Details of Doncic s weight loss were exposed! Return to China for training four days after the season, and physical fitness + diet adjustments are effective

Doncic appeared to watch Real Madrid basketball game, and his obviously thin body caused heated discussion. On May 27, Slovenian media SPORTSKLUB reported the details of Doncic's weight loss. He returned to China for training four days after the end of the Lakers' season. Currently, the physical training has begun to show results. In response to questions from the past year, he hopes to make a strong response with his performance in the new season.

"We are facing a long summer during which we must focus on personal and team progress." About three weeks ago, after the Lakers were eliminated by the Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs, Doncic said, with calmness, fatigue, disappointment in his tone, but also revealing concentration. He took the initiative to reflect on his shortcomings and repeatedly emphasized that his performance was not up to his due level.

Now, he is actively engaged in bodybuilding and preparing for the new season. Four days after the Lakers' season ended, he returned to his Slovenia hometown of Ljubljana.

SPORTSKLUB reported that he may rarely make public appearances in the coming weeks. He has quietly devoted himself to training for a while, brewing a sharp response - both a response to the past season and a response to overwhelming criticism. Many of these criticisms point to his ups and downs in competitive state and his so-called "not professional enough" lifestyle.

In the first phase of the long offseason, Doncic launched a body transformation in Ljubljana without the ball, including guided gym fitness training and dietary adjustments. The initial body shape changes are already very obvious, and the various physical test data are also encouraging, but the time to truly test the results will need to wait until he returns to the court.

It cannot be ignored that Doncic has greatly adjusted and even reconstructed his own game style in recent years. Although the data curve has not changed significantly with his keen court intuition and unquestionable abilities, his influence on the game and his way of driving his teammates has been different.

Lakers management is looking forward to a more agile, faster and more comprehensive Doncic. As everyone knows, the Lakers regard him as the team's appearance in the next few years and are eager to build a lineup around him. Therefore, everything is basically clear: the Lakers will provide him with a new contract in advance in early August, which may be a four-year contract of about $230 million that takes effect in 2026 and ends in 2030, or a three-year contract, leaving room for operation for the "super maximum salary" in 2028.

Although Doncic has not yet officially confirmed, the Slovenian Basketball Association and the national team management have sent out a signal that "health is to play." If nothing unexpected happens, he will play for the national team for the fifth consecutive season this summer, with the highlight of the European Cup held in Poland and Latvia. The Slovenian team is scheduled to gather on July 18, but Doncic will definitely not join the 2025 European Cup roster immediately by then. It is expected that he will return to the team for training in early August after arranging insurance matters. In theory, this also means that he can participate in the finalized official warm-up match - Slovenia will play against Germany two times, and will also play against Lithuania, Latvia and Serbia one by one respectively.

At the same time, at least from the perspective of the club's prospects, for Doncic, the core task of the national team's training period is to maintain or improve physical fitness reserves, and more importantly, to regard training and competition as additional preparations for the 2025-26 season.