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Luka Dončić

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Luka Dončić ( LOO-kə DON-chitch; Slovene: [ˈlùːka ˈdòːntʃitʃ]; born February 28, 1999) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since his rookie season, he has been selected to five NBA All-Star games and five All-NBA First Team selections. He also represents the Slovenian national team and is widely regarded as one of the greatest European players of all time, and is nicknamed Luka Magic. Dončić was a youth player for Union Olimpija before joining the youth academy of Real Madrid. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luka Dončić is the 32nd most popular basketball player (up from 177th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 103rd in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Basketball Player.

Luka Dončić is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks who has quickly emerged as one of the NBA's brightest young stars. At just 23 years old, he has already been named an NBA All-Star four times and won Rookie of the Year honors in 2019, establishing himself as a prolific scorer and playmaker with an advanced all-around game.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Luka Dončić ranks 32 out of 1,757. Before him are LeBron James, Arvydas Sabonis, Nikola Jokić, Dean Smith, Mark Eaton, and Oscar Robertson. After him are Julius Erving, Uljana Semjonova, Sergei Belov, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Svetislav Pešić, and Bob Lanier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Luka Dončić ranks 3. Before him are Mahsa Amini, and Sabrina Carpenter. After him are Gianluigi Donnarumma, Brahim Díaz, Cameron Boyce, Mick Schumacher, Technoblade, João Félix, Gracie Abrams, Lil Nas X, and Rafael Leão.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Luka Dončić ranks 42 out of 340. Before him are Anton Korošec (1872), Anna of Cilli (1380), Ivana Kobilca (1861), Robert Golob (1967), Leon Štukelj (1898), and Srečko Katanec (1963). After him are Leon Rupnik (1880), Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641), Alma Karlin (1889), Sigismund von Herberstein (1486), Janko Prunk (1942), and Milan Vidmar (1885).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Slovenia

Among basketball players born in Slovenia, Luka Dončić ranks 1. After him are Ivo Daneu (1937), Sasha Vujačić (1984), Rasho Nesterović (1976), Jure Zdovc (1966), Gregor Fučka (1971), Jaka Lakovič (1978), Goran Dragić (1986), Sani Bečirovič (1981), Matjaž Smodiš (1979), Erazem Lorbek (1984), and Boštjan Nachbar (1980).

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