This week we talked about the communication of the Mavericks’ star duo that uses Spanish on the court to try to hide some offensive plays. And yesterday, at the opening of the NBA game between the Dallas team and the Detroit Pistons, Slovenian Luka Doncic has shown why his charisma combined with his potential on the court makes him one of the most important players for the league’s international expansion at this moment.

In greeting the Mexican crowd, Luka showed fluent Spanish he learned in the years he played in the Spanish Basketball League. Playing for Real Madrid for four seasons, the young player assimilated the language well and it impressed the Mexican public present at the NBA game in Mexico City:

LUKA BUSTED OUT THE SPANISH IN MEXICO CITY! SO FLUENT! pic.twitter.com/NRUKhQ93h8 — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 13, 2019

At this entertaining moment, you can see Blake Griffin’s reaction after note that the Mavs player literally won the hearts of Mexicans with the native language greeting. After Doncic greeting the fans, Blake awkwardly started with a “hola Mexico”… but then went back to his preferred language:

Luka: *speaks fluent Spanish*

Blake Griffin: “I knew I should have gone first” pic.twitter.com/63vonDWZdl — Mickstape (@MickstapeShow) December 13, 2019



In this game, the Dallas Mavericks took the win beating the Detroit Pistons by 122-111. The young Slovenian got MVP shouts from the Mexican crowd and scored 41 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists. Seth Curry had a big night too, scored 30 points with great efficiency on the shooting, hitting 11-of-15 in the two-point attempts, 6-of-9 from long-range, and 2-of-3 from the charity stripe.

Luka Doncic is getting MVP chants in Mexico. pic.twitter.com/3VzWeYRFxd — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) December 13, 2019