Luka Doncic of Lakers Easoning in the training field after hectic offseason

The plan, Luka Doncic said on Thursday after the third day of training of the Lakers, is “a little slower” during these sessions, so it does not totally tax her body after a summer of circles with the national team of her country.

About a month ago, Doncic and Slovenia were eliminated from the 2025 Eurobasket in the quarterfinals of Germany, his 39 points not enough to save a victory.

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Doncic, who reduced this offseason, had played at a top level then, but now he and Lakers want to facilitate him in things with the hope of avoiding injuries.

“Yes, obviously you probably take it a little slower than the usual,” said Doncic, who will play in the first game of Lakers’ presetson on Friday evening against the Phoenix Suns in the Desert of Palm. “I spent a demanding summer. I think that month, month and a half I was with the national team. So, it was a bit. But this prepared me for the preblical and obviously the regular season. So, for me, I think it really helps.”

This field for the Lakers and Doncic is about being in the form of the form, something that the coach JJ Redick stressed after being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

It means more exercises, more features, more effort.

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“Yes, we just talked about today,” said Doncic. “It is not just a physical form. It is also a mental form. So, this type goes in both ways. Both are very important. We are practicing. It has been fantastic. Everyone is in excellent shape. Everyone works a lot, so it has been fantastic so far.”

In the first three days of the field, the Lakers saw Doncic dominate.

They saw his creativity, his ability to find teammates from all places on the pitch.

“Yes. I think I just remembered his greatness,” said Gabe Vincent. “He sees the floor so well. He could score from anywhere on the floor. It is always a threat. But he does an excellent job in commanding the defenses. He gets all 10 eyes on him and sees the floor and does a good reading nine times out of 10.”

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However, there are times when the Lakers are learning to play together with Doncic. They are learning his style, which can help them only during the regular season

“Yes, I think a little,” Vincent said. “But as if you don’t really see Luka like a premeditated individual, do you know what I mean? It is very so reading and reactive, so you have to read and react with him. So I see it that way. [James is] Quite similar also in that path. So surely he is still learning him, learning what he likes and he doesn’t like it. And only by playing at its level. “

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From the end of last season, Reddick’s mantra was for his form in shape.

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To this end, at the end of the third day of training of the Lakers, Reddick pushed his players where they had to run for six minutes, 10 minutes and six minutes.

“I don’t know if I like it right now for what we have just finished training with,” Reddick joked.

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Apparently, Vincent said, it was not a problem for him and his teammates.

“I told JJ one or two weeks ago, I said:” If we all hate you, but we all hate you collectively, it’s fantastic, “said Vincent.” So as long as we find ourselves together. … obviously nobody wants to run at the end of a long practice. But we know the goal we have prepared for ourselves and we know what we are trying to go on and we embraced it all, we did everyone and we all improved for this. “

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Update of accidents

Redick said that James, Maxi Kleber (Quad), Marcus Smart (Achilles tendinopathy) and Aduo Tiero (knee) will not play against the suns.

Redick said that Kleber had a magnetic resonance imaging and that “a few days will come out”.

“It’s a very small thing with his quad,” said Reddick. “But we will be cautious with him, just like all our kids will do right now.”

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.