The difference between being a casual and someone who understands basketball is asking them their opinion on Luka
Luka will always get to his 32/8/8. But does that make him the best in the league? Thereβs a difference between getting your stats and playing winning basketball. Luka is an overall winning player, but has losing tendencies. Does he grab a lot of rebounds? Yes. Are they almost never offensive/contested rebounds? Yes. Does he end up with great efficiency? Yes. Is a lot of it from shots that he canβt consistently rely on like 3 balls and foul baited free throws? Yes.
And when you actually break down his playmaking, itβs not as good as it seems. He is easily a top 2-3 passer in the league with Jokic and Hali, but he has a tendency to play every possession the way he always has rather than do whatβs best in that specific situation. He loves icing out his teammates in the first, he loves throwing lobs rather than prioritizing early shot clock ball movement. Heβs also been consistently surrounded by elite offensive talent, similar to Jokic, which helps his assist numbers. Shai doesnβt have that.
Heβs also just an extremely turnover prone player. Heβs often throwing risky passes or getting picked because of lazy plays. Heβs tired because heβs targeted so much on defense and running so many offensive plays that itβs hard to not be lazy.
@ajay25hoops@LukaWrld77 SGA averaged 32.9 ppg on 60.2% TS last season in games with 20+ FGA
Luka Doncic averaged 35.8 ppg on 61.2% last season in games with 20+ FGA