Luka Doncic is coming into his first full season with the Los Angeles Lakers in one of the best form of his profession, and in response to assistant coach Greg St. Jean, LeBron James deserves credit score for serving to push the Slovenian celebrity to rework his physique.
“ what? I at all times discover this — iron sharpens iron,” St. Jean informed BasketNews. “Once you’re round actually good gamers, it’s similar to whenever you’re a coach, and also you’re round a extremely good coach. You may’t assist however be motivated to proceed to get higher at your craft.
“I feel Luka’s realized a bit bit from each nice participant he’s been round. And I do know he’s at all times seemed as much as LeBron.
“He’s at all times been anyone he’s actually admired. So I feel having these two collectively is clearly motivating. I feel it’s two-way motivating as nicely. I don’t assume it’s only a one-way road.”
The 26-year-old guard underwent a dramatic transformation this summer time, reportedly shedding greater than 31 kilos. His dedication got here simply months after he was traded from the Dallas Mavericks to Los Angeles in February, the place he now shares the ground with the 40-year-old James.
“I feel LeBron, you’ll be able to see, is working actually arduous as nicely. He’s up at 5 a.m., and he’s engaged on his physique as nicely,” St. Jean continued. “So, I feel our crew and our gamers — it’s not nearly these two guys — however I feel all people’s motivated to come back again and have a extremely good season.”
By way of three EuroBasket 2025 video games, Doncic is averaging 33.0 factors, 7.3 rebounds, 9.7 assists, and three.3 steals. He additionally turned simply the fifth participant in historical past to document a triple-double at EuroBasket, becoming a member of Stojko Vrankovic, Toni Kukoc, Rares Mandache, and Mateusz Ponitka.
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