{"id":936,"date":"2025-07-29T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baddsports.com\/?p=936"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:06:03","slug":"luka-doncic-rocky-training-cartoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baddsports.com\/?p=936","title":{"rendered":"BaddSports #308"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LukaTraining-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LukaTraining-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LukaTraining-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LukaTraining-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LukaTraining-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LukaTraining.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LUKA 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd4a\ud83d\udcaa \u201cIf he dies, he dies\u2026 of exhaustion trying to guard me.\u201d<br>LUKA DON\u010cI\u0106 IS IN FULL ROCKY MODE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No more stepbacks in practice\u2014just straight-up sledgehammer work in a remote Slovenian barn. 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