBA in scoring at 35.3 points per game while averaging 8.9 rebounds and 8.9 assists – putting him on pace for the first 35–9–9 season in league history. Yet teammates say nothing lights him up quite like fatherhood.
“He FaceTimed us from the hospital wearing the biggest smile I’ve ever seen,” Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving said after Thursday’s game. “Man’s out here dropping 50-piece nuggets on the court and then goes home to change actual diapers. That’s the real MVP stuff.”
Dončić and Goltes, who began dating as teenagers in Slovenia and got engaged in July 2023, have always kept family life private. But the timing of this arrival – days after Gabriela’s second birthday and right in the middle of a grueling NBA season – has only amplified the wave of affection pouring in from around the basketball world.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban posted, “Girl Dad Club just gained its best member (again). Congrats Luka, Ana, and Gabriela!” while longtime friend and two-time MVP Nikola Jokić sent a voice note in Slovenian that reportedly translated to: “Now you really have no chance of ever sleeping again, brother.”
Dončić is expected to rejoin the team in time for Saturday’s showdown in Denver, meaning the league’s scoring leader could be running on pure newborn adrenaline against the defending champions.
One thing is certain: whether he’s crossing over defenders or cradling a basketball or cradling his daughters, Luka Dončić keeps proving he’s built for the biggest moments – on the court and, even more, off it.
Welcome to the world, little princess No. 2. The league already knows your dad is magic.
