EThe firm commitment that Luka Doncic maintains with his selection will make him participate in the Eurobasket next summer (from August 27 to September 14). It is not official, but everything indicates that the base of the Lakers will be with Slovenia in the continental championship.
As published by ESPN, Doncic’s intention is to go to the call of his national team and the early elimination of the Lakers in the NBA playoffs will allow him to rest while having more time to prepare the appointment. He will do it with two of his trusted men: Anze Blazic, strength coach of the Slovenian team, and Javier Barrio Calvo, personal physiotherapist he had at Real Madrid and took the Mavericks.
Luka Doncic shouts during a match with the Slovenia selection.EFE
The base has ended the first round tie against the Timberwolves. In the fifth game he received a tough lack of Donte Divinzzo, who dropped his arm when he entered the basket and caused him A back injury of which he had to be treated in the locker room. He played again, but was re -requested during the rest of the clash.
He has time to fully recover from a very hard season in the physical and mental in which he was the protagonist of one of the most popular transfer in the history of the NBA. In spite of everything, its performance was not just affected, as it nailed its statistics both in the first 22 games with the Mavericks and in the following 28 with the Lakers: 28.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.8 assists with the Texans and 28.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists with the Angels.
True to the selection
The star of the Slovenian team already knows what it is to win a medal with her country. He did it in the Eurobasket of 2017, when gold was hung and was included in the ideal tournament quintet with only 18 years. Five years later he repeated experience although without success in a championship that Spain won. He has also participated in two Olympic Games (Tokyo and Paris) and two pre -Olympic tournaments.
His mere presence multiplies The Slovenia options in the Eurobasket, where in the first phase will have to face Iceland, France, Belgium, Israel and Polandhost of the group.
