Mr. Perfect wrote:CobraCommander wrote:Luka D…fence lol
If Luka plays defense actively like this he will be tugging at Superman’s cape next year if not playing for a title this year.
We all know it- Lukas defense is his only true weakness. His bad leadership will improve as he ages- but if he has decided he is going to try on defense and magically he is actually good at it (because the same genius that makes him a offense god translates to stopping the other guy) Luka will fulfill his promise and get back on the road to the top 20…. I think he fell out of it by being a scorer only like Melo - but now I have some hope he will be able to keep up with SGA over the long haul…
Cause they better get going cause Wemby coming - they gotta get those rings and MVPs before he grows up lol
Luka play defense like that and Kawhi play offense like that last game and this goes 5
Why would Luka need to keep up with SGA? It's the other way around. SGA does not have 10% the resume that Luka does, despite being the same age.
Neither has done anything yet - actually -
Both were top 5 mvp last year with sga 4 and Luka 5
This year they will both be 2 and 3
All nba and the other accolades are interesting- but these guys are neck and neck to most people. Like how Giannis and Jokic were.
You can disagree but check the mvp voting last year and their records over the last 2 years - these guys are playing equivalent ball.
I anticipate sga to be better than Luka long term if Luka doesn’t up his defense and get in better shape…. But…. Luka is playing good defense and Luka looks like he is in decent shape…. So this is the best outcome for a non-Dallas non-okc nba fan. I get to watch these two young guns battle in the same conference- this is perfect.
Biggest problem I have about mj and Hakeem is they never met in playoffs -
I’m worried I’ll never see Giannis or Embiid face off with Jokic…
Fortunately lbj played every one