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Redick said he and St. Jean noticed that embrace with James first.

It’s why Doncic has found ways to add competition to the noncompetitive parts of his routine, his pregame on-court workout featuring a lengthy menu of trick shots, including a half-court contest that ends with either Doncic or Lakers coaches Greg St. Jean and Ty Abbott doing pushups.

In addition to arriving with Morris, Kleber and members of his medical team, Doncic was teammates with Lakers coach JJ Redick and Dorian Finney-Smith and worked with Lakers assistant Greg St. Jean in Dallas.

He said two Lakers assistants, Greg St. Jean and Beau Levesque, showed him the clip of Barkley’s comments.

In his first day of directing the Lakers, coach JJ Redick had assistants Bob Beyers and Greg St. Jean helping lead the team through drills.