On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Lakers kicked off their 2025-26 NBA season with a relatively uncompetitive loss to the Golden State Warriors at home. It was a masterpiece performance, at least on offense, for Luka Doncic , who poured in 43 points in his first season opener for the Lakers, but he wasn't able to get much help from his Los Angeles teammates en route to the loss.

One of the big storylines coming into this season for the Lakers was Doncic's apparent weight loss, and recently, NBA insider Rachel Nichols stopped by FS1's the Herd w/Colin Cowherd to break down her thoughts.

“He said that with the weight loss, he definitely found it easier to move around. He got back on defense more easily, you saw that last night, and he talked about attacking the paint more as well. He had

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