{"id":845569,"date":"2026-08-04T08:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845569\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:42:10","slug":"nba-fans-issue-contrasting-verdicts-as-luka-doncic-gym-photos-shared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845569\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA fans issue contrasting verdicts as Luka Doncic gym photos shared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After LeBron James left the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this year, there will be more eyes on the form of Luka Doncic going into 2026\/27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">James has moved to the Philadelphia 76ers and will be aiming to secure them their first NBA Finals win of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Lakers, meanwhile, are going to be looking to win their first championship since 2020, when they beat the Miami Heat in the showpiece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If they are to do so, they will need a big season from Doncic, who is now gearing up for the new campaign in the gym.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo by Sean M. Haffey\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hitc_articles_832\/7f3fb11e2f01c7811d3f28fd31488bfc.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Sean M. Haffey\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Luka Doncic predicted to have MVP season by some fans<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An account on X\/Twitter recently shared a couple of photos of Luka working out in the gym.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But the response to the images has since been quite mixed. Some people are suggesting that the Lakers star is &#8216;gaining so much&#8217; and will be the MVP of 2026\/27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One fan wrote: &#8220;MVP season loading,&#8221; with another predicting: &#8220;Your 2026-27 MVP.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another claimed: &#8220;Dude is coming back stronger,&#8221; and a fourth stated: &#8220;He&#8217;s gaining so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, while some are expecting big things and believe the NBA star is now stronger, a number of fans also suggested that he is now actually skinnier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One commented: &#8220;He&#8217;s skinnier than rookie season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A second NBA fan tweeted: &#8220;That boy got super skinny for no reason,&#8221; and a third wrote: &#8220;Yeah, he does look skinnier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The LA Lakers are set to return to action in pre-season at the beginning of October, taking on the Golden State Warriors on the 6th of the month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After LeBron James left the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this year, there will be more eyes on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,2327,8231,12887,459,82],"class_list":["post-845569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-luka-doncic","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}