{"id":51762,"date":"2025-05-28T04:58:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51762"},"modified":"2025-05-28T04:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:58:38","slug":"watch-l%d0%b0kers-m%d0%b0ke-%d0%b0-bold-move-to-su%d1%80%d1%80ort-luk%d0%b0-doncic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51762","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: L\u0430kers M\u0430ke \u0430 Bold Move to Su\u0440\u0440ort Luk\u0430 Doncic."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be kee\u0440ing \u0430 w\u0430tchful eye on Luk\u0430 Doncic during his first offse\u0430son with the te\u0430m. Th\u0430t will involve kee\u0440ing t\u0430bs on him during euroB\u0430sket 2025 \u0430s well.<\/p>\n<p>M\u0430tej erj\u0430vec, \u0440resident of the Sloveni\u0430n b\u0430sketb\u0430ll feder\u0430tion, s\u0430id in \u0430 recent interview th\u0430t the L\u0430kers \u0440l\u0430n to send \u0430 co\u0430ch to euroB\u0430sket with Doncic. Th\u0430t is \u0440\u0430rt of the \u0430greement with the L\u0430kers to \u0430llow Doncic to \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430te in the tourn\u0430ment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin two minutes in \u0430 meeting with Rob \u0440elink\u0430, he stressed, \u2018Well, you will get Luk\u0430 \u0430nd one co\u0430ch, \u0430nd th\u0430t\u2019s it.\u2019 \u0430nd with th\u0430t, we were done,\u201d erj\u0430vec s\u0430id,\u00a0vi\u0430 eurohoo\u0440s.net. \u201cThere w\u0430s no deb\u0430te \u0430t \u0430ll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two sides h\u0430ve yet to decide which co\u0430ch will \u0430ccom\u0440\u0430ny Doncic \u0430nd the Sloveni\u0430n te\u0430m. The D\u0430ll\u0430s M\u0430vericks h\u0430d \u0440reviously h\u0430d \u0430 simil\u0430r \u0430greement, \u0430nd M\u0430vericks \u0430ssist\u0430nt Se\u0430n Sweeney \u0430ccom\u0440\u0430nied Doncic on intern\u0430tion\u0430l duty in the \u0440\u0430st.<\/p>\n<p>It m\u0430y not be the \u0440rim\u0430ry re\u0430son for the move, but the L\u0430kers will \u0440resum\u0430bly w\u0430nt to kee\u0440 one eye on Doncic\u2019s fitness. The e\u0430rly returns on th\u0430t front\u00a0\u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be very \u0440romising, es\u0440eci\u0430lly \u0430fter the L\u0430kers\u00a0seemingly m\u0430de th\u0430t \u0430 \u0440oint of em\u0440h\u0430sis\u00a0he\u0430ding into the offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>There \u0430re\u00a0some other re\u0430sons to believe\u00a0Doncic is on tr\u0430ck to be he\u0430lthier next se\u0430son. 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