Lakers All In with Luka Dončić while Jeanie Buss and Rob Pelinka travel to Poland to see him play for Slovenia
The front office of the Los Angeles Lakers is 100 % behind the superstar Luka Dončić and his decision to represent his native country Slovenia in the Eurobasket tournament of 2025. The governor of the team Jeanie Buss and the president of the basketball operations Rob Pelinka were available in Poland to watch Dončić and the final tests of the team in Slovenia before the tournament.
“It’s an easy choice,” said Dončić. “I always want to represent my country. It has always done so. It doesn’t matter. Obviously, if I’m injured, I won’t play, but if I have nothing, I will always play.”
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Pelinka said that the franchise wants Dončić to know he should have his shoulders, so to speak, and that everyone supports him while he represents his country. Together with Pelinka and Buss there were Kurt and Linda Rambis, together with the director of the performance and health of the players, Dr. Leroy Sims. Dončić modified his knee during the heating program of Slovenia, from which he has been eliminated since then to return, but the Lakers are not worried.
“We just wanted to make a statement to Luka that we support what does for his country. It is really important for the Lakers when we have a player who is the face of our franchise, just to show that support for him,” said Pelinka.
“And it’s nice to see him with his teammates, interacting, having fun. As you said, he is in great shape, he really committed himself to working hard this summer and in order to be able to see him in person that it was worth flying on the ocean to come with him.”
On August 3, Dončić signed a three -year and $ 165 million extension with the Lakers following a successful trade for franchise last season. The Lakers sent Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a choice of the first round in exchange for Dončić, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris in an agreement to three teams that also included the Utah Jazz.
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The five-time selection All-Nba was on average 28.2 points, 8.2 tables and 7.7 assists for the game that embrace its time with the Maverks and Lakers last season.
After the trade, the Maverick continued to win the first overall choice in the 2025 NBA draft through the lottery, selecting consent no. 1 Prospect Cooper Flagg from Duke.
While the Lakers focus on the victory of a championship with Dončić and Lebron James, they are completely on board with the participation of Dončić in the Eurobasket tournament of 2025. As long as he is healthy, Dončić will represent his country and the Lakers will continue to support the effort, in particular following its transformation out of season aimed at an improvement in conditioning for the next season NBA 2025-26.