Luka Doncic (pre and post-draft discussion thread)
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If you want to go with a smokescreen theory. If you want porter to drop. It makes sense to show more interest than any other team. Put it out there that if Medicals check out hevisvyour Guy. Then day after medicals say your drafting Luka. It may up the price of a trade. I think Dallas is the team we are marking
https://medium.com/@sam.mazzullo/th...ay-into-the-kings-draft-strategy-af6f31612d95
Interesting article on the Doncic/Fox pairing.
Interesting article on the Doncic/Fox pairing.
The guys I've seen bust for the Kings - Jimmer, Stauskas, McLemore - maybe Willie we'll see... is that they come to the League with the talent but not the heart. There's this certain grit and legit swagger and lack of fear that guys have who succeed in the league.
Guys like Bogi/Luka get the chance to prove they have that in the euro league. Whatever you say about Bogi - you can't say any moment will be too big for him. He's clutch. He won't cry if he gets an elbow in the face. He won't sulk if he's shooting bad that day.
So this is the battle-tested thing I am excited to get with Luka. I don't know about his athleticism but I know he will not shrink and cower and sulk - that the game won't be too big for him. We will have 4 guys who legit "want the shot" when the chips are down (Bogi, Luka, Buddy, De'Aaron).
The 1 and done (or in Porter's case zero and done) college stars don't get enough of a chance to prove this - it's a crap shoot whether they will have the mental makeup to succeed.
To find that mental makeup in a super skilled 19 year old with a good body ... exciting.
Guys like Bogi/Luka get the chance to prove they have that in the euro league. Whatever you say about Bogi - you can't say any moment will be too big for him. He's clutch. He won't cry if he gets an elbow in the face. He won't sulk if he's shooting bad that day.
So this is the battle-tested thing I am excited to get with Luka. I don't know about his athleticism but I know he will not shrink and cower and sulk - that the game won't be too big for him. We will have 4 guys who legit "want the shot" when the chips are down (Bogi, Luka, Buddy, De'Aaron).
The 1 and done (or in Porter's case zero and done) college stars don't get enough of a chance to prove this - it's a crap shoot whether they will have the mental makeup to succeed.
To find that mental makeup in a super skilled 19 year old with a good body ... exciting.
20/9/3 in game 3 of finals for Madrid win (2:1 in series)
He created much more but just teammmates missing wide open shots(overall watching full game would benifit him even more than highlights).
Just phenomenal game.Madrid one game away from winning the league title and Luka one game closer to another MVP.
He created much more but just teammmates missing wide open shots(overall watching full game would benifit him even more than highlights).
Just phenomenal game.Madrid one game away from winning the league title and Luka one game closer to another MVP.
I think it's a bad comparison too. Who knows what Larry Bird would be in today's NBA? That's an argument unto it's own. Would Bill Russell be great today? Or would Rudy Gobert be just as good as Russell if he played back then? I don't know and I don't care but they're legit questions. I'm looking for a guy that compares favorably to someone who's had success recently in the league. All I can come up with is Hayward. No one else with that size/athleticism combo really compares as far as all star level talent. So Luka will have to break the mold to become a star. Maybe he can do it but the odds are against him.
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