Luka Doncic JUST DESTROYED The NBA Media

When it comes to the 2024 NBA MVP, as well as every NBA team, it seems like Luca is underestimated time and time again and is simply a short trade by the

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this week, the takes of Luca that I have seen have been absolutely embarrassing. who are your two guards, first team all-NBA, oh shake ildis Alexander, but here's a deal you don't have, you don't have to limit him to two guards, it's his position, but if I had to go to the position, anthon Edwards, if I had to go. Anthony Edwards and Shay gild Alexander over Bronson over Donic and uh over Donic yeah that would be the second team wow yeah so stop it right there when it comes to Inside the NBA all those guys are legends in their own right , but looking at Kenny Smith.

A lot of the shots of him lately show me that he doesn't watch basketball every day, since Luca this year didn't make the first NBA team after having his best season, that doesn't really make sense and if you want to talk from a team perspective . Dallas

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got 50 wins and a place in the top five in the west and the ice on top of the cake Luca as an individual 341 and 9 with 49% shooting and 38% from three I know that voter fatigue is a real thing, but for Luca Donic it's already understood before he turned 2 6 and Kenny has this vision it's simply that he is different for the sake of being different and when it comes to SGA and Edwards, those guys have had great seasons and I think Edwards will be the second team in the NBA and La SGA will be the first team just like Luca, but comparing Edwards versus Luca as individual players, all NBA players, I mean, not even close to SGA, you can argue that he has had a better season and Luca.

You wouldn't believe it, but you can argue and fortunately for us, Kenny Smith doesn't actually have a vote for Allba's or MVP's teams and if he really made this choice, in some historical context in the history of the league, there were 25 players with at least 33 points per game of those 25, only two players did it. They are not part of the first team in the NBA, those two players are Allan Iverson 06 when his team won 38 and 4 4 Will Chamberlain 63 when his team won 31 games and in 65 when they won 28 there has never been a player in the history of the league that has had 33 points. per game and won 50 games, they didn't make the NBA first team.

If you put Luca on the second team in the NBA, not only is it bad for the current year but in all of history it is one of the worst choices you could make to not criticize Kenny. too much, but many of his opinions simply go with the victory here and there, they are very, very flimsy and speaking of flimsy, we have the official NBA.com MVP rankings and these rankings really the last few months have been garbage. Every time, in mid-January, someone like Tatum was ahead of Luca on their list and, looking at his final ratings, they fell to number one, joic, two SGA and three, Luca.

Now, looking at that list, you could say that third-place wellness isn't so bad, so disrespectful. and to a certain extent you are right, but this is what nba.com just a week ago had Luca second in SGA, third now in a span of a week, what happened since LCA was second until now third, this is what who passed Luca donic 33 points, 11 rebounds almost 10 assists, 4% shooting, 44% deep shooting, a team record of 6 and a SGA, 27 points, 5 and a half rebounds, almost four assists with 46% shots after missing four games. Now, if he were a rookie at basketball, I wouldn't know anything about what he would do.

They say that Luke as an individual was the best player from March 29 to today, there is no rational explanation for Luka Donic to have gone from second place for a week playing very well and then fallen to third place and look at the explanation from mba.com of why this classification happened, they said despite SJ's absence due to injury on Wednesday against the lowly Spurs, he quoted, he showed softness now it's fine, our classifications are being done smoothly, it's quantifiable, it's a statistic that really anything related to basketball. I really don't know and it's quite funny one of the points they make.

SJ in two consecutive games scored a total of 66 points, the curious thing is that LCA Donic in that same stretch of two games accounted for 68 points, two more than SGA. I guess at this point the softness of SGA gives it the advantage over LCA. donic because looking at scores passes rebounds overall value Luca clears it pretty easily and one last thing I did in an entry that went unnoticed was Lou Williams on a FanDuel podcast talking about Clippers versus Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs if they win. take away some of the things that make Luca Comfort comfortable if you take away some of the things that Kyrie does that make him comfortable.

Who is that third guy on the Dallas Mavericks that can lead you to some wins? Who can make big shots for you? Who can carry you in the final stretch? Who is that guy with the Clippers? You can go with Terrence man. You can go with Norman Pow. You can go with Russell Westbrook. Oh, and you can go with James Harden. By the way, now I stop Lou right there arguing about Dallas with Kyrie and Luca somehow the defense is going to shut them down, interrupt them. I'm not really buying and looking at Luca's third option, what's good about this team?

It could be Tim Hardaway, it could be Gafford, PJ Washington, various players, I mean this Dallas team. From top to bottom in terms of overall fit, the best team Luka Donic has ever had and with that being said, looking at the past playoff series against the Clippers, Luca in those series was not stopped in the slightest, like in two series against PG and Kawhi Leonard, who at that time were younger, more athletic, healthier, Luca in those series 34 points, 10 assists, nine rebounds on 49% shooting, scored more than 40 points five times, had 46 in one game seven, an iconic buzzer-beater in 2020, the Clippers teams at the time were much more defensively.

Much better in 2020, a top five defense and 21st in 8th if Luca against those Clippers teams that are much better defensively could put up those numbers, those stats, no one is holding him back and for additional context , Porzingis in 2020 was injured and of course Dallas lost in six in 202 they won again Clippers versus Mavericks Dallas lost in the seventh game with Tim Hardaway being their number two now it is pure common sense if Luca with Tim Hardway as the second option can carry to the Clippers to seven games, what can Kyrie do with Irving PJ and Gafford and one point that L Williams did make is that outside of Luca and Kyrie, who beat Dallas in the fourth quarter, can lead them to a victory under their belt , there is no one in Dallas who can do that, but at the same time you have Luca and Kyrie, if you look at Dallas' fourth quarter offense lately, it really is the best in the NBA among the contending teams and as far as to be doubled, I mean that Luca has been doubled on numerous occasions, the player with the most doubles in the league and even in the year. walking 34 10 and n and someone like Kyrie, if Luca receives a double, Kyrie is the perfect one to exploit that double and the mismatch in many offensive ways.

Luca and Kyrie are like a miniature joic and Jamal Murray, if you duplicate one of those guys, the other. player so talented and so talented that they can score for themselves or create shots for their teammates, that's what I'm saying, but if you ruin the game as soon as Luca crosses half court and you want to throw doubles at them, you'll want to throw them traps. from time to time after the 18th he goes one on one, but listen now, say we are catching Luca Kyri, he goes one on one, now you run the trash defense towards him, you throw the ball to who he likes, who will it be, who will be the guy, yes, that may work in one or two games, but for a series, to think Luca will go 35 and 10 in a series of some of the best athletes in the world, some of the best defenders the game has to offer , yes, kawhai.

Leonard is back in that lineup, so he stopped him right there. Lil Williams said without irony that Luka Donic can't be 35 and 10 for an entire playoff series, well that's kind of funny because considering that in 2021 the Clippers were really only 36, 10 and 8 and took it to the seventh game if Luca in that series can average 361 and 8 with Tim Hardaway porzingis bobon and fny Smith give him Kyrie Gafford PJ, his game against the Clippers is 10 times better and much more, and when it comes to Media Talking Heads bets against Luca and Kyrie this postseason they are in FA R Awakening in the first round, so as always, thanks everyone for watching, I hope you enjoyed it.

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