Maverick41 wrote:Bob8 wrote:When did his complaining hurt Mavs? Mavs were hurt by their FO mostly.
Oh c'mon Bob. First of all, every tech he gets gifts the opposing team a free point. He's had several ejections from games. Every darn year, we pray to the Mavs gods that he doesn't get suspended for having too many techs. Hell, we got lucky a few times from the grace of Adam Silver for rescinding some of his techs to avoid it. Also let's not forget the negative effect it has on his teammates as well.
We're all Mavs fans here but let's not be blind to the facts. Luka isn't flawless.
If I remember right he had 3 ejections, that means he's ejected every 120 games. And all those ejections were in RS. So I can be pretty sure those ejections didn't cost Mavs anything.
Gifting free points to the opponents? That's 15 points in the season, if they hit all FTs, which is very unlikely. Luka has missed around 180 Fts himself last year, which hurt his team a lot more.
Negative effect on his teammates? That's a bit hard to measure, but I would guess that they're more or less used by now.
But we have to look at other side of equation too. Do you really believe that all that pressure which more or less all Nba stars and coaches are putting on referees don't bring something back too? Don't you think that Luka gets some FTs because of that too? Don't you think that coaches are provoking technical to change criteria sometimes?
I agree his nonstop talking to referees and complaining is annoying. But it's Nba, they want their stars shining, all this is part of entertainment. Be realistic, Luka won't change much. Those reactions are difficult to sustain. But Mavs won't lose much because of that, like they didn't in playoffs games they have already played, they just need competitive team. In Nba it's very simple, you are whiner, loser, overrated...until you win the ring. After that, all is forgotten.
Luka for sure isn't flawless, but I would like a lot more, if he can hit Fts with 80+%, 3s over 37% and be In better shape. That's doable and would bring Mavs a lot more. If he can do that, he can continue complaining about everything.