Lakers star Luke Donchich He will not play in the two pre -season games of the team this weekend, the team announced after his shooting on Friday.
Donchich will sit against Phoenix on Friday evening at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert and against the Golden Sunday warriors in San Francisco.
Lakers said that this was a joint decision made with the La's Performance team from his time, playing the Sloveni national team in the Eurobasket Tournament tournament this summer.
Lakers said that the plan is to be smart with the Donchik in the long run, when he grows for a regular season, which opens on October 21 against soldiers in Crypto.com Arena.
LeBron James, Marcus Smart (Achilles -Tendinopathy), Maxi Cleber and a newcomer Aduo Tiro (knee) will also not play against the sun.
Donchich played in his last game with Slovenia about a month ago, a game in which he scored 39 points, but his team was excluded by Germany in the quarter -finals of Eurobaska.
After training on Thursday, Donchich talked about Sitting your path In the training camp, preparing for the regular season after playing at the peak level for Slovenia.
“Yes, obviously, probably, you will need a little slower than usual,” Donchich said. “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. “
