Luka Doncic’s body transformation has gotten a lot of attention ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers 2025-26 NBA season.
Luka Doncic committed himself to his fitness and got into terrific shape ahead of Slovenia’s EuroBasket tournament.
Doncic’s new physique propelled him to total domination with Slovenia and gave Los Angeles Lakers fans a sense of hope going into the season.
Doncic will be asked to do most of the heavy lifting for Los Angeles with LeBron James by his side.
Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesLeBron James says Luka Doncic had a great summer with Slovenia, ‘hopefully we carry it on to the season’
James hadn’t talked about Doncic throughout the summer and didn’t really highlight what he was doing during Slovenia’s run.
James’ future with the Lakers has been in question with off the court rumors circulating.
However, at Lakers media day James finally broke his silence. James stated that he hasn’t talked to Doncic about his body transformation.
“No, I have not. I have not got an opportunity to talk to him. I probably won’t even bring it up. Listen, the proof is in the pudding.
“Everybody looks at it from a basketball aspect, but I hope he’s just happy about how he feels. I mean that’s the most important, how he feels. And every day he wakes up, I think he’s in a great place.
“He had a great summer, you know, EuroBasket with Slovenia, hopefully we carry it on to the season, James added.
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“Obviously, his talent is what I expected to be, what he was going to add to our team I expected.
“Obviously, I had already known him personally, so there was no surprise there. He’s a great, unbelievable young man, and he’s going to bring excitement to any franchise.
“The adjustment that’s always the hardest thing to do for any team, any team that makes a trade during the season, mid season is going to be an adjustment.
“And we had that adjustment period. We had some good times. We have some not so good times.
“But I’m looking forward to now having day one training camp, just knowing exactly right from the jump, this is how we’re going to play. So super excited about that.”
Luka Doncic could be in MVP conversations for 2025-26 NBA season
If Doncic can stay fit and healthy, he should have a huge year with the Lakers and could even wind up in the MVP race.
In 28 regular-season games with the Lakers last season, he averaged 28.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists.
He got more comfortable as the season went on and had a strong postseason with Los Angeles, averaging 30.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.8 assists in five games against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Doncic has already shown that he can lead a team to the NBA Finals and now he’s looking to do the same with the Lakers.