That's why I said they should of played the song Traveling Man.
Yeah I would rather my best player to be hyper competitive than to be a guy that just puts his head down when things get tough. we see a lot of talented NBA players who don't have that competitive nature.
ah yes. KP who went to the strip club in LA during the 2021 playoffs and violated the covid rules. I'm pretty sure that upset all the mavericks players and coaches. KP kind of mailed it in after that as well. He even admitted to that. what does that say about a guy's character when he gives up in a playoff series? either way most of KP's issues in Dallas had to do with him never being healthy. Jalen Brunson had an interview after game 3 of the finals and he defended Luka's reputation as a teammate. He is probably the only guy that I wondered about when he left. But for most of Brunson's tenure in dallas he was under Carlisle who didn't really empower Brunson to reach his full potential. I don't blame Brunson for leaving. I probably would have done the same thing.
OKC's youth excites me and they play a similar style as Boston, but the difference is they blitzed Irving and doncic all series long which allowed mavs role players to have great looks at the basket. I think SGA is the best young player in the NBA. he's right there with doncic already IMO. he's better than Anthony Edwards.
Eh, every team, by fact, has a worst defender that often gets targeted. If it made them suck that would be one thing, but it wasn’t a big enough problem that it kept them from the finals or a previous WCF. And it’s not like Boston just figured something out in targeting doncic that nobody else knew. We targeted him. So did everyone else. And they’ve still made it to the wcf and finals in 2 of 3 seasons. So yeah, I think a little is likely all that’s “necessary.”
Ouch, I missed it somehow, my bad.
Yes but most of the teams that go all the away have a good enough supporting cast surrounding said player to hide him or they limit said players minutes. You can't reduce Luka's minutes. It's more realistic to hide Luka by improving the roster verses hoping that dude matures or all of the sudden becomes a good defender.
I liken it to Nash. We were always trying to hide Nash. At least Magic had size which gave him a huge advantage. It's possible to do which is my point and much more likely than assuming Luka is going to suddenly be some competent defender and be mature. He isn't a rookie.
Yeah… the fact that they had FOUR guys who could really frustrate him is unique to Boston. Not many other teams have four defenders, of various size and speed, who can all present different challenges to Doncic like Tatum, Brown, Holiday and White can.
He also had Worthy and Kareem on the floor, too.
and at both ends of the court as well. it's not just the way they attacked Luka on the defensive side. one on one they have multiple guys that can at least make Luka work for his points. even Xavier Tillman did a decent job guarding doncic one on one in the paint. he's built kind of like doncic is.
