The 2024 All-Star week at Indiana is around the corner, and the fans are busy, voting their favorite stars to don the All-Star uniform. While donning the all-star jersey isn’t new for the Slovenian star Luka Doncic, a Real Madrid soccer star pleaded with the NBA fans to vote for the Dallas Mavericks franchise spearhead.

Doncic hasn’t had a great week in the NBA world. The star sustained an ankle sprain and missed three consecutive games, and returned to court for the Wednesday night game against the Los Angeles Lakers. And, they suffered a blow-out loss against King James & his men. While things have been going south on the court, fans’ love off the court has been over the top. Let’s find more about who pleaded to vote for Luka and the total votes garnered by him.

Real Madrid soccer star bats for Luka Doncic

The Slovenian star Luka Doncic has a long-standing relationship with the Spanish soccer team. And, one of the star players of Real Madrid, Thibaut Courtois, didn’t fail to pay respects to him.

Courtois emerged as one of the best goalkeepers in the recent times after he moved to this historic franchise from Chelsea. Amid the rumors of goal keeper exchange between Chelsea and Madrid, Courtois pleaded with the fans to vote for Doncic, for the All-Star game.

The Mavs official X handle shared a video clip of Courtois, holding Doncic’s jersey and asking the fans to vote for him. In the video clip, the soccer star said, “Hello everyone! Thibaut Courtois here. Remember to Luka Doncic for the NBA All-Star Game.”

In hindsight, Doncic doesn’t need any support from the soccer star, as he had already topped the Western Conference guards All-Star ranking with 3,205,375 votes, beating Stephen Curry, who is currently in the second place with 2,616,154 votes.

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Let’s dig deeper about Doncic’s relationship with the Real Madrid franchise.

Prodigal son of Read Madrid – Luka Doncic

Not every NBA fan knows the origin of Luka Doncic. The Slovenian star before donning the Mavs jersey, played for the Real Madrid basketball team, owned by the Real Madrid CF, the legendary soccer franchise.

Doncic signed a five-year contract with the team at the age of 13. And slowly went on to become the most loved player of the fans.

Notably, he went back to his former home, but in Mavs jersey, during the Real Madrid’s pre-season game. The fans in the gallery welcomed the superstar with the chants of “Luuukaaa”, reported Sportsstar. 

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