Is Luka Doncic a lazy, beer-drinking hookah smoker? Laker is performing on the court after trade

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Lakers star Luka Doncic sits on the bench during a Feb. 6 game against the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers fans see supremely talented newcomer Luka Doncic making breathtaking no-look passes. They see him swishing shots from astonishing distance. They see him rebounding with the frequency and ferocity of a 7-foot center. They see him meshing with LeBron James as if they’d played together for years.

They conjure visions of an NBA championship — this season.

What fans hear, however, is that Doncic’s previous employer — the Dallas Mavericks — considered him fat. And lazy.

A fat, lazy beer drinker.

A fat, lazy, beer-drinking hookah smoker.

What’s next, Doncic was a fat, lazy, beer-drinking, hookah smoker feasting on a 77-ounce New York strip steak with a side of the Slovenian specialty of sliced potatoes layered with cheese and heavy cream?

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(OK, he did inspire a 77-ounce New York strip steak called “The Luka” at Nick and Sam’s Steakhouse in Dallas. And Doncic has professed his love of his grandmother’s potato moussaka.)

There also was the odd episode last season of Mavericks executive Michael Finley taking a beer from Doncic’s hand after the guard had just led the Mavericks to the NBA Finals by scoring 36 points. Was Finley worried Doncic might be hungover when the Mavericks opened the finals against the Boston Celtics seven days later?

Doncic seemed stunned when Finley grabbed the can, refraining from parroting the description of the only official NBA-approved beer that Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris character told a bartender in “Landman.”

“It’s Michelob Ultra. There’s more alcohol in orange juice,” Norris said. The bartender reminds him that drinking is drinking, and Norris replies, “I’ll tell you what, bud. You watch me drink six of these sons of b—es and I’ll come back in here tomorrow and drink six whiskeys and you tell me if you notice the f—ing difference.”

Instead, Doncic, who turns 26 on Friday, hasn’t said anything publicly about the…

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Author : LA Times

Publish date : 2025-02-27 17:55:00

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