No more argues with refs by Luka Doncic: 'I just start singing a song in my head' / News - Basketnews.com

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Luka Doncic is finished arguing with NBA referees about the fouls, which were not called in favor of him.

Luka Doncic

Team:Dallas MavericksPosition:SGAge:23Height:201 cmWeight:99 kgBirth place:SloveniaProfileNewsStatistics

The Slovenian wunderkind also revealed his method, how he stops himself from arguing with officials. According to the player, he got the idea of calming himself from Dirk Nowitzki, who used this way before shooting free throws.

"It's a funny thing. I just start singing a song in my head," Doncic said after the latest loss against the Philadelphia 76ers, per Tim MacMahon of ESPN. "One of my favorite songs I pick and just start singing and let [the frustration] pass.

I think these last couple of games I've been great with officials. If I think I'm fouled, I just go to him and talk to him normally. But that's it. It's got to be this way," the 23-year-old spoke.

Dallas Mavericks superstar has emerged himself as a player, who is constantly complaining to the referees. The latter aspect cost him a significant number of technical fouls.

He has been called for an NBA-leading 15 technical fouls this season, one of which was rescinded after review by the league office.

That means he is two technical fouls shy of an automatic one-game suspension, which is levied when a player reaches 16 technicals during the regular season and every two technicals thereafter, via Tim MacMahon.

Doncic was called for 17 technical fouls last campaign.

Luka Doncic also stated that he is done yelling at the refs in the recent J.J. Redick's podcast "Old Man and the Three".

"It was unacceptable how I was acting. Maybe it was some of my personal issues but I had a talk with myself. This can't keep going. It was a very bad look. I knew I was doing this. But it's over now, I had to tell myself: no more," the Slovenian told on a talk show.

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