2:23pm: Doncic has a right knee contusion, Marc Stein tweets. He’ll remain with the Slovenian national team and compete in EuroBasket, Woike tweets.
1:30pm: Lakers superstar Luka Doncic apparently avoided a serious injury after a Slovenian teammate fell on his right leg during an exhibition game on Saturday, Dan Woike of The Athletic tweets.
Early in the second half, Gregor Hrovat fell on Doncic’s knee during a defensive play, according to Eurohoops.net. Doncic was able to head to the locker room on his own power but did not return to the game. Doncic, who scored 26 points against Latvia during the first half, did return to the bench to watch his Slovenian teammates collect a 100-88 victory.
It remains to be seen how this will impact Doncic’s status for the EuroBasket tournament. Slovenia is scheduled to play its tourney opener against Poland on Aug. 28. They’ll also face France, Belgium, Iceland and Israel.
Doncic signed a three-year max extension with the Lakers earlier this month.
That’s why he just gets out of the way on Defense, its to avoid injury.
I avoided a serious injury too, walked to the store cars could hit me.
Who cares if he plays defense. He is paid to score, save his energy for that.
Nico was right all along,you don’t want expensive fragile porcelain in your house
Yes, someone falling on your knee makes you porcelain, lol!
When you not fit to avoid those situations,it makes you porcelain
LOL… it’s not your fault for being a fool… my fault for responding to your nonsense!!!
Well said. That take was ridiculous
When you have nothing to say constructive,don’t call it a respond
Some people show their lack of bball knowledge w their comments. Luka in the best shape ever. It probably helped him avoid a serious injury. Defense isn’t optional. It’s what sets the great ones from the good ones