I really wish I knew what point in the game Luka is calling Booker a p to the y while walking away. He then smirks and nods his head a few times staring down Booker while continuing to now quickly walk away.
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Devin Booker has been known to talk some trash as well.
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Yeah that was a response to the fan talking smack. It wasn't to a player while your basically running away and then to the media talking about toughness after the game.
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The narrative you’re painting doesn’t hold water, Chris. Luka is backing towards the defensive end of the court after a turnover like he should be. He’s not “running away.” This is silliness on your part.
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Say it to his face.
Look Luka wants to chicken poop talk crap then don't play fake tough to the media after. That's my point.
He is well away before he says anything to Booker, keeps backing up, smirks and nods his head...still backing up.
Again, he wants to be a long distance smack talker that's one thing. Talking about toughness to the media after the fact, that's the issue
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The problem is, when a player talks trash to an opposing player directly it usually results in a technical or an ejection.
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The media loves to stir up interest and controversy.
I don't think an angry Luka is good for the Mavs. I think his tendency will be to try to take over the game himself and that is a losing proposition for them. I would not be surprised if this is a bit of on purpose by the Suns to rattle Luka and get him off the team game.
Wish I could predict tonight's game but I cannot. The Suns have been a good road team all year, it's kinda hard to believe that the Mavs could win 3 in a row at home against them, but who knows.
Refs for tonight, since "you know who" is not on the list, he is likely for game 7. That makes this a must-win.
I don't think an angry Luka is good for the Mavs. I think his tendency will be to try to take over the game himself and that is a losing proposition for them. I would not be surprised if this is a bit of on purpose by the Suns to rattle Luka and get him off the team game.
Wish I could predict tonight's game but I cannot. The Suns have been a good road team all year, it's kinda hard to believe that the Mavs could win 3 in a row at home against them, but who knows.
Refs for tonight, since "you know who" is not on the list, he is likely for game 7. That makes this a must-win.
While he never got a ring, Reggie Miller is one of my all time favorite players. His trash talking is legendary. Part of the reason I love him as a commentator.
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Exactly Muggz. This game is not about a flopping show to get to the line and score. It's a competition of skilled players competiting at the highest level for a championship with skill, determination, guts and even trash talking although as a former high school coach I prefer to leave the trash talking out but that's just me. I knew a lot of my players liked it as part of their game but keep it civil I told them. CP3 asked Luka if he hit Luka that hard and Luka said no but it's smart basketball on his flop well I disagree with Doncic & he's a skilled enough player who really doesn't need flopping anyway but that's his decision. Play ball. Go Suns!!! Let's wrap it up tonight with a win! Looking like Warriors next round.
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I love this!
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Except he's been pretty awful these playoffs.
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ESPN comes out today with a good story about the Suns pregame ritual. Below is an excerpt.
By Dave McMenamin ESPN Staff Writer:
"Hey, motherf---ers!" McGee shouts as he forces his way into the scrum, reciting his opening line with a delivery even Samuel L. Jackson would applaud.
If the Suns' pregame huddle is a circus, McGee is undeniably its ring leader and proud originator of the show.
The soliloquy that follows varies from game to game, but McGee always includes two statements: The Suns are "dogs" and "the best team in the world" -- well, the best team in the "motherf---ing world," to be precise.
"I was saying, 'We're the best team in the world,' when [our record was] 0-0. Before we even scored a point," McGee says. "I'm a big believer in speaking things into fruition."
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By Dave McMenamin ESPN Staff Writer:
"Hey, motherf---ers!" McGee shouts as he forces his way into the scrum, reciting his opening line with a delivery even Samuel L. Jackson would applaud.
If the Suns' pregame huddle is a circus, McGee is undeniably its ring leader and proud originator of the show.
The soliloquy that follows varies from game to game, but McGee always includes two statements: The Suns are "dogs" and "the best team in the world" -- well, the best team in the "motherf---ing world," to be precise.
"I was saying, 'We're the best team in the world,' when [our record was] 0-0. Before we even scored a point," McGee says. "I'm a big believer in speaking things into fruition."
The Suns' pregame tunnel routine is 'the greatest show on Earth'
Deandre Ayton barks like a dog. Mikal Bridges becomes Iron Man. JaVale McGee channels his inner Samuel L. Jackson. The Suns' pregame huddle is chaos, but it serves a major purpose.
Yes, and Luka already gets too many technicals. This is where we get in the realm of you either like a guy or you don’t. Some of the Dallas fans are probably saying the same things about booker and Paul and of corse in their eyes Luka has a force field around him.
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Trash talking goes on all the time between the players and opposing benches. The problem is when it's face-to-face or in a stare down it can turn into taunting or something worse.
I don’t see that at all. If anything he talks too much smack on the court and is pretty humble with the media. I can understand not liking his antics and his body language and that can spill over into other subjective arguments about how it makes him less of a player or less of a likeable guy. in reality he’s probably one of the toughest players in the league if you just judge his play day in and day out. And at the end of the day if you can’t play no one cares what you say on or off the court.
Yeah, in the last 2 years the trash talking was a lot worse between luka and the clippers. There were a lot of face to face confrontations in those series. Way more than this one. In fact KP got ejected in one of the games because of a dust up with Luka and other players and it hurt the Mavericks. So far I haven’t heard of anything that bad in this series, but it seems to get more tense as it goes on.
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Do you know what is being talked about here? It's about a comment he made to the media as he was walking by in the tunnel. I'm not sure how you don't see that unless you didn't realize that was what was being talked about.
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What happened between the Suns and the Clippers in the playoffs last season, mostly involving Patrick Beverley, was way worse than trash talking.
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Here are some comments from Luka after game 5.
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Luka not running away from anything. Luka and jokic receive more hate from fans and players for obvious reasons
As far as trash talk, cp3, Crowder, Booker and Luka all talk a bunch and have zero titles
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How many titles does Jokic and Doncic have?
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