After the Lakers lost in the opening round of the playoffs last year, Lakers head coach JJ Redick mentioned that the team needed to get into championship shape. Luka Dončić took that to heart, beginning his offseason training the next day.

His summer workouts got him into skinny Luka shape. Then he played for Slovenia in EuroBasket and was named to the FIBA EuroBasket All-Star Five and led the competition in scoring, averaging 34.7 points per game.

But how did his conditioning impact Luka’s game?

After all, Luka is already on the shortlist of the best players in the world. Even when he had some plump to him, he put up some gaudy numbers that seem impossible to usurp, even if he lost a little weight.

Luka knows his body better than we ever could and during Lakers media day, he explained

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