The Dallas Mavericks have reportedly asked Luka Doncic to watch his weight this summer.
This is what the sports site The Athletic said on Monday. The NBA club would judge that its star player is struggling with his physical conditioning, which would hurt him defensively on the field.
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At the end of August, Doncic is expected to represent Slovenia in the FIBA World Cup. It would also be a situation that worries the “Mavs”.
The last time the 24-year-old athlete played for his national team, at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he showed up at the Dallas club’s training camp at 260 lbs. Usually, Doncic weighs around 230 lbs.
“I had the Olympics, I took three weeks off and I relaxed a bit. Probably relax too much,” the basketball player told ESPN in December 2021.
Doncic averaged 32.4 points per game last season, which is a career high for him. The Mavericks, however, maintained a poor 38-44 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2018-19.
The Dallas organization has done the big thing so that it doesn’t happen again. She offered a three-year contract extension worth $126 million to Kyrie Irving, got Richaun Holmes in a trade and hired Grant Williams through the free agent market.
2023-07-25 13:09:01
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