Luka Doncic Discussion: Lean Mean Slovenian Extension Machine

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  1. abeer3

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    but he'd need a screen. this is my point. when they have to bring another offensive player to make the drive happen, the defense gains options. when you can just dust on iso, it's easier.
     
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    LOL …. Meh 38 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assist triple double. And no one’s entertained. :D
     
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    MVP of the game.
    He has been the 1st, 2nd e 3rd reasons of our W in Denver.
     
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    Look at Big O

    And that was years ago
     
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    So, the fans don't care but the media does!?!?!?! Hey, I got news for the media, GO F YOURSELVES!!! Nobody gives a slightest F what you guys think, like in everything else in life, the media sucks!! Nothing more than a bunch of influence peddlers with non fan supported agendas. Name 100 media pundits and I can then give you two who are actually good, accurate and fair. The rest of them are stupid.
     
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    missed this, but legler's just basically stating his own personal bias and claiming it belongs to others. he may be right that other media dorks share his opinion, but as wino indicated...who cares? probably hurts him on all-nba/mvp voting, too, just like the media hating kobe hurt him. kobe still performed and won. luka will, too.
     
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    Ha!
    Post of the year, so far.
     
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    I love how many teams he gets up for. He likes playing Denver. The heavyweight hit for hit between with Luka and Murray was high-end entertainment in the First. Just laughing at THJ after cooking him was great, too.

    Basically a 40 point trip dub is best player in the league level production. He really battled in there for those rebounds. Props.

    The bad: he's definitely getting suspended this year due to technical fouls. I know he whines a lot, but he gets a s*** whistle. No clue what these refs were doing in this one. Very inconsistent.
     
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    i remind people of this all the time. watch the games, man--he's got legit complaints!

    the reason SGA never whines is he almost never has a missed foul call. he gets to stiff arm on almost every drive! of course life is wonderful!
     
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    Guys like Luka and Jokic absorb a lot of contact, largely because of their strength advantage. Despite that, they rarely seem to get the whistle that kind of physical play warrants... it's too bad, but Luka also has to be more careful. He will be suspended for sure at some point.
     
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    he needs to run back on defense, and he needs to build a better rapport with the officials. they clearly see him as an enemy at this point, and it hurts him and his team. i would say lebron should talk to him about it, but tbh, lebron hasn't always nailed ref relations, either.

    this is also an area where i'd hope the head coach would try some things, both in terms of talking to the player and to the officials.
     
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    I love this dude, man.

    Warts and & all, Luka-centric basketball, chugger, fat-a**, pass the ball Luka, play defense, lol.

    I'm taking him over mostly everybody with the exception of maybe 2-3 players, if that.
     
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    same, the volume of complaints about this guy are wild to me. try to enjoy employing one of the best offensive players in the history of the game at the peak of his powers. and a real showman, to boot.
     
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    Yeah. We got our guy that's for sure. What a talent.
     
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    Agreed. Just an unbelievable talent.
     
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    That Denver game was Luka starting to get irritated at the losses. He can flat take over a game.
     
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    He's mostly back, making his threes and getting to the basket, things that he wasn't doing for a couple of months.
     
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    My wife said he’s looking fat again after not watching him for awhile. Fat Luka is back!!!!
     

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