How did Luka Doncic spend his All-Star break? According to the man himself, he got away from basketball and focused his mind on anything that wasn’t NBA-related.

While he was “excited to get back to playing,” the superstar player wanted time away after being traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers.

“Honestly, I was getting my mind off basketball a little bit,” Doncic said Wednesday. “But, I’m just excited to come back and play. I missed a lot of time. I’ve never missed this much time. So, it’s something new to me. But I was just excited to get back to playing.”

This is the second time in his career he wasn’t made an All-Star. The first being his rookie season and the second being the current season.

Since joining LeBron James and Los Angeles, the 25-year-old is averaging 14.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 5.3 assists.

Doncic missed Thursday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets due to the calf injury, but is expected to play in Saturday’s game against the Denver Nuggets.

According to the man himself, Paul George has been playing through pain in order to play this season. He says the reports are “true.”

Originally, reports came out that the veteran was taking  painkilling injections on a regular basis to have the ability to play in games.

“I’m hanging in there,” George said after the Sixers home loss to the Boston Celtics. “I’m just trying to give this team everything I have.

“The report is true. I’m taking some sorts of medicines to kind of, I guess, play through pain. But yeah, I’m going to try to give everything I got.”

George has missed 19 games this season dealing with different injuries concerning his knee, ankle, groin, and now finger.

According to the Dallas Mavericks, the organization plans on reevaluating their newly acquired Anthony Davis in two weeks.

Davis suffered a left adductor strain in his debut game against the Houston Rockets on February 8th. Dallas says he is making good progress through recovery.

It remains unclear when he will return to the Mavericks.