Today, ESPN famous reporter Dave McMenamin wrote an article about the connection between the Lakers and Doncic during the offseason.

In addition to building trust between players who signed a three-year $165 million contract on August 3 and the team's top leaders, the European Championship also provides the Lakers with an opportunity to develop best practices to align with their new stars — an opportunity the team failed to get after a shocking deal with the Dallas Mavericks in February.

There is a group chat before and after each game, including Pelinka, Dr. Leroy Sims, director of player performance and health at Lakers, Lara Beth Higg, brand director and business manager of Doncic, and Javi Barrio, physiotherapist at Doncic. The message the Lakers conveyed to the Doncic team was: "No matter what help we can help, we are here," a source close to Doncic told ESPN.

Dr. Sims went to Poland, and Kurt and Linda Lambis, who had long supported the Lakers, also went there. Lakers assistant coach Greg Saint-Jean joined Slovenia's coaching staff and spent 40 days with the team during the game in Slovenia, Germany, Poland and Latvia. Sources said the Lakers even provided their equipment manager as resource support when Doncic's team needed equipment.