JJ Redick reveals that Luka Dončić got his 16th technical (will be suspended next game) because Goga Bitadze said something about his mom in another language.
The usual Overwatch banter
Nah that’s too far especially with Luka’s history with his mom and their legal dispute against each other. Keep it to basketball and leave families and off the court shit out of it.
I don’t blame him for cussing him out now but what a mistake to do it and get suspended
What’s the deal?
His mom registered his trade mark with the understanding that she would give control back to him but she flipped and dragged it out until he sued and they ended up settling out of court. There’s also Twitter rumors that his ex-fiancé is living at his mothers house and she’s in her ear as well but take that with a grain of salt
Damn. That’s actually really sad and messed up.
I assume we’re talking about in Slovenia, because I’m pretty sure other people can’t trademark your name in the US
If I remember correctly Luka had his own brand during the Real Madrid days and his mom essentially held the rights and when he signed with Jordan when he came to the NBA he asked for it back so he could use his logo and stuff. Apparently his mom started dating some “business” dude and the rumor is he convinced her to not return it and let him run it. So Luka for a long time tried to convince her until he essentially had to sue her for his own trademark. It’s also why his logo changed as he couldn’t use it originally while the lawsuit happened.
That’s sad as hell if true. What kind of mom would choose to side with their boyfriend over her own son?
I mean supposedly the boyfriend was shady. She might have been scared or in an abusive situation. Before the trade, a supposed source had said on the Mavs sub that she was no longer with him
A lot of parents would throw their kids away for a piece of shit
Its sadly pretty common
Imo thats probably the most selfish thing one can do
You can 100% trademark your name in the US, there is some exceptions though, people can use their own names for products even if it’s trademarked. So Luka Doncic the basketball player can trademark his name in the US to sell his own shoes, Sketchers wouldn’t be able to sell a Luka Doncic shoe but Luka Doncic the 52 year old plumber from Nebraska can sell his own Luka Doncic sandals.
I was saying someone else can’t trademark your name
The trademark battle was in the US, he might also have fought the patent in Slovenia too but his mother registered and owned the trademark in the US.
Isn’t owning the rights to other peoples names like half of what WWE is?
I remember seeing that John cena and the rock had to pay wwe to use their name for anything
My guess is you probably can if they consent to it
That rumor is based off of a misleading Daily Mail article. Luka and his ex bought Luka’s mom’s house in Slovenia in 2022. That’s reportedly where the ex is staying with the kids. So really it’s his mom’s former house
Bruh
He filed a petition to essentially get back his rights to his name for branding she had the trademark or something like that
If he lets it get under his skin though, its even more reason for players to talk shit about it. If it gets him flustered, kicked out of games, suspended, why not lol
KG sends his regards
Luka called me a mother fucker in 6v6 overwatch
i bet you played sombra smh
Definitely a DPS mercy one trick
U probably deserved it. /s
That’s something a Junkrat or Genji player WOULD say!
“So I locked Moira in Lukas ranked game”
He’s probably playing Rivals like everyone else now
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They brought 6v6 back. And a Donatello has appeared in high elo streams about a month ago i think.
League top laners to their junglers
Honestly leagues getting a lot more strict now. See the notice pop all the time when I report someone for flaming all game. Sometimes they say something bad enough it just muted them automatically the rest of the game and ya never see it.
LoL
Wow Dota is still alive in 2026?
That’s been CS2 for years.
I see the most played steam games
So I wonder if they were speaking another language the whole time and the ref just called double tech because he had no idea what they were saying but it sounded/looked aggressive lol
Luka was speaking English the whole time, Goga was the only one speaking in a different language, You can even see the clip of Luka telling the ref exactly what Goga was saying
goga said in an interview after the game that all he did was repeat what luka said to him back
Goga that very same game flopped onto smarts foot in a dirty play and didn’t help him up, Also I’ve heard Goga has a pretty dirty history playing overseas too from what I heard. Luka doesn’t have anything to lie about here tbh. It seems Goga trying to save face but at the end of the day is trash talking, forgive and forget
Im still giving the benefit of the doubt to Luka, but he has absolutelly something to lie for here. He needs the tech recinded
Luka is known as a trash talker though, aint he?
Gotcha. I saw it live and wasn’t paying attention to what they were saying. Hadn’t seen the replay yet.
They probably were speaking Serbian.
You’d think so, but the language was actually Tamil, an ancient Dravidian language spoken in India, Sri Lanka, and Singapore.
Can confirm. Tamilian here
Yeah they were talking a lot of Slovenian to each other but I’m not sure what language it was in.
Refs lost control of the game and did a double tech make up call
I figured it was personal because Luka went to the refs rather thank talking trash back. Weird stuff by Goga
It would be crazy If it doesn’t get rescinded after he literally tried to get the refs to do their job and step in
Then you’re kinda just taking Luka’s word for it. If it’s recorded it can be translated by a third party, and I’d like to believe Luka wouldn’t lie or exaggerate, but…
he literally tried to get the refs to do their job and step in
“make him stop talking about my mommy :(”
I’m sure everyone thinks you’re tough bro
a notorious trash talker who personally insults people all the time on the court going to the ref because someone mentioned his mom is crazy.
Basketball shit talk is different than personal insults and talking about someone’s family
Doesn’t Luka call other players bitches lol is that not intended as a personal insult because I don’t know how else that’s supposed to be taken
Apparently Luka said shit about his mother first, according to Goga. So it’s he said she said. Bunch of grown ass multi millionaire men acting like middle schoolers
I’m pretty sure he only does that to people he has actual beef with like Dennis, and he returns it in kind
His mom doesn’t play basketball like your mom played with my nuts, it’s different little bro
You can say whatever the fuck you want about me but leave the parents out of it it’s really not hard.
he had to sue his mom because she was being an abusive prick and had trademark rights to his name, which her boyfriend didn’t want to let go off. They are not even in contact anymore its such a shitty thing to say.
not weird at this point. everyone knows Luka was one away from suspension. even if they rescind this one, they will come after him.
The good old i fuck your mom that every kid say back in middle school good times
Wtf? Goga Bitadze of all people doesn’t look like a nasty dude.
Did you see him in eurobasket? He was dirty af while losing to Finland
He definitely did it knowing Luka was on his 15th tech
Shit, I’d be telling him I had pictures of me, his mom and his ex in bed if I knew it would get him off his game. Ask him what she likes to have done in bed.
He doesn’t in pictures but watching him play for the Magic in a bigger role these past couple seasons, Goga’s a face maker & especially since he’s grown his hair all the way out there, between his expressive face & the fact he mildly often riles up other players like this while still seeming nonchalant has made me realize he’s probably an asshole & I want him on my team.
Feel like I remember a moment between him and Mamu for the Raps this season also that surprised me because they’re both Georgian & play together for their national team but it’s likely Goga has a habit of talking hot shit no matter who’s in front of him. It probably intensifies when he’s talking to another Eastern European honestly.
Who looks nasty to you?
…. 6yo ahh comment
Think it gets rescinded
that username does not check out with that flair lol
maybe he lost a bet during lebronto days.
Yes, the winning streak must continue
All hail mighty streak
there’s no way. well, it’s the Lakers so I guess it’s a possibility but it seems like a terrible precedent to set.
don’t get me wrong I believe Luka is being honest about what was said and I see the argument that it crosses a line. but if “the other guy said something REALLY nasty!” becomes a valid excuse to get a tech rescinded it’s just gonna turn into a circus where players who get T’d up can say “the other guy crossed a personal line with me and there’s precedent for that being an excuse for me to do whatever.”
it also quickly becomes completely arbitrary. I can honestly say I wouldn’t care at all if someone said to me what Goga said to Luka. but at the same time I acknowledge that there’s certain stuff that would get DEEP under my skin that most other people would just laugh off. there just doesn’t seem to be a way to enforce that policy fairly and equitably across the league. what, is every single player gonna have a list of insults that “cross a line” for them that every other player has to be aware of and make sure not to say? I just don’t see how that would be enforceable.
overall I definitely see Luka’s side but at the same time maybe just don’t get 16 techs in a season or else be willing to pay the established price.
The biggest issue is the fact that there’s no proof other than Luka saying Goga said it. What if Goga denies it? What reason do we have to believe one over the other?
Edit: Goga basically says Luka said it first and he was just repeating what Luka said.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1s0civd/mcmenamin_bitadze_in_a_phone_interview_with_espn
Luka is basically implying that he didn’t say it first. It wouldn’t be fair to take anyone’s word for it in this situation.
still one away from suspension. they need to rescind 10 more to be safe.
Goga said he would take her out to a nice seafood dinner and never call her again.
Oh yeah this probably gonna get rescinded cuz one ref was fine with the jawing but the other ref came in and called the tech.
neither player should’ve been given techs. idk what that ref was doing. Let them talk shit back and forth
Three techs that should be rescinded this game.
So… techs shouldn’t count if there was provocation that lead to the escalation?
What escalation? They were just trash talking one another. It never got physical.
Yes. In general I think thats fair. If you started it then you should be more often punished. A double tech is fine if it keeps escalating but a response to uncalled for language should not be an immediate double T.
Of course he did
Reminds me of that kid from Little Giants
“Don’t be talking about my mama!”
I’m basically fine with any trash talk that doesnt involve someone’s family /wife/children. That shit is off limits.
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Refs had no control over this game…respect is earned and these refs earned shit
Nothing quite like giving the team talking trash the reaction they want, earning a suspension for nothing
It’ll definitely get rescinded. He actually went to the refs to tell em’ but sadly those didn’t do their job properly.
Snitch
JJ has matured a lot as a coach. I never thought he’d do this well so hats off to him.
It was in Serbian lol
JJ just out here creating Luka lore
So dumb. Rage baited into suspension. AR better clutch
We need 5 threads about this? Lmao no wonder everyone calls the NBA soft and the fans a bunch of drama addicted children.
This (or targeting other female relatives) happens every single male sports game across the planet after the age of 13.
Instead of suspensions they should just take their game check and give it to a random fan
It was a double tech?? Ok let’s get gogas tech rescinded cause of whatever bs trash talk Luka was saying. Dumb,
Prior to the 2nd freethrow you can hear when Luka walks up to the ref that he says he doesn’t mind trash talk but he’s talking about his family. So nah, seems pretty clear cut.
it’s on sight goga you fucking bum
Said the 12 year old.
Netanyahu came up with this answer
Huh?
This wouldn’t be a big deal of Luka didn’t earn 15 other techs.
Maybe stop bitching to refs so much and you won’t get suspended over dumb stuff
He shouldn’t get it rescinded just because the consequences of #16 are heavier
Flair tells me all I need to know lmao, see you on Monday
name also tells you what you need to know, fucking hoarding honey like wtf.
are you scared?
Not really. Last time we beat you by nearly 30. Guess now we are both without a star. Maybe Luka should shut his mouth and play more.
I agree that the whining is annoying as fuck and I wish he didn’t do it so much but it’s the 16th that is worthy of suspension, not 1-15
once you get this close, opponents try to use it against him.
Lol coach discussing this to the public is soft af
Giving Luka a tech and suspension is soft
This one or the other 15?
This one, obviously. Brain in head?
Guy that gets a lot of techs got another one. Stop crying.
refs should just T luka twice every game at the start and dont let him play another full minute for the rest of his career. And of course it’ll be self-justified as the more techs he gets less explanations are needed for the techs
it’s a highly impactful technical because it means luka would miss a game against an eastern conference contender, i think additional context is pretty important to have
He was asked the question bruh. It is not like he specifically said what Goga said.
He is lobbying to rescind the tech which is pretty important because that means Luka gets to play against the Pistons to secure the 3th seed and Luka gets to work on his MVP case. I’d try everything in the book too in that situation.
dumbass