Many will not believe it, but that’s right

Luka Doncic He finished the most turbulent season of his career much earlier than he wanted and expected, in which nothing was guilty of shaking the basketball world after a shocking exchange brought from Dallas Mavericks to Los Angeles Lakers. Last year he took Texans to the NBA League finals, saying goodbye this year after the first round of the playoffs in which they are Lakes lost a series against Minnesota Timberwolves with 1: 4. Last year’s final with Boston ended with 1: 4.

The Slovenian AS was 28 points in the fifth game, but did not shine, as his throw from the game was only 7/18 and behind the line for three points 2/8. “Mentally, I am completely out of everything that happened. I know many will not believe me, but I am, « said the 26-year-old Ljubljana man after a match at Crypto.com Arena, which ended with 96: 103.

Asked how to look at the brutal exchange and allegations made by Dallas sports director Nico Harrison In terms of his fitness and poor play in defense, Luke just smiled. “I don’t know what I learned from all this. It will take some time before I get everything together. I will tell you when preparations for the new season begin, « Doncic will afford some vacation, which we expect in the Slovenian jersey at the European Championships in the fall.

Lakers did not have a long enough bench for a resounding achievement in the 2024/25 season. The more youthful Minnesota scored 42 points in five last quarters. Doncic and Lebron James They didn’t have enough energy to keep hope to 18. The title of the champion. But Doncic remains optimistic and is looking forward to further cooperation with 40-year-old James.

“It’s hard to establish chemistry without training, so I really look forward to preparing with LeBron and Austinovo Rajeveson which we will learn more from each other. When it is Kyrie Irving came to Dallas, at first we didn’t connect on the pitch, but in the next season we went to the finals and it was wonderful. That’s how I look at it.  »