Luka Dončić

[Mr.Espinoza ♔♔♔]

 

 

 

 

Luka Dončić (Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 28, 1999) is a Slovenian basketball player, who plays as an escort or forward in the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. A large player, in April 2015 he became the youngest Real Madrid Basketball player to debut in the ACB League (at the age of 16 years and 2 months), and the third youngest in the history of the competition .2 His performances at such an early age quickly placed him as one of the most important emerging players of his time and in Europe, 3 4 5 running as one of the first chosen of the 2018 NBA draft according to specialized portals.6 7 Indeed, he was chosen in the third position of the draft by Atlanta Hawks, who immediately transferred his rights to the Dallas Mavericks.8 He is the sixth European chosen in the top-3 in the entire history of the NBA9.

It was in the Euroleague where the player registered his best numbers, reaching in the 2017-18 season averages per game of 16 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocks for a 21.5 valuation. Its features include its versatility and that it can generate its own launches from any position. One of his specialties is the outside shot, to which he adds a great vision of play and athletic ability, also contributing in the rest of the facets on the track. You can play both base and escort.

Biography
His father is Saša Dončić, a former Serbian basketball player12 who came to compete with the Slovenian national team, and his mother is Mirjam Poterbin, ex-model and Slovenian sports dancer who was world champion with the Urska group.

Luka started practicing basketball, soccer and judo at six years old at Miran Jarc Elementary School in his hometown, Ljubljana. After opting for basketball, he joined the lower categories of the Košarkarski klub Union Olimpija.

Trajectory
Training stage

Luka Dončić in the lower categories of Real Madrid, being interviewed by the Club television.
In 2010 he began his career as a player in the lower categories of the Košarkarski klub Union Olimpija of his native Ljubljana. In April 2012 he won the MVP of the Lido di Roma Tournament, scoring 41 points in the semifinal and a triple-double of 54 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the final victory against the Società Sportiva Lazio Basket for 104-76 the interest of several clubs in Europe.14

At age 13, in September 2012, he became part of the Real Madrid Basketball quarry, signing a five-year training contract, until he came of age.15 Before that the player already trained with the Madrid players, In February 2012, as a loan for the Minicopa del Rey 2012. In the final he scored 20 points against the Football Club Barcelona, still only 12 years old.16

In his first season with the white team he won the Ciutat de l’Hospitalet Children's Tournament and was named MVP after obtaining 39 points and 10 rebounds against Manresa Basketball; 26 points, 9 rebounds, 7 steals and 5 assists against Club Joventut de Badalona and 25 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists in the final.17 Again he won the Minicopa del Rey de Vitoria-Gasteiz 2013, being designated MVP of the tournament with averages of 24.3 points, 12 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 6.3 steals and 40.3 valuation per game.18 In February, MVP of the Cadet International Tournament in Budapest was again proclaimed, with two years less than its rivals standing as one of the great promises of European basketball. 19

To his achievements in March he joined the title in the Spanish Children's Championship of Autonomous National Teams of Cádiz with the Madrid team after winning the Canary national team in the final by 60-59, a tournament in which he averaged more than 23 points and 9 rebounds , 20 and in June the Children's Spain Championship of Guadalajara with Real Madrid, who achieved the title 14 years after the last. Luka Dončić achieved 36 valuation points in the quarters against Club Málaga Basketball, 45 in the semifinal against F. C. Barcelona and 19 points and 14 rebounds in the final against Canterbury Idecnet