Luka Doncic Discussion: Lean Mean Slovenian Machine

And that's after countless beers and Hookah
Thanks Nico

 

So … you don’t smoke “hookah”. It’s a generic term for a water pipe. Wonder what his choice of the actual ingredients is. Nothing is really good for an elite athlete of course. If the beers are this brand what’s the problem?

 

if lebron can't motivate him to start taking his body and conditioning seriously, then he's a lost cause

 

harden basically lived this way during 10 years of high productivity. and luka just had a kid pretty recently.

i don't think he's ever going to show up ripped like everyone's hoping, but i think this stuff is getting pretty overblown. right down to the dissection of every defensive play involving him.

you'd think lakers fans would be used to this, but, like kobe before him--opposing teams' fans hate this guy. because he kills them. over and over. he kills them whilst drinking beers and "smoking hookah". he kills them while not being laterally quick. he's going to keep killing them for a while, and nothing "catastrophic" is coming based on what people are saying.

you'd think he had a heroin habit the way people talk about it.

 

That over the shoulder no look to Austin camped out behind the arc was unreal. It’s one thing to try that pass, and yet something completely else to have it right on the money, guided into Austin’s shooting position like it was on a tractor beam!
I’ve honestly never have seen anything like it- not even from Magic.
Sure, the dude will never be on the cover of “Fitness” magazine, but he’s a top three player without it.

 

Kobe and LeBron drank wine… let Luka have a few beers. Guy dropped 19/15/12/3/2 in a bad game, getting his feet under him after an injury and life changing trade. It’s all a bit of an overblown joke.

 

This is all hilarious. Yeah, MJ was never touching booze or tobacco during the season. Who gives a bleep? And it's not lost on me that he's eastern European. He grew up basically in the same area as Vlade Divac who would rip heaters at half time and still balled out. Different way of life. Kukoc had wine before games. Who cares?

 

Im pretty sure drinking/partying/diet is somewhat of a problem. He gained bulk and not the good kind. Also when Micheal Finely took out the beer out of his hand was really telling. A vet taking beer away during a WCF decison?


A lot of us grew up being binge drinkers or at one point was or still is durin highschool, college, or what not. Thats what I'm seeing from all the clips (I was intrigued why they traded him away for a couple of bucks and some change). But That was really telling.


I hope its overblown, but a vet like finely taking away a beer from an honest celebration was weird. It aint a FO or Owner doing it, its a Vet that most likely sees a problem.

I'm not saying hes alcholic, could be that finely just didnt want him to be hung over and stay focused, but correct me if im wrong there was plenty of time for him to recover between the WCF and finals.


Its completely overblown as an excuse for the trade, but just wanted to say my 2 cents from the clips ive seen.


but with those numbers on a bad game i cant wait for the numbers on a GOOD game.

 

Yes, this is the thing too. If there were more asian players theyd also come across players with drinking and smoking habits as its embedded in most cultures.



The fact is where is the science? Yes, generally its better and i think Luka Should be more cut but making a player stop doing these things isnt really going to prolong their prime. From all the players an history its a lil luck and based on the individuals physique

 

Why Jokic never been accused of drinking beer ?
Porter Jr. said that over the summer, Nikola Jokic told him that all he did was drink six beers a day in Serbia. Despite Porter Jr. thinking that the two-time MVP didn't touch a basketball, he still feels that Jokic got even better as a player this year.

"Then he goes back-to-back MVP. Now, how is better this year, after we just won a championship? You go back to Serbia, I was just talking to him, 'Brother, I was drinking six beers a day.' He probably didn't touch a basketball

Yes it's picture from a few years ago,but we saw him at Olympics too

 

Im just afraid of the shaq scenario happening again. he just got bigger and bigger imagine he stayed athletic throughout his career.

 

Plus he's so young. If it really bites him, it'll be in 10 years. Worst case is Luka is dominant for 8+ years. Come on..

 

Is that LeBron or ?? in the tunnel with the 7 (??) on his gear that Luka has his arms up for?

 

yeah, telling me they were dumb enough to worry about a beer as they just got their a**** carried to the finals. the more i read about it, the more i think it was just a clash of personalities. and again, i think they bet the wrong way.

we argued about this before he was on our team, and i said the same thing.

sure, he could be in better shape, and i think he probably will be next year. but genes matter, and he's not going to be ripped. i also doubt he'll get serious about his body in the way fans want. but this is not a nit i care to pick.

jokic would be better if he borrowed lebron's or kobe's lifestyle (though kobe's early career diet was nothing to be emulated), but that's not him. and being himself has worked for him. we need to let luka be himself. and that's not letting "russ be russ" or somesuch. that's letting a 26-year old guy who's been first team all-nba almost every year of his career decide how to approach the game.

i say all this hoping that walking in every day watching lebron's dedication will rub off on him. he certainly has another gear he can get to, physically. but why let the perfect interfere with the all-time great?

 

It's a fair criticism of Luka. Look at his highlights from the bubble and how he was moving back then. If he could get back to something close to that fitness level, I think he'd be the best player in the world given how his game has grown since then.