Is Luka The Next LeBron?
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🗓️ 3 December 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Luka Doncic is one of the hottest players in the NBA right now, and the hype around the 20-year-old Slovenian is reaching a fever pitch. Some are now comparing him to LeBron, and he even got some high praise from King James on the court earlier this season. The Athletic’s Tim Cato traveled to Slovenia to try and understand what makes the Mavericks star tick, and he joins us to talk about Luka’s origins, how he is seen back home, and just how good this kid can become.
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| 0:00.0 | So, Anders, the hottest player in the NBA right now by pretty much all accounts is Luca |
| 0:12.3 | Donchich. |
| 0:13.3 | True. |
| 0:14.3 | On Sunday night, Luca and the Dallas Mavericks broke the 10-game winning streak of LeBron |
| 0:18.0 | James and the Lakers in Los Angeles. |
| 0:20.9 | Luca, guess LeBron, just stepped back. |
| 0:25.1 | The hype around Luca has been spiraling out of control bit lately, with people asking |
| 0:35.5 | if he's the next LeBron. |
| 0:38.2 | And he even got some high praise from King James himself after they met on the court earlier |
| 0:42.6 | this season, with LeBron saying, quote, keep going, effing bad mother, effer boy. |
| 0:49.4 | And LeBron also had this amazing grin on his face in that moment. |
| 0:52.8 | He was just so excited about how much Luca has been balling out. |
| 0:57.2 | What a moment here. |
| 1:00.4 | And remember, Luca is just 20 years old. |
| 1:04.0 | Before the season, the athletics Tim Cato traveled to Donchich's home country of Slovenia, |
| 1:09.6 | and he joined us today to talk about Luca's origins, how he seemed back home, and to discuss |
| 1:15.3 | just how good this kid can become. |
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