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Image credit: Getty Images The Los Angeles Lakers made an early exit from the NBA playoffs after losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves, but their new player Luka Doncic isn\u2019t in the mood to sit idle and gain weight. Doncic is already looking slimmer in his latest appearances, and it has now been revealed that he will be playing for his home team Slovenia in the EuroBasket tournament during the offseason.<\/p>\n
Luka Doncic allowed to play for home team in Slovenia<\/p>\n
Matej Erjavec, president of the Slovenian Basketball Federation, has confirmed that the Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to send Luka Doncic to play for Slovenia during the offseason, but on the condition that he will be accompanied by a coach from the Lakers. Which coach will accompany Doncic to Slovenia has not been revealed. The matches will begin in August, with Slovenia facing Poland in their first game.\u201cWithin two minutes in a meeting with Rob Pelinka, he stressed, \u2018Well, you will get Luka and one coach, and that\u2019s it.\u2019 And with that, we were done. There was no debate at all,\u201d Erjavec said via Eurohoops.net.This is not the first time Doncic will be playing for his home team during the offseason. Even when he was a part of the Dallas Mavericks, there was a similar setup in place for him, and Dallas Mavericks assistant Sean Sweeney had accompanied Doncic to the tournament. Slovenia had won the 2017 EuroBasket tournament when Doncic played for them for the first time.Former Los Angeles Lakers player Markieff Morris recently shared his views on what he thinks is behind Doncic\u2019s better fitness. He said on First Take chat show, “When you\u2019re eating hotel food, you\u2019re getting in at 3 o\u2019clock in the morning in different cities, you have to eat at 4 o\u2019clock in the morning with a back-to-back. All that stuff takes a toll on your body. The stress of being in a long season, the stress of being traded midseason, it\u2019s just the things he went through last year.\u201dAlso Read: Luka Doncic steps out to watch a game in Spain; fans comment on his slimmer look: \u201cHe loses weight in off-season then gains it back\u201d<\/a>Doncic was recently spotted at the Real Madrid basketball game, and fans couldn\u2019t stop talking about how he was looking much fitter. He moved from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in February this year in a shocking trade.
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