The NBA star, 24, and fiancée Anamaria Goltes, 25, have welcomed their first baby together, the couple announced on Instagram in a joint post on Friday.
Doncic and Goltes each held one of their infant daughter’s hands in the beautiful announcement photo, sharing her name is Gabriela.
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The baby news came hours after the league revealed Doncic would miss Friday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies due to “personal reasons.”
During an Instagram Story Q&A session in March 2020, Goltes shared how she and Doncic first met.
“I answered this question like a million times. We met when we were 12 years old at the seaside in Croatia,” she said (via the New York Pos). “Fun fact: We still have the same group of friends we had at that time. You keep the real ones, am I right?”
As they discussed a few plans, Furman and Greenwell were surprised to see that Kelsey, with no prompting from them, had posted a quick video to say “Thank you” to Kueber and those who donated just before he boarded a plane for a recruiting visit.
“We are just going over some blocking and tackling type stuff, and my Twitter starts, like, going off. My phone’s buzzing, and Zach’s phone starts buzzing,” Furman said. “And it’s PK putting that video out of him getting on the plane. Totally on him. That’s just how he rolls. I mean, the guy is going to take initiative. He’s going to do whatever he can to make this place successful. So we appreciate the heck out of him for that. We appreciate his staff taking on that challenge and we’re excited to tackle it head on with these guys.”
Furman and collective founder Marc Spiegel expected things to pick up with the hiring of a new coach, whoever it was. But Kelsey’s drive, energy and willingness to engage fans directly in what amounts to an on-the-spot fashion has helped kick their efforts — and donations — into high gear.
Furman said more than 850 people have donated through the initiative initiated by Kueber, and the collective has added more than 450 new members through its 502Circle.com website, which offers varying levels of memberships.
