Mirotic12 wrote:SportsGuy8 wrote:There's a difference between being a PF and playing "SOME PF in small-ball lineups".
I gave two examples of EuroLeague power forwards (Reyes and Printezis) that he would have zero chance of being able to guard in the post......
Reyes was never a small ball power forward, but he was an undersized power forward or small ball center. Printezis is actually himself a small ball power forward. In fact, he's the absolute 100% pure definition of a small ball power forward.
Doncic could in no way guard those guys, an undersized 4 (Reyes) and a small ball 4 (Printezis). I wasn't even mentioning actual real power forwards with size and skills.......how in the world would he have guarded someone like Lorbek for example?BoardCrusher wrote:so what are you trying to say is, all these under 18 tournaments at which he dominated are more relevant, its good YOU made that clear for everyone, while trying to downplay him, carry on. The double standards and hate for Doncic are just incredible.
2012 U–13 Lido di Roma Tournament with Olimpija Ljubljana: MVP
2013 U–14 Ciutat de l’Hospitalet Tournament: MVP
2013 Minicopa ACB of Vitoria-Gasteiz: MVP
2013 U–16 Budapest International Tournament: MVP
2013 U–16 Villa de la Laguna Tournament: MVP
2013 U–16 EA7 Emporio Armani Tournament: MVP
2014 U–16 Spain Championship: MVP
2015 Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (ANGT): All-Tournament Team
2015 Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship: MVP
2015 U–18 Spain Championship: MVP
2015 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament: MVP
What double standard? I said actual fact. Official Under-18 tournaments are much more meaningful than some random friendly games with a national team. Pretty much everyone knows that. Why is there even an argument here?
I don't understand some of the comments here sometimes.........I have rated Doncic probably as high as anyone here, but I often get called out as a Doncic hater for simply stating actual facts.
Anyway, I will continue to post based on fact, and not conjecture. If you consider that a "double standard", then so be it.
the double standard doesnt apply at your post, but rather at the comparisons made by US posters and their double standards towards euro prospects/players.
And then we have some posters, who knows many things about basketball in Europe, but downplay what he's doing by comparing him to Jaric and similar players. Yes, he can be compared to Jaric, but 18 years Doncic to 26 years old Jaric. And 18 years Doncic has much better shot. And if we really want to compare Doncic to the one of the best Pf in Europe, 18 years old Printezis would have big problems with 18 years Doncic. If we want to be fair to Doncic we must never forget how old he is. And when he will be 22 and stop improving, we will see if he's Jaric, Dragic or maybe even some very mediocre role player and some people here will be very happy.
