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Reddick doesn’t play a center against Rudy then complains the guys aren’t in shape

after the bench scored a whopping 4 points and zero defense

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    Welp. I’ve learned over the last couple of days that Luka is in peak physical condition, is one of the best defenders in the league, and doesn’t hunt fouls. Thanks for the education everyone. I think

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8 hours ago, Derka said:

 

Love my boy...always will.

But this aint the summer we seen this.  I hope he stays this way the whole time.

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6 hours ago, Derka said:

 

One of the 2 reasons I don't mind him being gone is shit like this being reported every summer, AND his IDIOTIC Stans who think he can do no wrong.

Having said that, he's STILL my fave player and I hate Nico for trading him...I want him back.

6 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Lakers fan here.   Any chance Lukas width was actually helpful?

His size is a plus honestly...he'll NEVER be the quicker guy he was as a rookie.

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Check out who's on the cover of men's health this month......

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its too bad it took trading him for him to get his ass in gear.  

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

its too bad it took trading him for him to get his ass in gear.  

Old Luka in LA was considered a fat.  
 

 

here’s my worry.  Even with the weight loss he’s not going to be absurdly quick or athletic.  Maybe he needed the thickness for balance and distancing.  

2 hours ago, dcar00 said:

its too bad it took trading him for him to get his ass in gear.  

Revenge Bod. Tale as old as time 

1 hour ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Old Luka in LA was considered a fat.  
 

 

here’s my worry.  Even with the weight loss he’s not going to be absurdly quick or athletic.  Maybe he needed the thickness for balance and distancing.  

it is more about him being able to go 100% for longer in a game which, in theory, will help him defensively.  he certainly modified his effort when he needed to, to stay in a game.

maybe you get rid of 30 bad pounds and add back 10 good pounds.  I think it will help his outside shooting also.

2 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Old Luka in LA was considered a fat.  
 

 

here’s my worry.  Even with the weight loss he’s not going to be absurdly quick or athletic.  Maybe he needed the thickness for balance and distancing.  

Reading the article would give an answer to this comment.

9 hours ago, dcar00 said:

its too bad it took trading him for him to get his ass in gear.  

He was only 25 years old when he was traded. This was always eventually going to happen. Luka is too a fierce a competitor for him to stay fat. Nico's dumbass just accelerated the process. People forget that Jokic was fat at one time, and then suddenly he wasn't. 

7 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Old Luka in LA was considered a fat.  
 

 

here’s my worry.  Even with the weight loss he’s not going to be absurdly quick or athletic.  Maybe he needed the thickness for balance and distancing.  

go back and watch videos of his rookie year. He didnt need to be fat to "balance" himself out. If anything being fat forced him refine his midrange game. now he's going to have that refined midrange and be back to his exceptional deceleration and super herky jerky style he played with in his first 2 years.  

21 hours ago, dcar00 said:

its too bad it took trading him for him to get his ass in gear.  

Yeah, he forced Nico's hand lol.

its too bad it took trading him for him to get his ass in gear.  

5x first team All-NBA. What a loser
8 hours ago, Fastbreak said:


5x first team All-NBA. What a loser

well yeah fuck Nico but why couldn't Donic get in this kind of shape while playing for the Mavs? what changed?

11 hours ago, dcar00 said:

well yeah fuck Nico but why couldn't Donic get in this kind of shape while playing for the Mavs? what changed?

Maybe he let himself go because Nico didn't love him enough.

I think weight loss is probably one of the conditions the Lakers have before extending him also.

15 hours ago, dcar00 said:

well yeah fuck Nico but why couldn't Donic get in this kind of shape while playing for the Mavs? what changed?

Did you not become a more serious person in your mid-late twenties and after you got married and had a kid than you were in your early twenties without a kid? We’ve seen some version of this 1000 times. The difference is that none of those guys were great *before* they got serious. 

 

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4 hours ago, kevwun said:

I think weight loss is probably one of the conditions the Lakers have before extending him also.

probably a good guess...

Haven't we heard this same story the previous two offseasons? Come January, we'll see if it was Luka or Photoshop doing the heavy lifting.

He took a shorter deal to set him up for a 5/$400M deal in 2028, which is nuts. 

On 7/28/2025 at 2:01 PM, Js1 said:

Revenge Bod. Tale as old as time 

Was just coming to say the same.  Guy gets dumped, hits the gym and slims down/bulks up.  We'll see how it affects his game, probably will be good, hopefully doesn't ding his durability.

Hell of a job by his representation. There’s no way the lakers wanted to only give him 3 years.  You know, unless they have concerns about his defense and conditioning. lol. 

So how much money did he lose due to the trade?  Wasn't he eligible for something like 5 years and 320 million with Dallas?

4 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

So how much money did he lose due to the trade?  Wasn't he eligible for something like 5 years and 320 million with Dallas?

Sounds like little to nothing, relatively. 55 per for 3 vs 65 per for 5.  Those 2 open years should make up some or all of the difference, assuming he gets more than 65 aav on his next contract. 

On 7/29/2025 at 10:45 PM, dcar00 said:

well yeah fuck Nico but why couldn't Donic get in this kind of shape while playing for the Mavs? what changed?

He's on Ozempic or Wegovy or something similar.  This is the reverse steriods from all the guys in the 90's that suddenly showed up buff and then played dumb.   I just been working out man.  

Yeah right, and Luka Doncic is getting slim from intermittent fasting.  GTFouttahere.

58 minutes ago, SameSame said:

He's on Ozempic or Wegovy or something similar.  This is the reverse steriods from all the guys in the 90's that suddenly showed up buff and then played dumb.   I just been working out man.  

Yeah right, and Luka Doncic is getting slim from intermittent fasting.  GTFouttahere.

I mean a guy in his 20s that plays a sport where you have to sprint, jump and move laterally for extended periods of time could probably just cut back to 4k cals a day and lose a shitload of weight.

1 hour ago, SameSame said:

He's on Ozempic or Wegovy or something similar.  This is the reverse steriods from all the guys in the 90's that suddenly showed up buff and then played dumb.   I just been working out man.  

Yeah right, and Luka Doncic is getting slim from intermittent fasting.  GTFouttahere.

Do you know how ozempic makes you lose weight?  You stop eating so much. It’s not some miracle of modern science. 

Something that makes people in America stop eating so much, lose weight rapidly, and with pretty much no side effects, is definitely a miracle of modern science.

47 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

Do you know how ozempic makes you lose weight?  You stop eating so much. It’s not some miracle of modern science. 

I should have said 'naturally intermittent fasting' before the biggest eye roll ever.

11 hours ago, Not a cat said:

I mean a guy in his 20s that plays a sport where you have to sprint, jump and move laterally for extended periods of time could probably just cut back to 4k cals a day and lose a shitload of weight.

Back in the ‘70s, I read a book in the school library by Dave DeBusschere, where he said he was getting heavy mid season and losing his hops (not his phrasing). He started a pre-practice routine of jumping up to touch the rim 20 times in a row, and cut beer consumption in half, and got back in shape in no time. 

13 hours ago, statsman said:

Back in the ‘70s, I read a book in the school library by Dave DeBusschere, where he said he was getting heavy mid season and losing his hops (not his phrasing). He started a pre-practice routine of jumping up to touch the rim 20 times in a row, and cut beer consumption in half, and got back in shape in no time. 

Fin Dawg was right

 

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Why the heck is he playing some dumb tournament anyway? I am surprised Lakers allow that. 
 

Is this some kind of olympics affiliated deal?

just seems crazy to risk injury for this tourney. 

1 hour ago, BrazilHorn said:

Why the heck is he playing some dumb tournament anyway? I am surprised Lakers allow that. 
 

Is this some kind of olympics affiliated deal?

just seems crazy to risk injury for this tourney. 

Are you familiar with European basketball at all? Dirk played German olympics/Euro basketball whenever it counted. Weby will do the same for France for his entire career. Doncic has played year round for Real Madrid/Mavs/Slovenia since he was 16 years old. 

2 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Are you familiar with European basketball at all? Dirk played German olympics/Euro basketball whenever it counted. Weby will do the same for France for his entire career. Doncic has played year round for Real Madrid/Mavs/Slovenia since he was 16 years old. 

If this is olympic qualifying i get it. If random euro exhibition tournament then I don’t 

16 hours ago, BrazilHorn said:

If this is olympic qualifying i get it. If random euro exhibition tournament then I don’t 

It's a matter of national pride dude is a hero over there and the most famous person in the country. Also you think American players don't play some form of basketball in the offseason to train?

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