Biography
Luca Donchich is a talented basketball player from Slovenia. Starting to play in childhood, an athlete has already deserved recognition for adolescence and a series of awards and, without stopping at what has been achieved, continued the way to conquer the peaks.Childhood and youth
Luka Donchich, who is also called the "Miracle Boy" and "Balkan Miracle", was born on February 28, 1999 in Ljubljana. Father of the future athlete Sasha Donchich, a professional basketball player, in 2010 completed his career and began working as a coach. Mom Miriam was cracked in the past, and worked as a model and dancer.
Luke has a mixed origin: on the paternal line - Serbian roots, mothers - Slovenian. In 2008, the parents of the future basketball player divorced, and Luke remained to live with her mother, but the chat with his father did not stop. According to parents, for the first time the boy touched the basketball ball in 7 months and from childhood he was fond of sports, including football. The latter with age had to quit - the Donchich began to interfere with growth.
Luke's basketball began to study at 7 years old when he studied at elementary school in Ljubljana, and the boy played mainly with older children. Now the athlete says it helped, among other things, the development of an intellectual approach to sports. The opponents were larger and faster than the boy, so they had to think about tactic.
The sports hero of Little Luke was the Greek basketball player Vasilis Spoonlis. According to Doncić, in the youth years the game of Greek enchant him.
Career in Europe
When Luke was 8 years old, his father began playing for the Slovenian club "Olympia", and the coach of the basketball school called the boy to try himself in a player. In the first 16 minutes, Donchich showed himself as well that he was immediately set as a team with 11-year-old children.At 14, Luke was already represented by Olympia at the Vasas Intesa Sanpaolo Cup in Budapest and in September 2011 was named the most valuable player. In 2013, he was leased "Real Madrid" for the young man represented the team in the Spanish competition for youth to 14 years old Minicopa Endesa. Doncic, the youngest player, with its effective actions provided the team 2nd place.
In January 2015, Donchich won the Ciutat de L'Hospitalet tournament, after which he was part of the team "Real Madrid", although the young man was at least 2 years younger than the rest of the partners.
On April 30, 2015, Luka made his debut in the Madrid "Real" in the Spanish League of Endes and became the youngest athlete who was playing the team at these competitions. Season 2015/2016 has become a period of playing the game for "Real Madrid" as a permanent team member. At 16, the young man made his debut in the Euroleague: until this moment was done by 20 players before 17 years.
Season 2016/2017 became successful for the Sports biography of Donchich and provided him with both popularity and attention of basketball professionals. On December 4, 2016, personal statistics in the winning game "Real" against the Fuenlabrad Club provided Luke the title of the most valuable player of the week in League Endes. And on December 22, having defeated the German team "Broze", the athlete became the most valuable player of the week in the Euroleague. And again, Donchich turned out to be the most young player awarded this title.
At the end of the season, the basketball player participated in the 42 Endes League Games and scored 7.5 points, 4.4 seabilities and 3 transmissions. In the Euroleague, the numbers amounted to 7.8 points, 4.5 seats and 4.2 transmissions. The result was the title "Rising Euroleague Star" and the award "Best Young Player" from the Endes League.
Donchich's game for Real Madrid in the 2017/2018 season was beneficial to the club statistics, especially after Sergio Lew received a break of an anterior cruciate bundle. September 24, 2017, having 27 points, 8 rebounds, 5 gears and 3 interceptions, Luke was recognized as the most valuable Euroleague player.
Performances in NBA
At Luka is extremely profitable for a basketball player. The weight is 103 kg with a height of 203 cm, the scope of its hands is 218 cm. Thanks to this data on the playground of Donchich universal. The athlete is able to play and both playing and the attacking defender, and on the positions of light and heavy forward.
On June 29, 2018, Donchich left Real Madrid to continue the sports career in the NBA. At a young age, not even being a graduate of college, Donchich had already had a huge experience of adult performances, therefore did not remain unnoticed at the NBA 2018 project, where he was chosen under the 3rd number Atlanta Hawks - and after the exchange was in Dallas.
When Luke began to play for Dallas Mavericks, Rick Carlisle coach found it a great success for the team. In the Summer League of the NBA-2018, Donchich did not have time to play, but in the 2018/2019 season, he was considered the first contender for the title "Newbie of the Year of the NBA". The athlete made his debut in the match with Phoenix Sanz, in which 10 points earned, made 8 rebounds and 4 transmissions. After 2 weeks in the game against San Antonio Surux, Luca overcame 30 points. In November 2018, the basketball player was recognized by the "newcomer of the NBA month."
Donchich distinguished himself and in 2019, when at the age of 19 made his first triple double in the NBA, earning 18 points and spending 11 rebounds and 10 gears in the match against Milwauke Bax.
Brilliantly showing herself on the site, Luke surpassed the record of Michael Jordan in the number of games in a row, in which at least 20 points were scored, 5 rebounds and 5 gears.
In the 2019/20 season, Donchich became the youngest European player who came out from the first minutes in the match of all NBA stars. An iconic athlete's career became a match with Sacramento Kings, held on August 4, 2020, during which Luke put a personal record: 34 points, 12 gears and 20 rebounds.
The commercial side of the sport either did not bypass a successful young basketball player. With Nike Luca, the collaboration began in 2017, and 2 years later, he concluded a contract with a personal brand developed for the legendary Michael Jordan - Air Jordan.
Slovenia
In 2014, Donchich's youth team came in 2014, but I could not speak at the European Championship, having received the knee injury.In 2016, Luke made a statement that he decided to represent the Slovenian national team before the end of his career, although it could be for the prefabricated Serbia or Spain. At the 2017 European Championship, the athlete in the team received a gold medal, earning 27 points in the quarterfinals against Latvia and making 9 rebounds. In the final match against Serbia, Doncich managed to sketch 8 points and pick up 7 rebounds before he was injured and left the game.
Personal life
Little life onions, like any popular athlete, in sight, but it is impossible to find scandalous details in it. Since 2016, the basketball player met with the Goltetes Anamaria model. And if, on the village in "Instagram", Donchich publishes predominantly photos from the games, then in the girl's account, frames were laid out, on which the couple's loving was captured.
Luke has several tattoo. At the right forearm at the athlete, the Latin phrase Non Desistas, Non Exeries, which is translated as "Never stop, never give up" is dotted. Above it, the image of a tiger - Donchich loves this beast and even says that I would like to start your own. In 2017, the guy made another tattoo: on the right side of Luke there is an image of the Eurobasket Cup.
Luke, like any athlete, has its own style. He is an adherent of restraint and accuracy and, unlike colleagues, does not try to attract the attention of exotic hairstyle, more focusing on professionalism.
Mom remains an important part of the life of the basketball player: Miriam supported the Son since childhood. And the attractive appearance of the woman still amazes sports colleagues and Donchich's fans. Thousands of people were signed to Miriam's account in "Instagram", and Mom Luke never ceases to delight the fans of the son of children and youth photos of a popular basketball player.
Luka Donchich now
Now the task of Luke is to continue to justify the hopes assigned to the basketball player with coaches and teammates. In the spring of 2021, the ESPN portal ranked the young NBA young stars. Along with the Zion Williamson from New Orleans Pelicans and Jason Tatumom from Boston Seltiks, Donchich entered the leading 10 athletes who are not different as "NBA Wunderkind."In the summer, the press was talking about the fact that the basketball player is preparing for signing a new contract for the amount of more than $ 200 million. In the event that the contract will be held, Luka will take a special place in history as a player who has signed the largest extension of the Novice Contract in the NBA, and its salary will be from $ 34.7 million to $ 45.9 million per season.
In 2021, in honor of Luke started the launch of the AIR JORDAN 35 Low "LUKA DONCIC" series. The athlete itself carries shoes suitable for its 49th foot size.
Achievements and awards
- 2015 - "NEXT Generation Tournament MVP
- 2016 - "Symbolic five of the young players of the championship of Spain"
- 2017 - "Symbolic Freshing Championship of Europe"
- 2017 - "Rising Euroleague Star"
- 2017 - "The Best Young Player of the Spanish Championship"
- 2018 - "MVP" Final Four "Euroleague"
- 2018 - "First Symbolic Five Championship of Spain"
- 2018 - "Rising Euroleague Star"