Luka Doncic Discussion: Lean Mean Slovenian Extension Machine

He's turnover per 100 possession is definitely higher what he did since his first few years in the league. And he absolutely misses opportunities to reset the the offense or the rotation swing passes. He's a home run hitter with his passes and not a traditional PG - I mean the whole heliocentric term came around Harden and Luka for a reason. Not really how to quantify this TBH (percent time held with the ball before a pass?).

He's played with Brunson and then Kyrie but the Lakers have 2 guys who are equal or better then those two at their stages of their careers so he has more tools he didn't have to work with in the past and I think he can use them better.

 

i mean...higher than peak but much closer to that than trough. it's better than jokic, turnover-wise, for comparison purposes. it's not SGA levels, but his whole thing is not turning it over. his lack of risk-taking and playmaking creativity is also why the thunder are beatable, imo.

my point is that constructing a narrative that luka is a turnover-prone guy hunting assists is some b*******. if you weren't doing that, ok, but that's how it read to me. the numbers don't support it, and i don't see harden when i see luka. i see the guy the fans/media said harden was (when he was actually just a guy who knew how to maximize his stats, winning be damned).

as for better tools...i don't know. i'm guessing you mean lebron? because otherwise (and in some cases including him), he has some defensively-challenged guys who don't make open shots right now. since we traded for him, we've been in scramble mode to get the right supporting cast, and it hasn't come to fruition yet.

you can win a title with this version of luka. again, he's the least of our problems. he's the start of a solution. we need to get the rest right now.