Why NBA Players FEAR Trash Talking Luka Doncic

who are the biggest

trash

talkers in the NBA Draymond sure KD sure low key LCA donic low key is I'm definitely somewhere up there if you talk to him like you talk to him he's going to talk to you that's cold man not backing down he's not going back, I'm not going to say what he said, just because he doesn't need to take anything from what I've heard him, don't do that, but he's a cold killer with what some of that I heard him say in a game that's known for his fierce and competitive rivalries

trash

talking

has since been a tradition in the NBA, you could even say it adds spice to the game, not all

players

talk trash but they let their performance speak for you being the type of player he is.

Luca tries to get every advantage possible and has done so since he was very young. He is very competitive and tries to make his opponents uncomfortable in every way possible and adds more. to his damage already done by

talking

a little more trash when his opponents are trying to return the favor, they seem to light the fire even more, since that's when Luca gets it most, let's look at some of the experiences

players

have had. face when they tried to talk trash to Luca, the Detroit Pistons have been one of the worst teams in the league for the last two seasons, yet in a game between them and the Dallas Mavericks, the Pistons managed to keep it close and interesting until the very same final, so Luca had to make a move to gain some advantage.

Luca Donic made a small detour to the Detroit Pistons bench during his timeout. He approached Pistons assistant coach Allen to offer some parting thoughts that punctuated a conversation he had continued throughout the game. that extended as they barked at each other as Donic slowly backed toward Dallas' bench as the argument ended. Donic laughed and broke into a big smile. How did this game result in a Dallas victory and a 53-point masterpiece for Luca after the game? He was asked why there was tension between him and Allen, to which he responded that it was from the first quarter, he was just stumbling.

I don't want to say the word, but yeah, I don't have a problem with that, it's basketball. It gets me going. Sure, on the other hand, the head coach of the Detroit Pistons at the time, Dwayne Casy, didn't seem to think much of the situation considering he had coached some of the biggest trash talkers in the game, a bunch of nothing, a a lot of nothing, we saw worse. Remember I trained Jerry Pton and Kevin Garett? So tonight was Zero as far as the squeak goes. I like it. I thought it really got us going and that's how it should be competitive.

Hell, I love it, I love the way he plays, the way he carries himself and I love the way our guys responded. You know they didn't take a step. You know they weren't intimidated. So, everything is fine. It was clean. There is nothing. At the end of the day, it's about gaining a competitive advantage in a respectable and sporting manner, and both Luca and Dwayne Casey are aware that Luca has earned a reputation as a fierce competitor since his early days in the NBA. One of the first real tests of him was his first playoff experience against the Clippers, a team that became one of Luca's biggest rivals during his career.

On a recent episode of the P podcast, Paul George explained how big of a competitor Luca is and his trash-talking style. It's made him one of the coldest killers in the league if you talk to him like you talk to him he'll talk that to you without backing down but he's a cold killer with some of that I heard him say George experienced this first hand when he tried to get into Luca's head during the 2020 NBA playoffs, those playoffs were Luca's first experience and he delivered, to say the least, averaging 31 points, 9.8 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game, leading the Clippers to six long games in this heroic effort.

Luca earned a lot of respect from his league teammates, including Paul George, who thinks highly of him today. He's not next. Luca now it's like Luca is real. Now we are talking about being the biggest international player. That's outdoing the goats. you know what I mean, that's surpassing Dirk, that's surpassing Tony Parker, that's surpassing uh hakee, that's surpassing like he has a chance to be the biggest international guy you know, surpassing Giannis somehow during a Dallas Mavericks victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. Luca Donic had another great performance he recorded 35 points, eight rebounds and six assists all night.

He trash-talked defenders trying to contain him and also interacted with some of the fans in the FedEx forum in the second half of the game. Grizzlies wing Vince Williams. Jr played very physically trying to make it difficult for Donit, he even defended the ball and lifted it all over the court. With 24.8 seconds left in the game, the Slovenian superstar received a technical foul after an interaction with Williams. Donic described his interactions with Williams. like trash talk, but he was confused about why he got a technical foul and The Grizzlies Wing didn't, he was just talking the whole time, you know, uh, I'm back.

I told him to let me play one, that's when I got a technical, so I don't do it. I don't know if the RS ever let us talk, you know it's part of the game. I love it despite cooking it quite poorly. Luca credited Williams for his defensive impact and called him a great player. There may not be many bigger competitors than Luca Donic, but. If there is anyone who is undeniably tougher than Luca it would be the late Kobe Bryant. Luca didn't get to play against Kobe, but he did experience Black Mamba talking trash to him in a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas.

Mavericks at Staple Center Luca heard someone in the crowd talking trash to him in Slovenian. Luca was confused since there aren't many Slovenians in the US. Luca looked around to check who he was and there he didn't see anyone but Black Mamba, this shouldn't be. It won't be a surprise to anyone considering how often Kobe badmouthed his opponents and even his teammates. When Luca realized who he was, he smiled and shook Kobe's hand. The two actually knew each other because Donic spent some time with Kobe in August. of 2018 working on his game, Donic still talks about this experience to this day, he spoke Slovenian so I thought who speaks my language and I saw Kobe and I was really surprised in a Western Conference matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Dallas Mavericks.

Lucas. Donic managed to lead the Mavs to a big victory during the game. Timberwolves big man Rudy had words for Donic that the latter addressed after the game when you start, you know that badmouthing a scorer like Luca Donic again could have been a recipe. In a difficult time for Rudy, fortunately for Rudy, there weren't many occasions where Luca scored on him, but his words came back in the form of Don's 34 points on the night when the Mavs superstar hit five three-pointers, adding eight assists and six rebounds during the game. game which is probably what you would get when you try to track down Luca donic Luca has many rivals in the NBA, but the biggest may be Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, the two stars always seem to get into some sort of fight.

When they play against each other and their rivalry has also received a lot of media attention as Luca is usually ahead of Booker and the Suns, they needed to add some more power and they did when they added Chris Paul to their roster a few years ago. time. well-known veteran NBA superstar, but also one of the most notable charlatans in the game, once the two joined forces, they would not let Luca go at all. Luca's teammate at the time Reggie Bulock was asked about the verbal jabs Donic was receiving from the Sun Stars. I guess it's Jabs, I mean, he's a tough player, he's a great player and you know, I laugh at it when they try to protect him, you know what I'm saying, but I mean, they want to try to do the same thing with him, raise him. on every pick and roll, but you know, when we get the switch, I know he's a bucket every time and I don't know about the switches with them to get a bucket every time, but I just know we're going to back it up, that's it. our teammate um and he'll keep us down on the offensive end and give us his best on the defensive end.

This is a team that can, you know, take us back and not let anyone talk drunk to our superstar Reggie Bulock. he explained the situation. greatly and Devon needs to keep that in mind for the next time he considers talking down to Luca. Every time he tried to talk trash to Luca, he found himself on the NBA meme pages. An interesting situation developed on a play during the game between the Mavericks. and the Utah Jazz on a drive to the basket with Chris Dunn guarding him. Luca passed the ball to an open Derek Jones Jr donich and then turned to Dunn smiling as he saw he had been fooled.

Dun didn't take this well and walked towards Donic with his finger touching Don's. With their faces still smiling, both Luca Donic and Chris Dunn received technical fouls after the altercation. The fact that the game was a one-sided affair between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz could have compounded the issue Dunn had with Donit during discussions with the referee near the review. Booth was heard saying I didn't do anything, he's just angry for arresting his brother, after that the referee tried to calm the situation and asked Donic if they could shake his hand and leave it at that.

Donic replies, oh hell, no Donic knew that. he had gotten into Christ Dun's head and the guard was joining in the taunts with the classic smile. Luca Donic and Kyrie Irving were attacked by NBA villain Dylan Brooks as he often looks to upset his opponents before their games against him. Brooks has earned quite the reputation. him for getting under the skin of his opponents and he also tried to do it with Luca Donic. He mocked Donich for being injured and then sent a warning to Irving. I hope Luca comes back for the next game so I can protect him.

I did not do it. I had a chance to guard him in the first game and he had a great game, so I want to see where I am. Brooks then sent for Irving with the intention of intimidating the former No. 1 pick since he will be alone on the court. Now I can have him alone today Brooks added when talking about Irving, I want to see what he's all about so I can't wait to lift him up completely every time and watch him get tired, however, Irving didn't retaliate when asked about Brook's comments and, instead, his maturity was questioned.

Brooks expects all the best players to play solo because he makes the game so much better competitively. A lot has happened seeing him in the midst of all the Draymond stuff. It's great for our league, but at the same time there's a maturity that we have to have, nothing should go beyond the line of personal things if we keep it strictly on the field, but once you achieve it, you know what it's about. turn that out there. Kyrie responded in a humble manner, but Luca, who was not cleared for both games, seemed to remember this talk from Brooks and made sure to remind him of it the next time they met in their next matchup.

Luca donic burned Dylan Brooks and the Houston Rockets. and had a 41 1.9 and on night N there is always more than one option to respond to trash talk in a matchup between the Clippers and the Mavericks in the fourth game of the NBA Playoffs. Patrick Beverly felt arrogant enough to talk trash to Luca Donic in the first quarter when the latter was at the free throw line, but the MAV superstar made the free throw and responded a bit to Beverly Donic, of course, he did knowing that it will be a nightmare for many years to come when matching the three winners of the game. -pointer at the end of overtime in the fourth game to tie the series, he did so despite suffering a painful sprained ankle that forced him to leave the third game.

Luca also had some fights with Harold, which motivated him even more to beat the Clippers. This performance in the playoffs earned Beverly's respect for Luca. He has always had a unique perspective on the league and his opinions on some of the players and organizations are quite entertaining. He is now playing his twelfth season in the NBA. He is a veteran who spends more time mentoring young players. and appearing on podcasts, a question Bev was asked at one of his appearances was about the best trash talkers in the NBA. Beverly listed his top five without hesitation. Draymond for sure.

KD, sure. discreet. Discreet donic LCA. I'm definitely somewhere. Up there, Russ, yeah, Russ, up there, great, five, that's some respect he has for Luca's abilities, at least for the trash talkers. When Luca Donic engineered a trade in the second half of Denver's stirring victory in Dallas on Sunday, the Slovenian megastar got much more than he bargained for with Mavericks Nuggets rookie Christian Brun, so versatile forward Zeke he would be Don's main defender. Donic drove and appeared to have a step on Zeke, but the 6'1 forwardhe challenged from behind as Zeke crushed Don's floater and naturally celebrated the save.

The fierce competitor who was already emotionally charged took the boast personally, although Zeke said that wasn't his intention. Zeke talked a little about this match after the game. I'm cooking for you. Zeke said of Donic. He has the little accent to him. I'm cooking for you. I'm cooking you, you can't stop me when the third quarter is over. Zeke and Donic were still barking at each other. I'm like you didn't score on me the whole game. You have done nothing. Zeke said what Donic didn't. What I anticipated or didn't know was that Zeke enjoys those opportunities.

I definitely enjoy defending the best players. Zeke said my mentality is to try to block them and stop them. He might have gotten away with it in that case, as Luca had one of the slower games of him on the field. while finishing with 22 points on a below-average 76 shooting and two of eight on three-pointers, Luca's defense could have been the main factor in the Nuggets' one-point victory over Dallas that night from a distance. Steph seems like a pretty quiet guy who doesn't talk much to other players, except at a Warriors game. and Mavericks we were able to see the other side of Steph.

Luca was talking so much trash to his teammates that Steph had enough. We got to witness the fierce side of Curry in none other than Luca Donic, who went back and forth with the Warriors' guard during the West. One moment from the Conference Finals caught on camera was when Don Cheich called out Curry for missing a free throw and said, "Damn, what's going on?" Shut Up Another time Curry told Luca to shut up was when the latter accused baby Assassin of failing throughout the game. Donic even went so far as to imitate Curry's move after knocking down a buzzer-beater with a three-pointer to end a quarter, although in the end it was Curry who had the last laugh, the Warriors gentleman sweeping the Mavericks in the series en route to his sixth appearance in the final, which then turned into another ring to boost Steph's leg.

This was a rare occasion where Luca lost a battle for trash talking, of course, trash talking always has. He has been a part of competitive basketball, at the end of the day the main goal is to gain a competitive advantage and that is what Luca has been trying to do. He always shows sportsmanship after games and that's what it's all about, it's part of the reasons why Luca Donic is one of the most respected basketball players of the modern era.