Luka Doncic joins the Inside the NBA studio | January 25, 2024

Luka Doncic joins the Inside the NBA studio | January 25, 2024

BASKETBALL. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO GETTING BETTER AND SEE WHERE WE TAKE IT. >> WELL GOOD LUCK TONIGHT. WE’LL SEE YOU IN INDY. THANKS SO MUCH JASON. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS TO ALLIE LAFORCE AND TO JASON TATUM. AND LOOK WHO’S IN THE STUDIO NOW LUKA DONCIC

SPECIAL GUEST. AND LOOK I NEED TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING BECAUSE. SO FOR YOU FOLKS OUT THERE WHO SAID HOW CAN THEY HAVE LUKA DONCIC IN THE STUDIO IF NOBODY KNEW WHO MADE THE ALL STARS? UNTIL WE UNVEILED IT RIGHT HERE. LOOK, HE’S IN TOWN TO PLAY THE HAWKS. PUT THE INVITE

OUT. HEY, YOU’VE BEEN AT THE TOP OF THE FAN VOTE. IF POSSIBLE, I’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE. IF YOU MAKE IT, YOU MADE IT. YOU’RE HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT. SO WELCOME, YOU DESI BURRATA CHAVEZ. >> SO? SO. >> YEAH. >> ARE YOU THERE? I’LL GET THERE. >> NO, I WANT Y’ALL MASTER

ENGLISH FIRST. WHAT DID HE JUST. >> WHAT DID HE JUST TRY TO SAY? >> HOW ARE YOU, BROTHER? YEAH. >> OH, OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. >> BUT IT WAS SO, SO GOOD. NO, IT WAS SO, SO HE SAID YEAH. >> YEAH. SO WE’RE LOOKING SO WE’RE LOOKING AT YOUR

NUMBERS. UH LOOK CAREER HIGH IN SCORING THIS YEAR IN ASSISTS IN THREE POINT PERCENTAGE. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU’VE IMPROVED MOVED YEAR TO YEAR TO THIS POINT LUKE. >> UH, I DON’T KNOW REALLY HOW, BUT, UH, I KNOW WE GOT TO WIN MORE GAMES. UH, I THINK WE’RE STRUGGLING A

LITTLE BIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT TO WORK ON EVERYTHING. TAKE BIGGER STEPS EVERY YEAR, AND EVERY YEAR IT BECOMES MORE OF A CHALLENGE. >> WELL, A COUPLE OF WEEKS, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I HEARD YOUR COACH SAY HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT ALL THE

BICKERING WITH THE REFEREES. AND THEN LAST NIGHT, YOU GET THROWN ON. HAVE YOU HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOUR COACH, AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO EASE THE TENSION BETWEEN YOU AND THE REFEREES AND STAY IN THE GAME? >> YEAH, IT’S GOT TO BE ME. YOU KNOW, I DIDN’T HAVE THAT

CONVERSATION WITH COACH, BUT IT’S GOT TO BE ME. YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT TO STAY CALM. UH, I’M VERY PASSIONATE ON THE COURT. UH, OF COURSE, I’M A LITTLE SHY, SO WHEN I STEP ON THE COURT, IT’S JUST A DIFFERENT PERSON. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S ON ME. I GOT TO DO IT.

>> SO, I MEAN, AS JASON SAYS, HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, HE SAYS LUKA WAS RUNNING HOT AT THE TIME, AND YOU DO RUN HOT, UH, WHEN YOU PLAY. BUT CAN YOU STILL MAINTAIN THE GAME YOU WANT TO PLAY AND TRY TO CHANGE THAT INTENSITY LEVEL? >> YEAH, I MEAN, I HAVE TO

DO IT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE I SAID ON ME AND I HAVE TO DO IT. UH, YOU GOT TO PLAY WITH THE SAME PASSION ON, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THEY ALWAYS SAID TO ME, I LIKE YOUR GAME BECAUSE YOU HAVE FUN OUT THERE. YOU’RE SMILING. AND I JUST THINK I

NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HEAR OR WE ALWAYS HEAR THE EUROPEAN GAME, THE AMERICAN GAME. OBVIOUSLY YOU GREW UP AND PLAYING IN THE EURO LEAGUES AND DOMINATING EVEN AT TIMES AT A YOUNG AGE. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU

BRING THAT YOU SAY, MAN, THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE KIND OF DOES OVER THERE, BUT THEY DON’T REALLY DO IT HERE. AND I KIND OF BROUGHT THAT TO THIS. >> UH, I THINK EUROPEAN BASKETBALL IS A LITTLE BIT MORE TACTICAL THAN NBA. YOU KNOW, AN NBA. I DON’T THINK YOU HAVE MANY ACTIONS. UH,

IN EUROPE, YOU ALMOST BASICALLY EVERY TIME YOU GO DOWN THERE, YOU HAVE I MEAN, AN OFFENSE, YOU HAVE, UH, SOME CALL, UH, BUT IT’S JUST DIFFERENT BASKETBALL. UH, I MEAN, BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE RULES, THE RULES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE TALENT YOU HAVE IN NBA, YOU DON’T HAVE

ANYWHERE. SO IT’S REALLY TOUGH TO PLAY DEFENSE. YOU HAVE SUPERSTAR ALMOST ON EVERY TEAM NOW. SO IT’S SO MUCH, SO MUCH TALENT IN THIS LEAGUE. >> YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON MAKING THE ALL STAR TEAM BECAUSE I TOLD ERNIE WE WERE TALKING EARLIER. I THINK IT’S

PROBABLY MORE SPECIAL TO MAKE THE ALL STAR TEAM TODAY BECAUSE OF THE MIXTURE OF THE VOTES. YOU KNOW, BACK IN ME AND SHAQ DAYS, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN’T HAVE FANS, MEDIA PLAYERS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET SELECTED BY YOUR PEERS, THAT’S TO ME

EVEN MORE SPECIAL. AND THE COACHES, THE FANS, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE GOING TO ALWAYS PICK THEIR FAVORITES. BUT WHEN YOUR PEERS, UH, PICK YOU AND THE COACHES, THAT’S SPECIAL. SO CONGRATULATIONS. YOU SEE, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN A POWER FORWARD AS YOU STAND NEXT TO HIM. >> YEAH. HE’S TOUGH. HOW WAS

HE TALLER THAN YOU. >> HELL, YEAH, I WAS I WAS PLAYING FOR THE FIRST YEAR. HEY, FIRST OF ALL, I CAN’T GUARD YOU OUT THERE AND YOU CAN’T GO OUT. ME IN THE POST. LET’S GET THE. >> I’M A GOOD POST DEFENDER, MAN. >> WHAT? WHAT IS IT LIKE TO

REALIZE THIS DREAM? LOOK, YOU CAME OVER HERE AS A TEENAGER, BUT NOW YOU’RE SIX YEARS IN AT THE AGE OF 24 AND NOW BECOMING AN ALL STAR . IS WHAT WE ALL EXPECT. BUT WHAT? WHAT MAKES THE NIGHT SPECIAL WHEN YOU’RE OUT THERE WITH THOSE OTHER GUYS? >> UH, BECAUSE EVERY TIME

I’M THERE, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID, UH, I ALWAYS TRY TO WATCH THE ALL-STAR GAME, BUT THEY WOULDN’T LET ME. MY PARENTS WOULD LET ME. IT WAS LIKE 3 A.M. I HAD TO SCHOOL. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO BE AN NBA, THAT’S ALL. MY

FIRST YEAR, I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, WHERE I’M GOING TO BE. BUT I WAS JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE AND TO PLAY BASKETBALL AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. SO >> SO WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND NOW YOU’RE JUST OLD AT 25, 24, 24, YOU’RE JUST ANCIENT NOWADAYS. I WAS

LIKE, WHEN I WAS A KID, I’M LIKE, DUDE, YOU’RE 24. I LIKE THAT. SO I TELL YOU WHAT’S REALLY COOL, FOR MY FIRST EXPERIENCE, WHEN YOU WALK IN THAT ROOM AND ALL THESE GUYS, 24 GUYS, YOU’RE LIKE, WOW, NOW THAT THE FIRST TIME YOU DID THAT, WE HAD TO BE INCREDIBLE.

>> YEAH. UH I EXACTLY REMEMBER AND I REMEMBER I THINK IT WAS THE CAPTAIN STILL, THEY DID THE CAPTAINS I THINK LEBRON TO CHOOSE ME. SO IT WAS ME. STEPH LEBRON GIANNIS AND JOKIC. I THINK MY FIRST YEAR. >> SO WHO WAS THE GUY THAT WHEN YOU WALKED IN YOU GO

MAN THAT’S HIM. LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. LIKE AS A BEING GROWING UP IN EUROPE NOW YOU MAKE THE ALL STAR TEAM LIKE THAT FIRST GUY YOU SAID IT WAS KAREEM FOR YOU. YEAH, YOU SAID IT WAS. WHO IT’S FOR. >> YOU KNOW BUDDY. >> OH MY GOD, TELL HIM LUKA.

>> NOBODY. I’M HERE NOW. >> STOP IT. STOP! IT WAS THERE ANYONE FOR YOU? >> YEAH, I WOULD SAY, UH, I REMEMBER MY FIRST YEAR WHEN I HAD TO GO AGAINST LEBRON AND KD. I THINK THOSE TWO GUYS REALLY. I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO GO AGAINST THEM.

>> UM, HEY, I GOT TO ASK. I WOULDN’T BE DOING MY JOB IF I DIDN’T ASK YOU THIS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET ONLINE TODAY, YOU’RE ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR THIS. WHATEVER HAPPENED IN DALLAS LAST NIGHT WITH THE PHOENIX SUNS FAN, WHO YOU WANTED OUT OF THERE, WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE

DEAL THERE? LUKA? >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS THE WHOLE GAME, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT. BUT, UH, I WAS REALLY FRUSTRATED. YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOSING. I TWISTED MY ANKLE IN THE SECOND HALF. SO IN THE FIRST HALF, IT WAS JUST A LOT OF EMOTIONS. UH, BUT, YEAH, UH, PROBABLY

SHOULDN’T HAVE DONE THAT. SO WHEN I’M WRONG, I ADMIT IT, SO PROBABLY SHOULDN’T HAVE DONE THAT. BUT IT WAS JUST THE WHOLE GAME GOING ON. >> LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO WHEN SOMEBODY GET ON YOUR NERVES. >> I WAS GONNA ASK CHUCK. >> GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.

>> HEY, GO HURT THIS MAN. >> YOU GOT THE ALL STAR GAME TO PLAY. >> YOU GOT A BAD HIP. YOU GOT A GAME. WE GOTTA BEAT THE HAWKS. >> I WAS GONNA ASK HIM WHAT TO DO. >> YEAH. >> HEY, YOU’RE A NEW DAD, CORRECT? YES. >> CONGRATULATIONS. THANK

YOU, THANK YOU. SO, HOW’S THAT GOING FOR YOU? GREAT >> WHAT’S THE NAME? >> GABRIELLA. >> GABRIELLA. >> HOW OLD? >> TWO MONTHS. HE’S GOING TO BE TWO MONTHS. >> HOW’S YOUR. >> HOW’S YOUR DIAPER CHANGING GAME? >> OH IT’S GREAT. IS IT REALLY? >> YEAH, BECAUSE THESE GUYS

ARE PRETTY GOOD. LOOK, WE’VE ALL CHANGED THEM IN OUR LIVES, BUT WE. WE ACTUALLY HAD A CONTEST HERE ONCE. UH, LOOK AT THIS CONTEST. >> OH, MY GOD, NO, ACTUALLY, CHOCOLATE. NO. >> WAS IT IT WAS A MELTED CANDY BAR. >> BUT CHUCK ALMOST FAINTED, DIDN’T YOU? I DID, I, I DID,

I BLACKED OUT FOR A SPLIT SECOND. >> THAT WAS CRAZY. >> I LIKE THE MUSTACHE. >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, THAT’S WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH. A LITTLE SQUEEZE. >> YEAH. THAT’S GOING BACK A FEW YEARS. OH, MAN. >> THAT’S GOING BACK. RIGHT. THAT’S PROBABLY MY FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS HERE.

>> YEAH. NO DOUBT. >> LUKA DONCIC CONGRATULATE US AND WE’RE HAPPY FOR YOU AND AGAIN APPRECIATE YOU COMING BY HERE. >> OF COURSE. >> SO WE COULD SHARE THE NEWS WITH

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