This is 100% not going to happen and is wrong. Luka is the PG for the Dallas mavericks. Period. He is Steve Nash in a big frame. Imagine that for a second. Why would you tell Steve Nash to stand in the corner and watch someone else dribble the ball up? Cuban already made this mistake with Steve when he thought Steve was physically incapable of finishing games down the stretch, then he watched Steve win 2 MVPs in Phoenix once he was surrounded by multiple shot makers and rim shatterers. Imagine that, you surround a world class athlete with some skilled and athletically gifted contemporaries and things work well ...who would of thought.
Luka is not Lebron James playing at Cleveland in the terrible Eastern Conference in early 2000s. if that were the case Luka would be playing in the finals too early on in his career. he's that good. we were saying the same things about Lebron as late as 2011 when Dallas knocked them out. We said Lebron is wearing down in the fourth quarter because he handles the ball to much and takes too much on his shoulders (hence he can't score down the stretch). and yet he had wade and bosh with him then.
But Luka is not Lebron, Magic J, or Larry Bird, especially if you factor the roster that he is playing with compared to the all time greats that they all played with to win their titles. We are still making these ridiculous comparisons based on the way a guy looks while he plays the game. People in Dallas and around the NBA used to clown on Dirk and call him a weak choke artist because he was ball handling, running the floor, facing people up and shooting 3s, now look at the NBA. Dirk had to change his game to fit the NBA mold at that time and it worked out for him, thankfully. For Luka he has to do the same. He has to adjust his regiment somewhat to improve, but not to change who he is as a player and person, because Luka is a killer.
Of corse he is wearing down physically in the fourth quarter because he is tired and they are trapping the ball out of his hands. what do you expect? He needs shot makers around him and someone that he can throw the ball to inside, someone who can catch the ball in the air and finish above the rim.
