In the middle of the NBA season finale holidays, news of transfers and some preparation games played by North American basketball franchises are known.
But there is also talk of other details as happened recently in the environment of the Dallas Mavericks. And it is that the journalist Tim Cato, who collaborates with the media ‘The Athletic’, spoke of the call for attention that Luka Doncic would have received from some of his teammates so that he “reduces his weight and can play this summer “.
This is reminiscent of something similar that Doncic experienced when he played the Tokyo Olympics with Slovenia. At that time, the player himself acknowledged having been overweight by 14 kilograms.
“Maybe I relaxed too much having three weeks off, after the games,” Doncic said at the time in an interview with ‘ESPN’.
For the moment, this basketball player will have to ‘turn the page’ to face the Basketball World Cup that will begin on August 25. And in this contest, Slovenia is part of Group F along with Cape Verde, Georgia and Venezuela.
It is worth remembering that the debut of Doncic and company in the orbital basketball event will be on Saturday, August 26 against the Venezuelan team.
Luka Doncic, 23-year-old Slovenian basketball player.
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How did Luka Doncic’s team do in the 2022-2023 NBA season?
The most recent season of American basketball was complicated for the Dallas Mavericks and all because of several ups and downs in sporting terms, which left them out of the ‘playoffs’ by finishing the regular season in 11th place in the Western Conference with a record of 38 wins and 44 losses.
This scenario was not what was expected for the Mavericks, who in the final stretch of the season opted for the signing of the controversial Kyrie Irving, who could not do much to prevent the debacle of the Dallas team.
However, with the arrival of a new course, Irving and Doncic are emerging as the main standard-bearers to return to lead the ‘Mavs’ to glory. It should be remembered that this franchise won the Larry O’Brien trophy in the 2010-2011 season, after defeating the Miami Heat in the NBA finals by an aggregate score of 4-2.
In fact, at that time the Mavericks took revenge for the finals they lost against the Heat in the 2005-2006 season by a 4-2 aggregate.
2023-07-29 00:22:09
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