As Slovenia continues to build up toward EuroBasket, Luka Dončić is continuing to come along slowly. After playing in just one of their opening two warm-up games last weekend, Luka will again play in just one game this weekend, as he will sit out Friday’s game against Lithuania.
He will, however, play on Saturday against Latvia.
Luka played against Germany in Slovenia’s first exhibition game and looked great, scoring 19 points despite not playing much of the second half. However, he sat out the rematch two days later. By sitting out Friday’s game, he’ll have taken a little more than a week off between games.
Considering the sheer number of warm-up games Slovenia scheduled, it always seemed likely Luka was going to sit out more than one of them. At the same time, he will likely need to s