From NBA star to Spanish teacher: Luka Doncic starred in a fun moment with his Los Angeles Lakers teammates, who tried to pronounce a phrase in Spanish.
However, it wasn’t just any phrase, but the name of Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny‘s latest album, “debí tirar más fotos” (I should have taken more photos), which has just made history at the Super Bowl.
Bad Bunny: From the NFL to the NBA
For thirteen minutes, the Puerto Rican singer had everyone dancing to tropical rhythms and Spanish at Levi’s Stadium during the Super Bowl halftime show. He thus became the first Spanish-speaking solo artist to headline this show, with a record 135 million viewers witnessing his performance.
He also eased tensions during the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, where Sam Darnold and his team defeated Drake Mayer and company 29-13 to become the new Super Bowl champions.
It seems that the success of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known artistically as Bad Bunny, reached the ears of the NBA thanks to Luka Doncic, and a funny moment has led him to indirectly star in a viral video on social media.
The official Lakers account on X shared a clip of a “class” by Doncic called “languages with Luka,” where Austin Reaves, Deandre Ayton, Jaxson Hayes, and Bronny James try to pronounce “Debí tirar más fotos” (I should have taken more photos), the name of Bad Bunny’s latest album and winner of the Grammy for Best Album of the Year.
They all made pronunciation mistakes while laughing at this challenge, but when Luka asked them what they thought the phrase meant in English, the laughter soon followed: “No photos, please,” ventured Ayton, remembering that ‘más’ means ‘more’. “Let’s take a lot of photos?” deduced Hayes. Then Doncic explained: “‘debí tirar más fotos’ means ‘I should’ve taken more photos.'”
Ayton asked if it was a Bad Bunny song, and which Reaves said he should take a cue from this phrase and take more photos since he never does.
“Lukas, a teacher on and off the court,” “Love Luka, he’s really a master of languages,” “Gotta keep AR in LA in the offseason. Make sure he picks up more Spanish words lol” were some of the reactions from Lakers fans to Luka’s Spanish lessons.
The truth is that Doncic, despite being Slovenian, speaks Spanish fluently because he lived in Madrid, Spain, from the age of 13 to 19, where he also dominated basketball in Real Madrid’s youth academy.
Meanwhile, Luka and Benito share a mutual admiration. The singer had already mentioned the Slovenian star in his songs, such as in “25/8” from the album “YHLQMDLG,” with the lyrics “Hoy salimo’ pa’ la calle / Luka Doncic, no hay manera de que yo falle” (Today we’re going out on the street / Luka Doncic, there’s no way I’m going to fail), while the basketball star has publicly expressed his support for his performance at halftime days before the Super Bowl.
Meanwhile, Luka will not be present this Thursday at the Lakers’ (32-21) game against his former team, the Dallas Mavericks (19-34), at Crypto.com Arena due to his recurring hamstring injury. It is the fourth consecutive game he has missed, but he hopes to be able to participate in Sunday’s All-Star Game. We will just have to wait and see how his recovery progresses.
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