Luka Doncic didn't really have time to get out of playing shape after leading Slovenia at the EuroBasket tournament coming off a trip to the Western Conference finals with the Dallas Mavericks.
— Luka Doncic didn't really have time to get out of playing shape after leading Slovenia at the EuroBasket tournament coming off a Therefore, the topic on the eve of training camp was how to ease the young superstar into the NBA season, quite the contrast to a year ago when Doncic was criticized for appearing to be out of shape as the Mavericks started slowly.
"We're going to start a little light," coach Jason Kidd said."Luka loves to play basketball, and so he's ready to go. We want just to start slow. This is a marathon, and he just got done playing." Dallas knocked off Utah in the first round despite Doncic missing the first three games with a calf strain and blew out defending West champ Phoenix on the road in Game 7 in the second round before losing to Golden State in five games in the conference finals.
Now the Mavericks have to figure out how to make another run without Jalen Brunson, the point guard who surged from backing up Doncic to starting alongside him and playing a huge role without him in winning two of three against the Jazz. "I'm happy to try to co-pilot with a top five, probably, player in the NBA and try to improve on last year," said Dinwiddie, acquired in a midseason trade that sent Kristaps Porzingis to Washington."I think we have the talent to do that."
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