- Joined
- Apr 2, 2004
- Posts
- 36,758
- Reaction score
- 16,525
And Steve Sax beat out Ryne Sandberg for the MLB (NL) version of the same award. What a joke that award is sometimes.
Luka Doncic Rookie of the Year
- Thread starter Cardsmasochist
- Start date
And Steve Sax beat out Ryne Sandberg for the MLB (NL) version of the same award. What a joke that award is sometimes.
AZCrazy
ASFN Lifer
- Joined
- May 18, 2014
- Posts
- 3,984
- Reaction score
- 2,562
We really need to get Ayton some help. Good Lord.
I'm over ROY award, we all new Ayton was out of the running at Christmas. What I want to know is what Ayton is doing now? Is he working his but off or coming in over weight again?
Yuma
Suns are my Kryptonite!
I have been wondering since we have seen Mikal working out in house. I know for at least one night Booker was there, too.
SirStefan32
Krycek, Alex Krycek
Have you actually watched Luka play?
GatorAZ
feed hopkins
I saw the opposite. He was pretty clutch for a rookie... It’s kind of like Book’s situation where he’s clutch for a terrible team.
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2004
- Posts
- 36,758
- Reaction score
- 16,525
From what I saw he was a pretty good player for a rookie but he was pretty clutch even for a veteran.
Timm Rosenbach
Bye Bye DJ
Don’t count on it.
Krangodnzr
Captain of Team Conner
Yeah Luka is the dog's ********.
GatorAZ
feed hopkins
Thats a better way of putting it. His feel and iq translated from Europe but you could tell he ran out of gas as the season went on. Apparently nutrition isn’t high on his scale of importance so we’ll see how he looks in year two.
Sunburn
ASFN Lifer
Luka was like top 5 in 4th quarter scoring and had one of the sickest buzzer beaters I've ever seen before. Questioning his "clutchness" isn't a good look.
Last edited:
devilalum
Heavily Redacted
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2002
- Posts
- 16,776
- Reaction score
- 3,187
Krangodnzr
Captain of Team Conner
devilalum
Heavily Redacted
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2002
- Posts
- 16,776
- Reaction score
- 3,187
Well I’d never heard that term before. I looked it up, I guess it’s British?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Krangodnzr
Captain of Team Conner
Yes.
******** means balls. Saying something is ******** means it sucks.
But the dog's ********? Dogs lick their balls all the time. Must be the best thing in the world.
Yes, I've watched Doncic play. I am a Suns fan so I watch almost all their games. I don't care about other teams. I've watched some Doncic highlights from Europe, the games vs the Suns last season, and some other highlights from the NBA season.
I think they both are very competitive, but I am talking about playing style.
Nash was a point guard. He zipped around and got people the ball, he went into the paint and out on the other side. He averaged 8+ assists and shot 50/40/90.
Doncic is more of a combo guard/point forward. He's slower and he takes more advantage of his size than his speed. He's crafty in a different way.
I don't think he'll influence the game as much. Nash made average players look great because they got so many open shots, often point blank. Doncic will be really good, but he doesn't remind me of Nash at all. And I doubt he'll ever be that good of a shooter.
SirStefan32
Krycek, Alex Krycek
Of course he is going to take advantage of his size- he is a point guard who has the size of a power forward. That also means he is going to be slower than Nash. I've watched Luka in Europe, and all but three NBA games last year. He looks exactly like a PF-sized Nash. Obviously, not as good of a shooter at this point.
Yuma
Suns are my Kryptonite!
I would say he's more of a Magic Johnson type player. Just the way he uses his size, and not necessarilly speed and cahnge of speed like Nash did.
OP
OP
Cardsmasochist
Full Throttle!!
I’m a Suns fan (well back when Colangelo owned the team) so it pains me to see Luka dominate like a future HOF’er while Ayton is average at best.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Chaplin
Better off silent
I get that Ayton has flaws and he’s clearly not at Luka’s level, but he’s not “average” at best. He’s historically amongst the best ever at his position at his age.
GatorAZ
feed hopkins
McD didn’t go on the pre-draft scouting trip to see Doncic. James Jones went with Sarver to Serbia apparently. That’s strange.
He also went on a podcast and stated he didn’t have full autonomy. No surprise there but interesting timing after Luka’s playoff performance so far.
It needs its own 30 for 30.
He also went on a podcast and stated he didn’t have full autonomy. No surprise there but interesting timing after Luka’s playoff performance so far.
It needs its own 30 for 30.
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2003
- Posts
- 118,028
- Reaction score
- 58,326
I'm guessing this might be the comment you may be referring too.
By Matthew Lissy, Bright Side of the Sun:
“I think our process could have been better as far as Luka’s evaluation in particular.” McDonough says, “He was still playing in Spain in 2018 in the playoffs which made it difficult. I was not able to go see him play late that year in May and June. Had I gone and seen him play, he dominated the playoffs in the Euro-league Final Four. Would we have arrived at a different conclusion? Keep in mind I did not have ultimate autonomy to make basketball decisions there.”
https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/...-joins-chris-mannix-on-the-crossover-nba-show
Chaplin
Better off silent
The problem was never him, was it? He’s the Rose McGowan of professional sports.
He’s like a teenage quarterback complaining it was the rest of the team that caused them to have a 1-10 season, not him.
