They were a couple of teenagers doing what teenagers do, hanging out and playing video games and taking life as it comes.
But even then, killing time between games in the Spanish basketball league nearly a decade ago, Juancho Hernangómez knew there was something special about his buddy, Luka Doncic.
“When we used to play video games; he’s the same guy,” Hernangómez said of Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks star who makes his lone Toronto appearance of the NBA season on Saturday evening. “He’s really competitive, and one thing you cannot do is try to laugh at him or something.