His opponents at the time were up to ten years old, as Dončić reflected: "I was always training and playing with older kids who had much more experience than me. At age seven, he began playing organized basketball at a primary school in Ljubljana. He played various sports in his childhood, including football, which he later quit after growing too tall. Īccording to his family, Dončić first touched a basketball when he was seven months old and frequently played with a miniature hoop in his room by age one. His parents filed for divorce in 2008, with custody and legal guardianship granted to his mother. His mother is Slovenian, and his father is a Slovenian of Serbian descent from Kosovo. He would later help his country win its first EuroBasket title in 2017 while also being named to the All-Tournament Team.ĭončić was born in Ljubljana to Mirjam Poterbin, an owner of beauty salons, and Saša Dončić, a basketball coach and former player. ĭončić made his senior debut for Slovenia in 2016 at only 17 years of age. He is the Mavericks' franchise leader in career triple-doubles. In his next four seasons, he was selected to the NBA All-Star game and named to the All-NBA First Team. He was selected unanimously to the NBA All-Rookie First Team and won Rookie of the Year for the 2018–19 season. In 2018, Dončić declared for the NBA draft, where he was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks and then traded to the Dallas Mavericks. In addition, he was selected to the EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team. ![]() Dončić was named the ACB Most Valuable Player and won back-to-back EuroLeague Rising Star and ACB Best Young Player awards. He led Madrid to the 2018 EuroLeague title, winning the EuroLeague MVP and the Final Four MVP. In 2015 he made his debut for the academy's senior team at age 16, becoming the youngest in club history. īorn in Ljubljana, Dončić shone as a youth player for Union Olimpija before joining the youth academy of Real Madrid. He also plays for the Slovenia national team and is regarded as one of the greatest European players of all time. Luka Dončić ( / ˈ d ɒ n tʃ ɪ tʃ/ DON-chich Slovene: born February 28, 1999) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Sports Illustrated Breakout of the Year (2019).EB Next Generation Tournament MVP ( 2015).EB Next Generation Tournament champion ( 2015).FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion ( 2015). ![]() 2× Trofeo Costa de Sol champion (2016, 2017).I wouldn't expect even Steph Curry not to see a significant drop off in shooting accuracy. It's actually mind boggling that people seem to think having an injured dominant hand with a brace on it didnt affect a basketball players performance. I'd bet my house that if our PGs went down now it'd look a hell of alot better than it did then. I'm not saying he's ready to run a heliocentric offense yet, but the stretch of bad play happened to coincide with having an injured/braced dominant hand as much as missing PGs, and it continued for a bit when Brogdon came back til the brace was off. There's a reason his handle looked shaky and he'd lose the ball on wide open fastbreaks for no reason, his jumper and passes were way off, and now suddenly he's crossing guys into the Shadow Realm, automatic from mid, and his 3s are on point and this stretch took all of 1 game after the brace came off to begin. Now imagine having to play professional basketball at the highest level, having to shoot with it when the ball sits in your hand different, your hand flexes different cuz of the brace, and your dominant hand is injured to boot. Like imagine having to do your job with a brace on your dominant hand, and how it would change. It's clear his handle, passing, and obviously shooting has gotten way better since it came off. I don't think people realize how much that hand brace was affecting his game. ![]() If you take those averages over any 5-game span in NBA history and sort it by players who are 20-years-old or younger, this is that you get: ![]() Over the last 5 games, Shaedon Sharpe is averaging:
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