Luka Doncic Talks About LeBron James' Pre-Game Speech That Inspired Him Prior To His Career With Lakers

Luka Doncic made his much-anticipated debut with the Lakers on Monday against the Utah Jazz at the Crypto—com arena. The Slovenian guard returned after being out due to an injury and participated for 24 minutes in the game, racking up 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists.

With all the teammates contributing alongside Doncic, the Lakers secured a convincing win of 132-113 over the Jazz. Doncic's move to the Lakers excited fans about his collaboration with none other than NBA icon LeBron James. On Monday, the two superstars played together for 19 minutes, and each moment of that period was remarkable. The exceptional game intelligence that both athletes have was apparent on the court, and unfortunately, Jazz's defence found itself on the receiving end of the two maestros.

Luka Doncic revealed about LeBron James' Influential pre-game speech that inspired him before he began with the Lakers.

Here's what James directed Luka to do ahead of his premiere appearance in the golden and purple jersey.

"Luka, be your f---ing self. Don't fit in, fit the f--- out." LeBron to Luka in the pregame huddle.

Luka spoke about that moment in the pre-game huddle and what it meant for him to see LeBron say that to him.

“I mean, it’s like I said before. It’s special,” Doncic said. “You know, for him to say something like that feels amazing. Give him confidence. After that speech, it was chilling. So, I was just happy to be part.”

“He’s special,” Doncic said of James. “He sees the game in a different way than a lot of people. His IQ is insane. Having two guys like that on the court, I think is going to help the whole team out.”

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