Somebody made a highlight tape of Luka Doncic's NBA Finals defense. It's impressive.

[wire28]

Isn’t it well known that Luka is playing hurt? I know he’s ass on defense but you can see how he’s moving out there that’s he hurt. Great run he dragged that horrible ass roster to the finals Boston just too good for them.

Crazy he can power his way through the injury on offense but somehow on defense it is really holding him back

 

[Gotright]

Crazy he can power his way through the injury on offense but somehow on defense it is really holding him back

Naw he not moving the same on offense either.

 

[staticshock]

Naw he not moving the same on offense either.

Stop caping

 

[Dallas' 4 Eva]

That 2011 run saved Dirk's reputation. 3/4 years between those two Finals runs were . Getting dropped off in the first round

Can't stand Mavericks fans always making excuses for these great white hypes they be hyping up. A bunch of no defense playing crybaby ass euros.

Yeah, the thing is time is tricky right now.

A lot of teams are looking ready after some good play-off experience. Then there are teams like the Spurs who you can imagine are one or two seasons away with Wemby. Kyrie ain't going to be around much longer either and it's not guaranteed dude will get another offensive player that good around him again.

It's not just about the player in a vacuum, but about the state of the league around them as well. This is Luka's window basically. There is some really good talent around the league right now.

Luka is a slow fat crybaby fukk and the Mavs fanbase really thinks this sorry ass dude is gonna win them something.

Run some laps, hit the weights, and stop being a bytch ass crybaby Luka, until then he can .

 

[Remote]

I think most people agree that Luka does not have to be elite defensively.

Nobody is demanding that he become Tony Snell or Marcus Smart out there.

But there has to be a baseline level of effort.

 

[Super Cheech]

Damn...terrible

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Crazy he can power his way through the injury on offense but somehow on defense it is really holding him back

It's a lot easier to play through a lower-body injury on offense than it is on defense. On offense you can pick your moves and you know what you're doing with your body, you do the exact things that won't aggravate the injury. On defense you have to react to what the other guy does and move spontaneously, and so you can't protect the injury in the same way.


That being said, Luka is CLEARLY not in good shape and CLEARLY is not a good defender, even before the injury. If he had worked himself into shape and improved his defensive instincts and effort beforehand, then he'd look a lot better now injury or no injury.

 

[CHICAGO]

THIS IS THE ISSUE HERE.

ITS ONE THING TO BE BAD
DEFENSIVELY...

ITS ANOTHER THING
TO GIVE UP SO MANY POINTS
BECAUSE YOU FLOPPED
AND DIDNT GET BACK...

OR BECAUSE YOU WERE YELLING
AT A REF AND DIDNT GET BACK...

OR BECAUSE YOU WERE DAY DREAMING
AND DIDNT GET BACK...

ITS THE fukkING FINALS...
POINTS ARE CRUCIAL.
YOU PLAYING A CLEARLY
SUPERIOR TEAM AND
HAVE NO MARGIN FOR ERA.

DUDE GIVING UP
10 PTS A NIGHT
JUST NOT GETTING BACK.

IF HE KICKED THOSE BAD HABITS
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A DIFFERENT
SERIES.




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[RubioTheCruel]

What's funny is that yeah, Luka's bad on defense but the real reason they're gonna get swept is their 102 ORTG. The Mavs can't fukking score - haven't broken 100 all series. The C's are letting Luka score(inefficiently) and locking up everyone else aside from Kyrie last night.

 

[feelosofer]

The problem is Luka needs to work on his defensive hands. What I mean his defensive footwork will never be great but he needs to have active hands on perimeter defense and defending closet to the basket even if it costs him a foul.

 

[Cladyclad]

Like breh, can you even play some help defense?

At least with Ky Jaylen asked for a screen lol

all u need to get pass Luka is the ability to walk

 

[duckbutta]

Yeah, dude is getting dunked on right now.





The problem is Luka is a true tweener on defense. Too slow to check guards and wings but too small to check PF's and Centers.

In that Tatum clip he had the NERVER to point for someone else to pick Tatum up

Meanwhile the Spurs drafted a dude who block's 3's and dunks with his elbows

 

[Left.A1]

Reminds me of the Jokic video against the spurs a few years ago just no effort at all

 

[Left.A1]

He leads the Playoffs in Points, Assists and Rebounds. Who cares if he stinks as a defender? Magic is one of the GOATs and that wasn't his strength either.

Pretty sure his opponents who are ruthlessly exploiting his weakness in route to a 3-0 lead care

 

[KFBF]

Just caloric statistics