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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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A newly slimmed-down Luka Doncic has the NBA world buzzing, but will it actually make him a better player on the court? We debate the impact of "Luka 2.0," plus our panel reveals which superstars are the absolute hardest to rank heading into next season.

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0:00.0	Luca Donchich is looking schveld in a magazine profile. Are we buying Luca 2.0? Our Locked On local
0:07.6	hosts are putting together their NBA top 100 for next season, which players are Matt and Hayes having the toughest time ranking.
0:15.3	That's all today on Lockdown NBA.
0:28.0	You are Locked-on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:32.9	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:37.0	Welcome to Locked-on NBA.
0:40.8	Thanks so much for making us your first listen of the day. We are free. We are available wherever you get your podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:47.8	I'm Doug Branson, host of Locked-on Hornets and your Shock Clock, Shurpa, guiding you through the NBA's
0:52.6	biggest stories every day with the help of
0:54.7	Lockdown's local experts. And I have two of the best with me as always. From the Lockdown Nuggets
1:00.2	podcast, he's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt more. Matt, have you ever in
1:06.3	your life been as happy as Nikola Yokic was when his horse won a race this weekend.
1:13.5	No, there's nothing in life that brings such joy.
1:17.6	You know, I would like to say something like my kids being born, getting married,
1:21.8	something like that.
1:24.6	I have to be honest, nothing brings anyone as much happiness as Yokic's horses winning races.
1:32.5	I've never seen him as athletic as when he was leaping over the fence to go and hug his horse.
1:37.9	He also had this great quote,
1:40.0	Just being around the horses, I think it's the best sport in the world.
1:44.7	He said in a video on NBA.com.
1:49.4	Yeah, like, you have to understand.
1:52.2	I will say this, though.
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