problem is when being the king of efficiency is ur bread & butter & now dats not the case once u get into playoff settings
ppl look at u crazy and start discrediting the regular season
what makes it worse is the conversations he was getting put in because of the regs tho imo
Luka floor is insane
Only seasons he didnt make 1st All-NBA:
- Rookie
- Traded, 50 games
It's interesting how he has made 6x 1st All-NBA, but never even mvp candidate
Hot take: Luka being clearly better than Shai throughout the entirety of their basketball lives until last season probably means he is better than him but the GM gap is too wide for 77 to keep proving it.
SGA is gonna win his 2nd MVP, and I believe he should.
But, in no way, shape, or form is he more “VALUABLE” to his team than a Wemby or a Jokic or a Luka for that matter.
All 3 of those guys are MORE valuable to their teams than he is to the Thunder.
Point blank.
I want to clarify my point better:
In normal physiology and conditions, creatine supplementation shouldn’t be blamed for causing whole body cramps that require hospitalization.
We also have to be careful of the difference between creatine and creatine kinase.
Creatine kinase (CK) is a biomarker of muscle damage and is different than creatine. CK is released into the blood with muscle breakdown and then it can damage the kidneys and cause death. This is caused rhabdomyolysis and you’ve seen it in the news with other athletes.
Rhabdo occurs in athletes with intense bouts of exercise. Medical conditions and supplements can contribute to the risk of rhabdo, but creatine does not directly cause rhabdo. There have to be a lot of other contributing factors that lead to full body cramps and hospitalization.
So blaming a very concerning health event on taking too much creatine means either he was taking SIGNIFICANTLY more than the label recommended AND wasn’t hydrating well AND had an intense workout.
Creatine is just piece of what was probably a far more involved episode and brushing it off like it was a simple creatine dose issue puts unfair blame on what’s a very safe and well studied supplement.
The best way I can describe Luka Dončić (besides an absolute playoff soul-snatching killer) is that he makes me FEEL something when I watch him play
Whether you love or hate Luka he elicits a reaction; SGA is a great basketball player, but Shai doesn’t make me FEEL anything in that way (he just pisses people off with his foul grifting) there’s no indelible playoff moments that stand out…