Latest / Bleacher Report / Luka Doncic Talks First Game vs. Mavs: "I don't know what I was doing"

Transcript

Luka Doncic Talks First Game vs. Mavs: "I don't know what I was doing" · Bleacher Report

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Luka, how did you just handle the emotions of the
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: day and playing against your former team. Oh?
• 0:07
  Speaker 2: No, honestly, I don't know. This is so weird.
• 0:10
  Speaker 3: The moments I felt like I don't know what I
• 0:13
  Speaker 3: was doing, and I'm glad we got to win.
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: The last five plus minutes at you and Lebron, there's
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: a lot of different interactions on the court and you're
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: finding him advice versa. What was that like for you?
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: And then how are you starting to develop this kind
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: of stry so soon?
• 0:28
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Jedd, you said in time out, you know, let's
• 0:30
  Speaker 3: get organized, and once we get organized on offense, you know,
• 0:34
  Speaker 3: we got a lot of weapons.
• 0:36
  Speaker 2: So that was really big.
• 0:38
  Speaker 3: And he's doing that at forty years old, which is insane.
• 0:42
  Speaker 3: The takeover in fourth quarter was unbelievable to watch.
• 0:46
  Speaker 4: Look, I want to ask you about a specific sequence
• 0:48
  Speaker 4: with Lebron and the fourth after Clay had hit the
• 0:50
  Speaker 4: three to tie it, you're posting up Christy, you pass
• 0:54
  Speaker 4: it back out to the three to Lebron. Lebron like
• 0:57
  Speaker 4: throws it back into your repost. Eventually you find him
• 1:01
  Speaker 4: open he hits the three. But just what was that
• 1:03
  Speaker 4: kind of interaction like there for you?
• 1:07
  Speaker 2: I think to talk a lot about patience.
• 1:09
  Speaker 3: You know, I think that was one of the best
• 1:12
  Speaker 3: example about patients. You know, we kind of went back
• 1:15
  Speaker 3: and forth. You know, we expected the doubles, so we
• 1:18
  Speaker 3: just think of patience.
• 1:21
  Speaker 2: Luca.
• 1:23
  Speaker 5: JJ's talked about the blackout episodes, and midway through the
• 1:26
  Speaker 5: first quarter you hit those back to back threes that
• 1:29
  Speaker 5: they take one away, but kind of turn and how
• 1:33
  Speaker 5: is that even possible? You turned it, let out that roar,
• 1:37
  Speaker 5: and it seemed like you were kind of, you know,
• 1:39
  Speaker 5: hyping yourself up, like I guess JJ said he felt
• 1:42
  Speaker 5: like you were kind of going through it in the
• 1:44
  Speaker 5: first few minutes of the game, and then you started
• 1:45
  Speaker 5: to stabilize a bit.
• 1:46
  Speaker 2: Like what was going through your head at that point?
• 1:49
  Speaker 3: I honestly, I can't remember. It was just a lot
• 1:53
  Speaker 3: of emotions and I'm asleep, but just I can't even
• 1:59
  Speaker 3: explain work. There was a different game, Like I said,
• 2:03
  Speaker 3: sometimes I don't know what I was doing, and you know,
• 2:05
  Speaker 3: I'm just glad, glad it's over.
• 2:07
  Speaker 6: Honestly, looka obviously, the the emotions and stuff from from
• 2:14
  Speaker 6: the trade and the seven years you've spent Dallas aren't
• 2:16
  Speaker 6: going to be undone in a night. But does playing
• 2:20
  Speaker 6: them and being able to kind of put at least
• 2:21
  Speaker 6: a tiny bow on it, does that help you or
• 2:24
  Speaker 6: do you think that will help you as you as
• 2:26
  Speaker 6: you move ahead now that this is like out of
• 2:28
  Speaker 6: the way.
• 2:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely will help me, I think, especially like I say,
• 2:32
  Speaker 3: you know, I'm glad this game is over, you know,
• 2:35
  Speaker 3: and just a little bit like you said, it's definitely
• 2:37
  Speaker 3: gonna help in the long process.
• 2:40
  Speaker 7: Luger, coming into your coming into Tonight Live, your teammates
• 2:44
  Speaker 7: express excitement for you to have this game, to come
• 2:46
  Speaker 7: up to be a player against the Mavericks. What did
• 2:49
  Speaker 7: their excitement do for you? I guess how did you feel?
• 2:52
  Speaker 7: I guess their energy not just to night, but coming into.
• 2:54
  Speaker 2: Tonight for you?
• 2:57
  Speaker 7: How did you feel your teammates energy? I guess all
• 3:00
  Speaker 7: when I was around four you coming into tonight.
• 3:02
  Speaker 2: It was great.
• 3:02
  Speaker 3: Uh, you know, like I said, I saw daughter say,
• 3:05
  Speaker 3: you know, we got his bag, you know, and it
• 3:08
  Speaker 3: was amazing.
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: You know, they're trying to push me, push me.
• 3:10
  Speaker 3: I know I didn't play great, but you know, I'm
• 3:13
  Speaker 3: glad I got to win, and you know they're trying
• 3:16
  Speaker 3: to push me more and more.
• 3:19
  Speaker 8: A few weeks into this what have you learned about
• 3:22
  Speaker 8: playing with Lebron after watching him for all these years?
• 3:25
  Speaker 8: And also how is the defense growing as a team.
• 3:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think our defense has been We're playing the
• 3:32
  Speaker 3: high level. But you know, I know a lot of
• 3:35
  Speaker 3: things about Lebron just watching him every day. You know,
• 3:39
  Speaker 3: I can learn so many stuff and you know it
• 3:42
  Speaker 3: doesn't shange my mind. You know, he's an amazing, amazing
• 3:45
  Speaker 3: guy to watch and play with him.
• 3:48
  Speaker 9: Hi, Luca, there's a two part question. One, I don't
• 3:51
  Speaker 9: know if you saw a Nico Harrison was was there
• 3:53
  Speaker 9: on the court when you were warming up and then
• 3:55
  Speaker 9: sitting right behind the maverickspench, if you thought about going
• 3:57
  Speaker 9: over to him or saying anything to him at all?
• 4:00
  Speaker 9: And then just the second part is have you ever
• 4:02
  Speaker 9: had anything like this trade happened to you in your life,
• 4:05
  Speaker 9: like whether I don't know, a breakup or something like that,
• 4:08
  Speaker 9: Have you ever had anything like like this experience?
• 4:10
  Speaker 3: Uh?
• 4:10
  Speaker 2: No, definitely not. Uh that was different. I definitely have
• 4:14
  Speaker 2: like that.
• 4:15
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 4:15
  Speaker 2: But yeah, I didn't seem at warm ups, not at all.
• 4:18
  Speaker 2: Uh uh not at all?
• 4:20
  Speaker 9: Just n in the warm up.
• 4:24
  Speaker 10: Oh, Luca, you said you didn't play well, you still
• 4:27
  Speaker 10: had a triple double. Can you describe what was it
• 4:31
  Speaker 10: about your emotions that you were struggling with and you
• 4:34
  Speaker 10: said you had lack of sleep when you look back
• 4:36
  Speaker 10: at this game.
• 4:38
  Speaker 2: Uh, Like I say, you know, it's we're a game,
• 4:41
  Speaker 2: different game.
• 4:42
  Speaker 3: Uh, but I can't even explain what kind of emotions were.
• 4:46
  Speaker 3: It was just a lot of emotions. You know, seeing
• 4:48
  Speaker 3: the guys, so they're seeing the guys I've I played.
• 4:51
  Speaker 3: I went through a lot with the guys, so, uh,
• 4:53
  Speaker 3: it was fun.
• 4:56
  Speaker 6: Luca, y you have the the handshake with Kyrie that
• 4:58
  Speaker 6: you guys had in Dallas to start this game.
• 5:01
  Speaker 9: Here you go over to see Derek Lively after the game.
• 5:03
  Speaker 5: Is there a specific moment maybe with your old teammates
• 5:06
  Speaker 5: that you that you can share with us.
• 5:07
  Speaker 11: What that was like?
• 5:08
  Speaker 3: I mean, you know, kai Is Marimano, we go away
• 5:12
  Speaker 3: beyond basketball. So it was good to see those guys.
• 5:16
  Speaker 3: Like I said, we went to the Wars together and
• 5:18
  Speaker 3: it was really fun to see them all.
• 5:22
  Speaker 1: Luca, were you looking for some kind of closure with
• 5:26
  Speaker 1: what happened tonight to allow you to move on and
• 5:28
  Speaker 1: if so, did you feel like you got that?
• 5:31
  Speaker 3: I mean, the closure is going to take a while.
• 5:34
  Speaker 3: I think I know it just it's not ideal. But
• 5:40
  Speaker 3: you know, like I said, I'm glad this game is over.
• 5:42
  Speaker 3: You know, there's a lot of emotions, but we go
• 5:45
  Speaker 3: love by little, you know, and every day is better.
• 5:50
  Speaker 11: Good Luca, if I could take you away from basketball
• 5:53
  Speaker 11: for just a moment, you've mentioned the joys of being
• 5:55
  Speaker 11: a dad. When every baby girl gets older and she's
• 5:57
  Speaker 11: facing a new transition in life, what advice do you
• 5:59
  Speaker 11: think you'll give her?
• 6:02
  Speaker 3: Uh h you coming with that question.
• 6:09
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 6:09
  Speaker 3: I would just you know, support, support my little girl
• 6:12
  Speaker 3: and anything she do.
• 6:14
  Speaker 2: I'm happy to see her grow up and I want
• 6:16
  Speaker 2: to be there for her.
• 6:18
  Speaker 8: Look, I want to just have espanel comes a partido
• 6:24
  Speaker 8: per h Victoria be.
• 6:34
  Speaker 3: So maneuver los losartos and Amy stuff a little
• 6:52
  Speaker 8: Thank you