The Los Angeles Lakers continue to stack wins early in the 2025-26 season. Their biggest headline this week, though, didn’t come from a box score. It came from a practice clip that lit up social media. A lighthearted exchange between Luka Doncic and Rui Hachimura went viral on Tuesday. It showcased not just humor, but the elite chemistry powering the Lakers ’ 10–4 start.

The moment began when Doncic, off camera, repeatedly shouted “RUI! RUI!” in mock desperation during a post-practice media session.

Hachimura turned around bewildered, before delivering a perfectly timed jab : “Luka is crazy. Why is he calling my name? What does he want? … He never went to school, you know that, right?”

The joke referenced Doncic’s early decision to forgo a traditional schooling path in Sloveni

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