Luka Dončić Told His Manager After Los Angeles Lakers’ Season Ended All He Wanted to Do This Offseason Was ‘Train’

NBA superstar Luka Dončić told his manager, Lara Beth Seager, after the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2024-25 season ended that all he wanted to do this offseason was “train.”

The Lakers lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the 2025 playoffs in five games despite having Dončić and LeBron James.

The Dallas Mavericks traded Dončić to Los Angeles in February because he was out of shape.

“All Luka Dončić wanted to do after this season ended was train, and he made that clear to his manager, Lara Beth Seager, on May 1, one day after the Lakers were ousted from the first round of the NBA playoffs,” Men’s Health wrote. “The loss was the nadir of Dončić’s worst NBA season. For all the criticism of Dončić’s body, until this past season, nobody could diss his body of work: He’d never played fewer than 60 games in a season, and just a year earlier, he’d powered the Mavs to the NBA Finals. No such luck in 2024. A calf injury knocked him out for all of January. Then Dallas sent him packing. Then came the 4-1 playoff series decimation at the hands of the Timberwolves.

“One day after that loss, Dončić texted Seager to start his offseason training program ASAP. ‘So every summer I try my best to work on different things,’ he says. ‘Obviously, I’m very competitive. This summer was just a little bit different, you know. It kind of motivated me to be even better.'”

Dončić has lost a lot of weight this offseason. The future Hall of Famer is on a gluten-free, low-sugar diet now.

The Lakers will sign Dončić to an extension this weekend. The 26-year-old Dončić, who is third in NBA history in points per game, averaged 28.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists with Los Angeles in the 2024-25 regular season and 30.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.8 assists in the 2025 playoffs against the Timberwolves.

Dončić enters next season with stellar career averages of 28.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 8.2 assists with the Mavericks and Lakers. He’s already made five All-NBA First Teams.

“This year, with my team, I think we did a huge step,” Dončić said. “But this is just the start, you know. I need to keep going. Can’t stop.”