Swish77 wrote:Archx wrote:GermanFan120 wrote:Those who play basketball know when your shots are not falling, it is usually caused by fatigue (no leg) or injury (knee/ankle).
Unfortunately Luka has both problems atm, resulting in his scoring struggle in this series.
Without him playing like a super star and without some brilliant coaching, I think Clippers will prevail in 6 if they win G5 tomorrow.
Yep. If your knees start acting up, specially after a long season, no short breaks will help you. That's just high level sports and body needs time completely away from any activities, to fully heal up. Plus treatments. Look at Kawhi, force players back and it gets even worse. Mavs can only hope Luka's knee don't get worse.
I am also fully aware that Mavs could be exaggerating his injuries in order to cause confusion but then again, how many times does that actually happen? He had ankle, quad and knee problems. So yeah, he absolutely needs a full off season away from basketball, heal up and do proper cardio to prepare for next year.
Well he has a right knee sprain. I saw a pic yesterday on X that he was at practice with it taped up pretty good. Luka knows his body more than anyone in the world. Nobody is forcing him to play. We all know Luka doesnt like to miss games. Luka does what Luka wants. IF he says he wants to play then I trust him.
Athletes want to compete, they're paid to do so and it's also their life passion. But with that being said, it also means they are their own worst enemies. A real doctor will tell you to shut it down in order to prevent future structure damages which could potentially jeopardize your career. We've seen this soooo many times in various sports that i won't even look up for examples.
If Luka thinks he's ok to play, then he should play, i don't care for him that much
... But i do care as a fan and even if Mavs somehow defeat LAC with a hobbled Doncic, then what? OKC are young and will play fast, how is his body going to hold up? I know i'm getting ahead of myself but the way he's playing now, i don't have much confidence. At least if he was healthy then obviously anything can happen.