NEW Luka Report Is HUGE For Lakers, Wolves Lose Jaden McDaniels

The Wolves are getting Ant back, but

they suffer a huge loss. This could send

them tumbling in the standings in the

Western Conference. Plus, Luca, he's

done it again. Now we know why he's on

such a tear right now playing, dare I

say, MVP level basketball. I'm Trevor

Lane. This is the Basketball Bulletin.

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the way till the end. Donnie, let's

start with Luca. Man, I gotta get on

that Luca diet. Reportedly, he has lost

seven more pounds. Good lord. I thought

he has looked skinnier. Do Do you Did

you have the same thoughts like watching

him lately? He's looked thinner.

Apparently, he's lost even more weight.

>> Yeah, he does. I saw him walking So,

like black is a pretty thinning color

just in general. Um, but I saw a video

of him walking around from I think it

was from Vando or something like that

and he looks super thin, right? and and

then there was another uh one of him and

he's not in black so the caveat's gone

and he again looks super thin. So like

this and then when you put the side by

side of last year guys we're pretty far

removed from it but Luca was very fat

comparatively

>> compared compared to what he is now.

>> Yeah. So he looks amazing man. So

hopefully nobody got upset at me for

admitting the truth but he had

>> Yeah. I mean there there so there's Luca

in the Vando gear.

>> Yeah. like he is he has really slimmed

down. So this was a story coming out of

uh Slovenia. This was from the Slovenian

Times apparently saying that that Luca

uh one of Luca's friends uh has said

Luca just told me the other day he has

lost another seven pounds on top of what

he already dropped this season. He is

now moving like a completely different

player. He feels light on his feet. His

explosiveness is back and most

importantly that stinging pain in his

right calf that troubled him so much

back in 2024 is completely gone. He says

he's fully healthy heading into the

playoffs and you can hear the confidence

in his voice. That first of all that's

that's exciting. Then he went on he told

me straight I'm dedicated to delivering

a championship to Los Angeles by any

means possible. Those were his exact

words. Whatever it takes, extra

training, sacrifices, pushing through

every challenge. He's all in. No more

excuses. He wants a ring for the city,

for his teammates, for the fans, and for

everyone back home who has supported

him, man. That

>> I love to hear it.

>> Music to our ears. Now, obviously, as

Lakers fans, that that's going to

particularly resonate with us, but that

that in terms of anybody who loves

basketball and loves players reaching

their peak, reaching their potential,

that is phenomenal to hear that Luca is

taking it taking it this seriously, that

he's dropped the weight, he's playing

some of the best basketball of his

career. Donnie, is this is this why he's

looked so much better defensively

lately? I think it's a part of it

because for Luca, it's not like it's the

first time he's thinned out, you know.

Um, he's gotten skinny before, but he

oftentimes will kind of rebound at least

some of the weight or things like that.

But I think that for him this season

specifically again, especially compared

to last season, which yes, Luca fans, I

hear you. He was hurt. Okay, I hear you.

>> There's reason for it.

>> I I mean, sort of. That doesn't mean

that you just got to consume 4,000

calories a day, but I digress. he was

hurt. So anyway, um that being said, um

when he came back, he was still playing

phenomenal when he was came back from

injury, but this is another level for

Luca. Um on both sides of the ball, the

shot making is insane. Easily one of the

best shot makers I've ever seen, period.

This guy is ridiculous. Um and he's he's

he's really been able to lock in, move

those feet, and engage in defense. I

think Luca was underrated on defense a

little bit in terms of being able to

guard bigger players, right? um he

always matched up pretty well with those

guys as well. So, I I think it's more

about being able to play out on the

perimeter defensively and he's getting

more steals. And a big thing for him I

think that was happening last season in

my opinion was like how I got to throw

those qualifiers in there. Um

>> don't start with qualifiers. That

that'll just get Luca stands mad at you.

>> Yeah. See see I'm trying I'm trying to

tow the line, man. uh the the line

between giving my opinion versus the

literal fact, right? Anyway, um I think

towards the my opinion I think that

towards the end of last season, he was

uh very clearly um burning out in in the

end of games, you know, fourth quarter,

I think he just his stamina wasn't

great, but that's not happened this

year. Lucas's been phenomenal, easily in

contention for MVP, higher than most of

these platforms have him, right? Um

>> come on, Chris Man.

>> He's been great, man. And I can't really

say anything bad about his play at all.

He's been amazing.

>> Yeah. I mean, he's going to win the

scoring title this year. I think that is

pretty much locked.

>> Yeah. But Luca needs to average 40

points, 10 assists, three steals to even

be number two on these.

>> No, not not 40. Austin said 60. He's got

to score 60.

>> It's true. They got a different set of

rules for Luca, man. He got

>> Luke's putting up Luca is putting up

like 48 and eight or whatever.

>> Yeah. Yeah. They don't care. He's

dropping. Yeah, he knows if he

>> he has a whole, you know, how they got

the Jordan rules, they got the Luca

rules, too.

>> Luka rules

>> where like they got a whole different

playbook for for where that standard is

for being an MVP contention and and some

of it's just, you know, the narrative

around him for his career is that he

doesn't play defense. And so these guys

get on and they just pair at that same

narrative. Yeah.

>> What can you do about that if they're

not going to

>> lock in and watch the games and they're

going to use team based metrics like

defensive rating which the Lakers don't

have a lot of great defensive players on

the team period.

>> So, you know, Luca him he's he's done

his part.

>> He's been he's been fantastic and the

defensive improvement has been what's

most impressive. But I mean he's

averaging 49% from the field, 39% from

three, 78% at the free throw line. Boy,

it feels like he's lower than 78% at the

free throw line because it seems like

they've been missing as a team quite a

bit lately. But, uh, playing 37 minutes,

that's probably a bit high, right? We've

talked a little bit about that, but the

the minutes are starting to creep up for

a lot of these players, but averaging 37

points per game.

>> And how about 2.3 steals and.7 blocks?

So, three stocks. This is over the last

15 games, he has been on an absolute

tear. But again, that's just the

counting stats. It's the defensive stuff

that's been the most impressive. So,

when we go to, you know, the report out

of Slovenia that Luca has indeed lost

another seven pounds on top of what he

already lost, like I buy it because

we're seeing it on the court. We're

seeing a different version of Luca

Donuch. And that is very, very exciting.

>> Yeah. And if he's if he the thing with

that is that like I said, he would

always kind of yo-yo um with losing

weight, gaining it a little bit back,