MADRID -- Luka Doncic is going back to where he got his start -- for one game.
The NBA announced Wednesday that Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks will play a preseason game in October against reigning EuroLeague champion Real Madrid in Spain. The game will be the NBA's eighth in the Spanish capital and 20th in Spain, and it comes 35 years after an NBA team first played in the country in 1988.
Doncic, a four-time NBA All-Star and All-NBA first-team member, was just 13 when he joined Real Madrid, and he went on to become the youngest EuroLeague and EuroLeague Final Four MVP when he led Real Madrid to the 2018 title at age 19.