Dončičius, who singled out Lithuania, resented the dismissal of Lasos: “It’s unfair” / News
last weekend, Luka Dončius visited Paris and the famous “Quai 54” tournament, which is considered the world’s biggest street basketball event.
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The 23-year-old Slovenian superstar volunteered to be used as a hurdler and also had the opportunity to unveil the Luka 1 signature sneaker, his first major project with Jordan.
Dončičius also gave an interview to “Marca” newspaper and talked about the dismissal of Pablo Laso, waiting for the European Championship and the NBA.
Luka began his professional career at Real Madrid, where he played from 2015 to 2018. and was trained by Lasso, the royal club decided to say goodbye to him due to a heart attack at the end of the season, although the coach and his cardiologist said that Lasso is completely healthy for continued work.
“I can’t understand what happened. Pablo is a great trainer and a great person. I think it could be so, – Dončičius resented Lasso’s attraction.
Was Lasso’s dismissal unfair?
“Yes, yes, you know,” answered the Slovenian. – There are more people who think so, because Pablo gave 11 seasons to the Madrid club. I think he is the best coach that Real have ever had. However, I think Chus Mateo will do very well. He’s a great guy.”
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Slovenia welcomes the European Championship as a champion, having won the title back in 2017. Are they favorites? Doncic does not think so and mentioned other teams that can fight for the trophy.
“There are many high-level teams with great players. It’s a short championship and anything can happen. It will be very difficult. Apart from Spain, there are teams like Serbia, France, Lithuania, Greece…
Spain is constantly being updated. yours they had impact players like Ricky (Rubio), Sergio Rodriguez, the two Gasols (Pau and Marc), Felipe Reyes, there was also (Sergio) Llul and Rudy (Fernandez). Many of them are gone and a new generation is coming,” Luka taught.
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Luka also had a resume in the NBA, where he marched to the conference finals with the Dallas Mavericks, but lost 1-4 to the eventual champions, the Golden State Warriors.
“We had high expectations at the beginning because you always want to go as far as possible,” said Doncic. – The truth is that I had a very good good. I always want more, I want to win a ring and I hope I can achieve that.”
The three-time NBA All-Star is not inclined to look elsewhere for an opportunity to win an NBA ring.
“My goal is to stay and win in Dallas,” he answered firmly.
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