@e49a762eab80469@pilgeousx But when Chet did the exact same thing everyone was in an uproar that a guy of his size would foul bait, like he didn’t just punish his defender for getting caught on a pump fake it’s not just bias towards shai it’s the entire team at this point
@den_shorts@WhoMaal Since when is 50% shooting bad? That’s well above league average scoring 40 on 40 attempts is still good if you make 20 shots there is barely double digits players this year averaging 20+ on 50% splits and the worst player on the list is Zion
@gnocchirice@taStabss@FlukaTime You can’t just ignore how bad Luka’s efficiency is compare to shai we also not ignoring that he leads the league in turnovers that’s absolutely atrocious
@xvii3vFC@A__Deen@ICarryHD@DubsThunder @playoffMAL Because not every defender in the league is named Luka doncic. My original response is just in defense of shai being a better defender than Luka which I think is very clear if you just look at the defensive ratings of the teams that were built around them okc was generational
@A__Deen@ICarryHD@xvii3vFC@DubsThunder @playoffMAL All of the guys you just mentioned would be averaging 30 on Luka in one on one situations, Indiana had good game plans and schemes to get shai on an island there are very few players that can consistently play lockdown one on one defense
@A__Deen@ICarryHD@xvii3vFC@DubsThunder @playoffMAL Just like Ant said after the wcf their defense is like all 15 guys on a string Luka would be a net negative defensively for Okc I’m not downplaying his overall impact but he isn’t getting dpoy votes let alone all-defensive votes like shai i’ll still give him the nod offensively
@ICarryHD@xvii3vFC@DubsThunder@A__Deen @playoffMAL Shai is a contributor of that defense and is one of reasons they can seamlessly switch off almost every screen they don’t need to hedge or play drop coverage to let players recover because the entire unit is defensively capable enough to keep up, Luka would not allow that in OKC
@xvii3vFC@DubsThunder@A__Deen @playoffMAL Okc’s defense scheme’s for players to drive to the paint and swarm them to force bad passes or shot attempts this is irrelevant the mavs literally had to build a defensive core AROUND Luka to compensate for his lackluster man defense
@Maverick_SZN I was told this team was too inexperienced and first round exits then everyone said the nuggets would humble them, then the timberwolves, wins don’t mean anything if no one respect you and dismisses your success the entire year
@TheMORPHOID@BTCBabyBull@LegionHoops@TimBontemps Yes the harden special seems very easy to do so why doesn’t everyone do it? Shai’s ft’s rate has gone down since his breakout year so it’s very weird that he continues to score more points on less ft’s this year