Yang Yi: Trembling, NBA, Doncic has lost weight this time!

The time is coming to the end of July, and even the lively NBA world has finally entered a long period of grass.

When a series of matters such as drafts, free agent signing, summer leagues, etc. were over, the NBA suddenly became quiet. There are only a few things left that can still stir the heartstrings of fans for a long time, such as James's thoughts, Westbrook's whereabouts, and Luca Doncic's weight.

Yes, everyone is concerned about whether Doncic has become thinner. Some of the photos he leaked before seem to have no longer been so fleshy, but fans are still worried that it is because mobile phones in 2025 can easily achieve one-click face slimming.

So compared with the first two questions, we can finally get a clear answer about Doncic's weight this time: Doncic has really lost weight, and not a little bit of it. His reshaping process this offseason even alarmed the famous Men's Health magazine.

In the long report on Doncic in Men's Health, the first sentence reads: "Luka Doncic knows very well that you are all looking forward to seeing a new look and successfully slimming down. After all, even he himself is looking forward to it."

Doncic undoubtedly needs to be thinner.

I believe you will not forget that the reason why Nico Harrison, the chief manager of the Mavericks, made such a shocking deal before was that Doncic was not self-disciplined enough and did not work hard enough in terms of his own physical management. From the actual effect, it was even worse. In addition to some minor injuries and illnesses, Harrison, who was from a military and had been with Kobe for many years, sneered at Doncic's previously slightly bloated body shape.

At the same time, leaving the Mavericks to join the Lakers is another driving force for Doncic to lose weight. This young superstar joined the team with the most traffic and the most talked about in the NBA, which undoubtedly brought his attention to a higher level. But this means that the crowd who looked at him with a magnifying glass increased in geometric numbers before, not to mention that there is a model of self-discipline around him, LeBron James, who is a model of self-discipline. When they used to be opponents, the results of the game and personal performance were the most direct way to compare; but now the two super all-rounders are fighting side by side, the dimension of comparison has completely changed, and people will constantly question: they have already arrived at James, why does Doncic still learn to be self-disciplined?

So, no matter which dimension, Doncic needs to prove himself. As the Lakers seem to further enhance his position in the team and his relationship with James is close, he needs to prove that he deserves all the trust.

So, he finally started a completely different weight loss plan than in the past. A detail is pointed out in the journal Men's Health that most of Doncic's summer training was done in a small town in Croatia. Croatia and Slovenia live next to each other because of its rich coastline resources, and Doncic has been in this town every year to enjoy summer time since he was in his 10s. However, this time in 2025, Doncic has added countless sets of training equipment to a private stadium that will be visited in the past year: barbells, dumbbells, counterweight tablets, medicine balls...

More importantly, Doncic has found Ange Machek. This former player-born trainer has played for the Slovenian national team for many years and has been trusted by famous players such as Dragic and Doncic. After suffering from injuries in 2023, Doncic directly invited Machek to the Mavericks as his personal trainer. But according to the revelation of ESPN's famous reporter Tim McMahon, in the eyes of Nico Harrison, the specialists Doncic invited did not help the superstar achieve the best training results, which also constituted one of Doncic's crimes of "pretending to work hard". When Doncic was traded to the Lakers in February 2025, Machek followed Luca to Los Angeles, and he became even busier this offseason.

In the new training class tailored for Doncic, Doncic has to perform two high-intensity training every day, and the 90-minute morning class must be completed on an empty stomach, including strength exercises, agility training and shooting exercises. It cycles continuously between several pieces of content, and there is almost no rest between each link.

Obviously, both Doncic and Machek have realized that only by increasing the training intensity to an unprecedented level can the world quickly see a brand new Doncic.

Of course, there is also the famous saying that is circulated in the fitness circle, "Three points to practice, seven points to eat." Doncic had previously changed from a handsome young man with a beautiful face at the age of 18 to a fat little boy. The fundamental reason is that he is quite greedy in his daily life. When he first entered the NBA in 2018, he had half-jokingly complained that the United States did not have delicious "Chevabi" barbecue, and his love for ice cream has always been difficult to quit.

Doncic had tried to adjust his diet several times before, but he was limited to making the ice cream into a sugar-free formula without pain until this time, he seemed to have made up all his mind. According to an interview with Men's Health magazine, Doncic now strictly follows a gluten-free and low-sugar diet while practicing twice a day. Since June, with the help of two other members of Doncic's personal expert group, physiotherapist Javier Barrio and nutritionist Lucia Almendros, Doncic has begun to implement intermittent fasting plans to suppress inflammation in the body and help the body recover better. Six days a week, Doncic ensures two high-protein meals, including at least 250 grams of protein and a cup of high-protein almond milk. Of course, even the first meal of the day must be eaten after 90 minutes of morning class..

According to Doncic's own sigh, he believes that during the NBA season, the players are too busy, and they are almost always on the road except for games every day. There are as many as 82 regular season games in a season, and his experience of leading the Mavericks into the playoffs many times, once to the Western Conference Finals and once to the Finals, leaving him with no room for rest during the season every year, let alone systematically adjusting his diet. "And when you've been busy all season, and when you get home, it's definitely not easy to meet friends, family and everyone you love."

It sounds like Doncic's life in the past few seasons is stuck in a cycle: busy during the season, eating and drinking during the offseason. It is a dream to control weight and complete body shaping, but as the 2025 Lakers season ended in May, Doncic found his agent Bass Seger as soon as possible, "This offseason, I just want to train."

It was revealed that Doncic sent a message to the agent the day after the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves 1-4, hoping to establish an offseason training plan as soon as possible, and the faster the better. "Actually, every summer I try to try on different things. I know I am a very competitive player. But this summer is different after all. You all understand that there are things that stimulate me to get better."

So not long after the end of the season, Doncic rushed to Madrid, and he also conducted a detailed physical test in his second hometown in Europe. He provided a full series of samples of his blood, excrement and other samples to the top physical fitness laboratories in Europe within three days, and once again tested his various physical abilities to prepare for the preparation of a training plan. For more than two months, Doncic has followed such a plan and strictly urged himself. Therefore, when he interviewed Male Health magazine for a video interview, he couldn't help expressing his joy, "I feel that I have lost weight in the video, right?"

In fact, Doncic can feel more than just visual changes. He even feels that he has jumped higher than when he entered the NBA in 2018. His athletic ability is likely to enter an unprecedented good state in his NBA career after this offseason. Even if he will lead Slovenia to the fierce European Cup, Doncic is already fully prepared.

If the NBA Clippers have always been called the "offseason champion" in recent years, then Luka Doncic is the candidate who has been recognized as the "offseason MVP" for the most. During his Mavericks, he was selected into the All-NBA All-Squad for a long time, and he always looked forward to him attacking the highest personal honor of NBA players in the next year.

But so far, such expectations have not been fulfilled. However, the appearance Doncic showed this summer in 2025 seems to make fans talk about this topic again - Doncic has entered a brand new environment, but because of his extraordinary abilities, even the Lakers have confirmed that Doncic is the first core of the future, and the Lakers management is even willing to be in a close relationship with James.

The Scholar died for his confidant. For Doncic, what he needs to prove now is that he really deserves the infinite trust of the NBA's No. 1 giants. However, he is Doncic. When he is shy with a big belly, he is already the top five player in the league. When Doncic, whose muscle lines are now extremely clear, is probably Nico Harrison and the other 29 NBA teams.