The Luka Doncic Interview (Part 2)

Mind the Game with LeBron James and JJ Redick

UNINTERRUPTED | Wondery

Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to another episode of MInd the Game with LeBron James and Steve Nash. Today is Part 2 of our Luka Doncic interview where we get deep in the weeds about youth basketball. In our previous conversation we talked about Steve, LeBron and Luka's upbringing around the game and today we'll discuss what's working and what's not in youth basketball in America and around the world. From the commercialization of youth basketball programs to finding joy in the game, no topic is left uncovered. And be sure to check out the Luka Doncic Foundation to read the study Luka commissioned on youth basketball in Europe and the United State. This is such a rich conversation about the sport we love and passing the baton to the next generation. Thanks for listening and subscribe wherever you get your pods!

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0:00.0	What was that the wind or it's raining?
0:02.0	The AC unit up there.
0:03.0	Yeah, AC.
0:04.0	Because it was snowing a little bit today, right?
0:06.0	It's crazy.
0:07.0	It was 89 last week.
0:09.0	I lived in dollars.
0:10.0	It's the same.
0:11.0	Yeah, you get it.
0:12.0	What they say in Texas, if you don't like the weather, come back tomorrow.
0:15.0	Sure.
0:16.0	It would be different.
0:17.0	They say it would be totally different tomorrow.
0:38.2	Welcome back to Mind the Game, brought to you by Uninterrupted and Wondry. This is another conversation with Luca Donchich centered around the study he commissioned through his foundation called Inside Youth Basketball.
0:47.4	Stick around to the end of the episode where I'll talk a little bit more about why I'm on Luca's Athletes Council, why it's important to me, and how we
0:55.9	can all help improve the landscape of youth basketball. Learn as much as you can just as I have and
1:00.6	enjoy this episode of Mind the Game. You know, one of the things nowadays is that it's an arms race.
1:12.4	My kids got to get ahead.
1:13.8	You know, it's like we saw Tiger Woods with a perfect swing on Johnny Carson at two years old.
1:18.1	And we think that every kid's got to be great, you know, early.
1:22.1	You know, I started playing at 13.
1:24.6	I didn't get into the league because I was 22.
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