How much weight has Luka Doncic lost since last summer?
In his first game with the Slovenian national team in preparation for EuroBasket, he looked every bit as fit as he has appeared to be in recent photos and dropped 19 points and five assists in 24 minutes. He also seemed to be moving around the court with a little more ease than he did last season after he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, when he was clearly laboring.
Some may be wondering how much weight Doncic has lost. According to a source, he has shed 30 pounds since last summer, per Ashish Mathur of Dallas Hoops Journal.
"NBA superstar Luka Dončić of the Los Angeles Lakers has lost 30 pounds since last summer, a league source told DallasHoopsJournal.com," Mathur wrote.
"Dončić was listed at 230 pounds with the Dallas Mavericks and Lakers last season. He's at 200 pounds right now, the source said."
The 2024 scoring champ received a lot of criticism for being fat and out of shape, especially after the February trade that brought him to L.A. Part of that criticism had to do with his diet and other poor habits he had off the court.
However, he has adopted a stringent diet and committed himself to a robust fitness and conditioning program. As a result, the Doncic we see from now on could be significantly improved, even if his basic stats don't seem to improve a whole lot.
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