The summer holidays of Luka Doncic once again look very short. The president of the Slovenian basketball federation, Matej Erjavec, confirmed the presence from homegrown superstar to the 2023 World Cup.
” Luka confirmed his participation one minute after the game against Germany, when he was sure that we would go to the tournament. To be very honest, we were actually already 99% sure after the game against Israel and but still it was a great satisfaction and a relief. If Luka is healthy, there is nothing to worry about said the Slovenian official.
His training indeed composted his ticket for the competition by winning in Israel (62-75), ten days ago, before winning again, last Monday, against Germany (81-75) .
” His attitude is truly amazing. It was 6 a.m. in Dallas for the game against Israel. He looked at him. It’s not the easiest thing to get up at 6 a.m. to watch a game and have games yourself, away games. What more can be said ? We are happy to have him and aware of his importance on and off the pitch. “, continued the president.
This will be the first World Cup for Luka Doncic, who could still come out of a long playoff campaign like last year when he had a conference final with the Mavs before playing the Euro, a few weeks later. Despite his still staggering stats overall, his team lost in the quarter-finals to the surprising Poles.
For the record, the competition organized by FIBA takes place from August 25 to September 10, 2023 in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. The group stage will take place in the three countries, while the final stage will take place in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. This edition will be the first in its history to be organized in more than one country.
| Luka Doncic | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2018-19 | LAD | 72 | 32 | 42.7 | 32.7 | 71.3 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 21.2 |
| 2019-20 | LAD | 61 | 34 | 46.3 | 31.6 | 75.8 | 1.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 28.8 |
| 2020-21 | LAD | 66 | 34 | 47.9 | 35.0 | 73.0 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 27.7 |
| 2021-22 | LAD | 65 | 35 | 45.7 | 35.3 | 74.4 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 28.4 |
| 2022-23 | LAD | 14 | 37 | 49.7 | 29.1 | 77.0 | 1.1 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 34.3 |
| Total | 278 | 34 | 46.0 | 33.5 | 74.0 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 26.8 | |
