Luka Doncic Discussion: Lean Mean Slovenian Machine

Good timeline breakdown of the events since the arrival.

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He's going to destroy them. For a very long time.

 

we can only hope

 

this from lebron is important. i'm glad he sees that having him on the ball just isn't the way anymore, and we finally have someone (i might argue two with reaves) for whom lebron should be able to step aside and play more off the ball.

 

Its bonkers how people are discounting Reaves: he has been easily at an All-Star level since Dlo was traded and has been regardless of who else has been on the court. Sure he's not a generational star like Luke or Lebron who teams will blitz at half court, but he's being slept on IMO. He's playing like a he's a legit #2 on a title contender

 

So LeBron’s favorite movie per this article is The Godfather and the nickname HE has for Luka now is “Don”.

 

Thanks Nico.

 

Yeah thanks



…. not like Luka wasn’t hobbled the whole series too?

LOL look at this must be young Luka’s rookie year Gif with LeBron

 

Did he not see Kyrie sucked against the C Bags? Amazing conclusion it was Jaylen Brown that was the key when Irving couldn't do s*** against both holiday and white and a completely loaded up C Bags roster.

If I was them I would have gone after a guy like Lavine - they're loaded with interior defenders and needed more offense to counter a defense like Boston. Trading a generational talent wasn't the play. We've seen this show how many times? Jordan didn't win squat without a prime Pippen, Pierce was languising in Boston before Garnett, Lebron couldn't win anything in Cleveland with mo Williams as his second best player, Hakeem demanded a trade once Houston went downhil after the Sampson injury

 

denver and dallas with healthy AD are the only two teams that scare me in the west

 

I know his turnovers were a bit high, but in what world is someone averaging 29, 8 and 5 including a triple double one night shutting them down?

I keep waiting for a reasonable explanation for this trade and its clear there just isn't one.

Historically bad trade and instantly one of the top self inflicted wounds in sports history.

 

The guy is just trying to clickbait.

Luka put up those numbers and was guarded by Tatum, Brown, White, and Jrue while playing with a hampered knee. Two all-NBA defensive players on that team. kyrie didn't show up and quite frankly, no one on his team did. C Bags are stacked at the guard/wing position so Luka alone wasn't going to beat them.

Let's see the C Bags try that against Luka+Bron+Reaves.

 

Luke averaged 30 ppg in the Finals lol.

 

Yeah. I completely agree.

 

I respect OKC, but I don’t fear them I’ve watched some of their games and to me their offense is very reliant on SGA getting to the line. He does that really well, but I don’t think that’s going to work as well in the playoffs. I’m not sure that Jalen Williams is a legit #2 option on a championship team. They’re also a below average team shooting the three ball, which I also think may come back to bite them in the playoffs.

 

I think we know why Luka got traded. Dallas had some misgivings about Luka's fitness and his defense, and he was soon to be eligible for a supermax. But rather than figuring out how to get him in the gym, Dallas' front office did something dumb and impulsive. It happens. End of story.

 

...And we've got both of them. Wild they had the same record.