Plan, Luke Donchich He said on Thursday after Lakers“The third day of the training camp is“ a little slower ”during these sessions so that he does not fully tax his body after the summer of the game of hoops with the national team of his country.
About a month ago, Donchich and Slovenia were destroyed from Eurobaska in 2025 in the quarter -finals of Germany, 39 points are not enough to save the victory.
Donchich, who plunged into this off -season, then played at the peak level, but now he and Lakers want to soften him in things with the hope of avoiding injuries.
“Yes, obviously, it is likely to be a little slower than usual,” said Donsich, who will play in the first pre -season game Lakers on Friday evening against the “Phoenix” in Palm Detros. “I had a stressful summer. I think that a month, a month and a half I was in the national team. So it was quite a lot. But this prepared me for the pre -season and, obviously, regular season. Therefore, for me, I think, it really helps. “
This camp for Lakers and Donchik-all about being in the shape of a top, something coach JJ Redick They are emphasized after they were eliminated in the first round of the play -off by the Minnesotsky Timber Volvas.
This meant more training, more running, more effort.
“Yes, we just said today,” Donchich said. “This is not only a physical form. This is also a mental form. So, it seems like in both directions. Both are very important. We are engaged in practice. That was great. Everything is in great shape. Everyone runs a lot, so it was great. ”
During the first three days of the camp, Lakers saw Donchich dominated by.
They saw his work, his ability to find teammates from all places on the site.
“Yes. I think they just reminded me of his own greatness, ”said Gabe Vincent. “He sees the floor so well. He could score from anywhere in the floor. It always poses a threat. But he does such a good job by order of defense. He gets all 10 eyes on him, and he sees the floor, and he read well nine times out of 10. “
Nevertheless, there are times when Lakers learn to play with the Donchik. They study his style that can help them only during the regular season
“Yes, I think a little,” Vincent said. “But, as if I really do not see Luke as a deliberate person, do you understand what I mean? He reads and reacts very much, so you must read and react with it. So I see it. He is tall IQ. LeBron [James is] Pretty similar in this route. So, he is still studying him, he studies what he likes and does not like. And I just play at my level. ”
Once in the form
Since the end of the last season, the mantra from Radik has been for his team in the form of the championship.
To this end, at the end of the third day of the Lakers training camp, Redik pushed his players in which they had to run within six minutes, 10 minutes and six minutes.
“I don’t know if they like me right now for what we just finished practicing,” Radik joked.
Apparently, Vincent said, this was not a problem for him and his teammates.
“I told JJ about a week or two ago, I said:“ If we all hate you, but we all hate you collectively, it's great, ”Vincent said. “So, while we are together in this … It is obvious that no one wants to run in the end of a long practice. But we know the goal that we set for ourselves, and we know that we are trying to move forward, and we all accepted it, we all received, and we all became better for this. ”
Update injuries
Redik said that James, Maxi Cleber (Quad), Marcus Smart (Achilles Tendinopathy) and Aduo Tiro (knee) will not play against the sun.
Redik said that Cleber had an MRI exam, and that “he will be released for several days.”
“This is a very insignificant thing with its ATV,” Radik said. “But we will be careful with him, just like we will now be all our guys.”
