Recently, Javier Barrio, a physiotherapist of Lakers star Luka Doncic, was interviewed by Men 's Health magazine and talked about Doncic's training during the offseason.

It was revealed that the hardest part of the offseason planning was in the beginning stages. Shortly after a series of tests in May showed Doncic was completely healthy, Javier Barrio told Doncic not to touch basketball for a whole month. "It was this offseason that he was off the basketball court for a month," Javier Barrio said. "We asked him to put the ball down. We were just doing something else."

Javier Barrio's goal was to get Doncic's body fully recovered from the ongoing impact of basketball for the first time in years. Doncic had little time to breathe during last year's offseason. Because the Mavericks reached the NBA Finals, Doncic played until mid-June. Then, just a few weeks later, he represented the Slovenian national team in the Olympic qualifiers, eventually losing to Greece in the semi-finals.