Luka Dončić Discussion - Year 2

Post #1361 » by **Dirk** » Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:04 am

March 11, doing this

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BlueSan · Post #1362 » by **BlueSan** » Sun May 10, 2020 9:55 am

Just wanted to update you all with a bit of not so good news.

When NBA eventually resumes (as a continuation or a new season) Do not expect Luka to be in good shape, rather expect that to be one of the main problems.

Just giving you heads up about it

Mike lorenzo · Post #1363 » by **Mike lorenzo** » Sun May 10, 2020 10:53 am

Luka is 20 years old, he is a stud and he has an absolutely beautiful girlfriend, he is sure to stay active in confinement .... seriously he is very young the body responds well and also his game is more based on talent than purely physical ... I prefer to be positive

wolfram · Post #1364 » by **wolfram** » Sun May 10, 2020 2:31 pm

What are you talking about, I saw him play tennis :lol:

Post #1365 » by **Dirk** » Sun May 10, 2020 3:45 pm

BlueSan wrote:Just wanted to update you all with a bit of not so good news.

When NBA eventually resumes (as a continuation or a new season) Do not expect Luka to be in good shape, rather expect that to be one of the main problems.

Just giving you heads up about it

Mike lorenzo wrote:Luka is 20 years old, he is a stud and he has an absolutely beautiful girlfriend, he is sure to stay active in confinement .... seriously he is very young the body responds well and also his game is more based on talent than purely physical ... I prefer to be positive

wolfram wrote:What are you talking about, I saw him play tennis

Before, when the season was going on, the talk was "Luka tired, he can't handle a full season". Now he has a long time to rest "Out of shape".

In all seriousness, whenever the NBA gets back... and if they get back to finish this season, they will have some sort of "pre-season" preparation. They won't go back to immediately playing games.

Surely Luka is working out adequately to keep in shape and then when he gets back to the US, they'll probably have a couple of weeks to prepare. Ideally, he is doing more than "just keeping in shape" though. One thing we know --- the ankles and the finger injury should be 100% with all the rest.

By the way, good to know that things are controlled in Slovenia.

Don7 · Post #1366 » by **Don7** » Sun May 10, 2020 5:07 pm

few hours ago

playing football,tennis,basketball

He's going to be in better shape than most people stuck in states.

wolfram · Post #1367 » by **wolfram** » Sun May 10, 2020 8:17 pm

Don7 wrote:few hours ago

playing football,tennis,basketball

He's going to be in better shape than most people stuck in states.

Is there supposed to be a picture?

Don7 · Post #1368 » by **Don7** » Mon May 11, 2020 1:43 pm

Um...yeah?

Mike lorenzo · Post #1369 » by **Mike lorenzo** » Tue May 19, 2020 5:59 pm

Luka has a star, one of those guys who always fall on his feet, he has been very lucky for Dallas to bet so hard on him, that they would give him the keys, to have Carlisse at DIRK, I suppose they knew but it is not usual for a child to good that it is, played almost from the beginning so many minutes in a dominant team in Europe, because up to that he was lucky since Rudy and Llull (stars in Europe) were injured .. of course all this accompanied by a talent that I never saw in Europe at such a precocious age or perhaps at no age, what I am trying to say is that I believe that he is blessed and we are facing the future best European player in history .... Enjoy it !!

BlueSan · Post #1370 » by **BlueSan** » Mon May 25, 2020 4:21 pm

https://ibb.co/whx0rK9

Here is our top shape Luka

wolfram · Post #1371 » by **wolfram** » Tue May 26, 2020 6:29 am

What do you see in this picture, because all I can see is he sweats a lot.

Post #1372 » by **Dirk** » Tue May 26, 2020 10:52 am

wolfram wrote:What do you see in this picture, because all I can see is he sweats a lot.

Just doesn't seem like Luka will ever look ripped and athletic. He pretty much just looks like a an average guy (discounting his size of course). Bluesan is constantly depressed about Luka's ability to sustain a full season at a high level, so unless Luka starts to look like Hulk, it won't change.

dirkforpres · Post #1373 » by **dirkforpres** » Tue May 26, 2020 4:01 pm

BlueSan wrote:https://ibb.co/whx0rK9

Here is our top shape Luka

He looks the same to me, which is good.

He is never going to be ripped like Lebron... Neither was Dirk, and that worked out ok for us as well

BlueSan · Post #1374 » by **BlueSan** » Tue May 26, 2020 9:33 pm

It is not that, I told you I got info from people being close to Luka after NBA got canceled and he ain't exactly doing hardcore preparations and not saying the rest of the NBA is. But saying that definitely you would want to see that from your top guy and one of the top players and prospects of the NBA. That is all.

Especially since we know some of the others are definitely doing just that.

And I am not even talking about him lifting or whatever cause there is no time for that, that's what you are doing in between the seasons and would actually mess up with his preparation. I am talking about his preparations for resuming the season and meanwhile letting himself go.

I am not depressed, but I am disappointed I admit that, I want Luka to be great, but to be great you need to work your ass off

Oscar9992 · Post #1375 » by **Oscar9992** » Wed Jun 3, 2020 11:52 am

Luka has been working out in for couple of weeks and fully recovered from wrist injury. He was playing with injuries before season postpone, now he is fully recovered.

Don7 · Post #1376 » by **Don7** » Thu Jun 4, 2020 6:27 pm

Post #1377 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Jun 5, 2020 4:34 am

Don7 wrote:

Luka is looking good. Putting in the hard work for a playoff run.

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wolfram · Post #1378 » by **wolfram** » Fri Jun 5, 2020 6:35 am

My feeling is, he is invested and works everyday on his body. But it's not like some other dudes, who work really really hard. He is not there yet mentally. And it's ok I guess, he has time to progress. Yesterday his conditioning coach was talking about his effort and I heard in his voice it's good but not great. That's also what I heard from people who were around. He doesn't really like conditioning training.
They workout 2 hours per day and then in the afternoon they play ball or tennis.

Oscar9992 · Post #1379 » by **Oscar9992** » Fri Jun 5, 2020 2:02 pm

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leolozon · Post #1380 » by **leolozon** » Fri Jun 5, 2020 5:27 pm

He has such a big frame, I wonder if he shouldn't defend PF. He seems to have a larger frame than Kleiber or Powell, and maybe it's foolish to think that he'll ever become slim enough to defend smaller-faster players.