As the Los Angeles Lakers start to turn their attention toward the upcoming 2025-26 NBA season, superstar Luka Doncic has been keeping busy by participating in the EuroBasket tournament, where he is representing his native Slovenia. Earlier this week, Doncic eviscerated Italy to the tune of 42 points to help Slovenia advance, overcoming an injury he suffered earlier in the game in the process.

On Tuesday, Doncic was nominated for the best defender award at EuroBasket, alongside fellow NBA players Goga Bitadze and Isaac Bonga.

Defense of course has been a point of concern for Doncic throughout his career and was blamed as the main culprit for why Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison inexplicably traded him to the Lakers in early February.

Doncic didn't exactly prove Har

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