Official Luka Doncic Will Be A Bust Thread
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Luka has been great so far but best rookie season ever? Really? This just screams the new great white hope to me. Blake Griffin, MJ, Shaq, Wilt, Kareem, Magic & (arguably) Lebron all had better rookie seasons.
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We can't do that breh, by far and large, we stan talent. Going across the nba/nfl the past few seasons and new players coming in, we've seen people celebrate deshaun Watson, Pat Mahomes, Ben Simmons, Jayson Tatum and others. The premise of this thread was to say that Doncic will be a bust. Season ain't but 2 plus months old and only people who still disagree are willfully being obtuse. He's putting up numbers and more impressively, putting the team on his back as an NBA rookie. At the very least, that's crazy. If he looked like he didn't belong, most would call him out on it. However he doesn't and some nights, he gets the best of the star player guarding him. He's cooking breh, those of us being impartial just acknowledge what our eyes tell us.
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True. But truth is he's living up to it so perhaps they hype was legit/warranted
Bottom line is unless a freak accident/injury happens he's likely to run away with the ROY award. Best thing Trae could hope for is to be co-ROY and even that is a bit of a long shot. Trae will get some votes but not enough to win. Hell, If Trae was to win it outright the voters should get their credentials revoked.
All you can hope for now is that Luka sucks year 2 and on or gets hurt while Trae balls out for you to validate this thread.
I love Trae but he is a distance 3rd right now. Ayton and Luka are looking great. Trae is getting back in the mix after stinking it up in late Nov/early Dec. He has been on a tear of late.True. But truth is he's living up to it so perhaps they hype was legit/warranted
Bottom line is unless a freak accident/injury happens he's likely to run away with the ROY award. Best thing Trae could hope for is to be co-ROY and even that is a bit of a long shot. Trae will get some votes but not enough to win. Hell, If Trae was to win it outright the voters should get their credentials revoked.
All you can hope for now is that Luka sucks year 2 and on or gets hurt while Trae balls out for you to validate this thread.
16/3.5/8.3/1.3 on a 47/50/77.8 split in the last 8 games.
I'm not seeing Ayton surpassing Trae yet. Tho he's solid and will be a damn good player.
Giannis is a black “euro”luka’s white skin gets him points in the media but hoopers are hoopers and if you can ball people will rate you
Giannis came with a lot of hype. He was praised all over the euro and Greek leagues. It's just that the American media didn't jump on the bandwagon and NBA teams didn't buy it yet. That's why he fell all the way to 15th in the draft. Then all these NBA teams wanted to slit their own wrists for not taking him.
Have you seen the list of scrubs who were picked ahead of Giannis?
Let me help you out1. Cleveland: Anthony Bennett, F, UNLV
2. Orlando: Victor Oladipo, G, Indiana
3. Washington: Otto Porter, F, Georgetown
4. Charlotte: Cody Zeller, F, Indiana
5. Phoenix: Alex Len, C, Maryland
6. Philadelphia (from New Orleans): Nerlens Noel, C, Kentucky
7. Sacramento: Ben McLemore, G, Kansas
8. Detroit: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, G, Georgia
9. Utah (from Minnesota): Trey Burke, G, Michigan
10. Portland: C.J. McCollum, G, Lehigh
11. Philadelphia: Michael Carter-Williams, G, Syracuse
12. Oklahoma City (from Toronto via Houston): Steven Adams, C, Pittsburgh
13. Boston (from Dallas): Kelly Olynyk, C, Gonzaga
14. Minnesota (from Utah): Shabazz Muhammad, F, UCLA
15. Milwaukee: Giannis Adetokunbo, F, Greece
I can only think of 3 players on that list that should be mentioned with Gianni's and NONE of them is actually even close to being better than him.
Same thing almost happened to Porzingis (sp). There was a bit of a buzz but as usual him being a euro the American media was halfway pushing it. Phil Jackson saw the kids potential and pulled the trigger and got MURDERED for it. Look at him now.
Bottom line is American media and NBA execs have a history of undervaluing foreign players and therefore take a CAUTIOUS approach to drafting them. Luka was one of the few where many bought into it so I give Dallas all the props for doing their homework and giving up what they did to get him.
I'll admit I didn't buy into it either and thought Atlanta robbed Dallas in that deal until I saw him a few games in and even then I was a bit skeptical. But the mofo is erasing all the doubt with his play
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I dont know. Only time will tell.
Dallas gave up a 2 first rounders to get him. Granted, first was Trae Young who the hawks wanted all along and the second one is lottery protected. And the fact that draft picks arent as valuable in the NBA as they are in the NFL for example makes it seem like the hawks go robbed.
But let's say Luka becomes a superstar like Dirk and Trae Young is at least a consistent all star and that other pick works out well for the Hawks too i'd say Hawks didnt do too bad. Remember Hawks have a lot more needs than the Mav do right now. They are starting from scratch. While Dallas, despite their struggles, have a halfway decent roster around Luka who could even push for an 8th seed right now IF all things fall into place. They are only 3 games out the playoff spot right now. But then again they're in the west...Yeah they wont make it.
I know this is they NBA and if you get the opportunity to take a superstar you should always pull the trigger but just saying
Hawks finna get 6th/7th pick. 
Thanks breh and Trae been balling. We appreciate it. If ya'll was in the East. Ya'll would be in the playoffs.Hawks finna get 6th/7th pick.
east is so gottdamn trash. teams in the top 5 are already sowed up....phoenix + the bottom 4 seeds in the east.
i want that pick nikka.
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