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peja_the_legend wrote:Amazing stats against the NBA level croatian back court of 47 year old Popovic and whoever else was playing pg for them
peja_the_legend wrote:Amazing stats against the NBA level croatian back court of 47 year old Popovic and whoever else was playing pg for them
The-Power wrote:reanimator wrote:Lol Lonzo hit plenty of pull-up 3s.
And the point isn't the comparison to Lonzo being bad but that no one would peg him as a scorer.
I don't think anyone would contest that Doncic is a great perimeter shooter.
The issues Lonzo has as a scorer are related to his release among others. Lonzo can't shoot midrange shots consistently because of that and this makes him a shooter from deep basically by default – and that's also why we saw a lot of deep 3's from him before it was contested. Does Doncic have the same issues with his release? No, and that's why I don't see any reason to doubt his midrange game in the future. It's just that those aren't the type of shots you want to take too often and Doncic happens to be smart enough to realize that.
reanimator wrote:The-Power wrote:reanimator wrote:Lol Lonzo hit plenty of pull-up 3s.
And the point isn't the comparison to Lonzo being bad but that no one would peg him as a scorer.
I don't think anyone would contest that Doncic is a great perimeter shooter.
The issues Lonzo has as a scorer are related to his release among others. Lonzo can't shoot midrange shots consistently because of that and this makes him a shooter from deep basically by default – and that's also why we saw a lot of deep 3's from him before it was contested. Does Doncic have the same issues with his release? No, and that's why I don't see any reason to doubt his midrange game in the future. It's just that those aren't the type of shots you want to take too often and Doncic happens to be smart enough to realize that.
I doubt everything until I see it.
That said, the argument doesn't hold because Doncic doesn't get to the rim and finish at a high clip in the half-court.
Bob8 wrote:reanimator wrote:The-Power wrote:The issues Lonzo has as a scorer are related to his release among others. Lonzo can't shoot midrange shots consistently because of that and this makes him a shooter from deep basically by default – and that's also why we saw a lot of deep 3's from him before it was contested. Does Doncic have the same issues with his release? No, and that's why I don't see any reason to doubt his midrange game in the future. It's just that those aren't the type of shots you want to take too often and Doncic happens to be smart enough to realize that.
I doubt everything until I see it.
That said, the argument doesn't hold because Doncic doesn't get to the rim and finish at a high clip in the half-court.
Which 18 years old player is doing everything in serious competition? If Doncic would be capable to do it all in Euroleague or in National team, he would have been much better than Lebron. I have been watching Porter scoring 40 point against school kids, Drazen Petrovic has been scoring 120 against that kind of competition. If you doubt everything, how can you assess Porter and others? Competition they play against is a joke.
reanimator wrote:Bob8 wrote:reanimator wrote:
I doubt everything until I see it.
That said, the argument doesn't hold because Doncic doesn't get to the rim and finish at a high clip in the half-court.
Which 18 years old player is doing everything in serious competition? If Doncic would be capable to do it all in Euroleague or in National team, he would have been much better than Lebron. I have been watching Porter scoring 40 point against school kids, Drazen Petrovic has been scoring 120 against that kind of competition. If you doubt everything, how can you assess Porter and others? Competition they play against is a joke.
Who said Doncic has to "do everything" or that I "doubt everything?"
Just because I'm skeptical of him as a scorer at the highest level does not mean I don't think he does a ton of things well.
SportsGuy8 wrote:Supposedly today's game is going to be on YouTube at 18:00 CET (12:00PM ET):
Bob8 wrote:reanimator wrote:Bob8 wrote:
Which 18 years old player is doing everything in serious competition? If Doncic would be capable to do it all in Euroleague or in National team, he would have been much better than Lebron. I have been watching Porter scoring 40 point against school kids, Drazen Petrovic has been scoring 120 against that kind of competition. If you doubt everything, how can you assess Porter and others? Competition they play against is a joke.
Who said Doncic has to "do everything" or that I "doubt everything?"
Just because I'm skeptical of him as a scorer at the highest level does not mean I don't think he does a ton of things well.
Scoring 27 points in only 13 attempts against very good Croatia is pretty high level. It's not the Nba, but outside Nba is difficult to get much higher level. And his average in 4 games played is 19.8. Ntilikina and others can meanwhile only dream to play in National team once and watch Luka on TV.
And if you think it's easy to score 27, just look to Dragic and his 8 points in the same amount of shots.
reanimator wrote:Bob8 wrote:reanimator wrote:
Who said Doncic has to "do everything" or that I "doubt everything?"
Just because I'm skeptical of him as a scorer at the highest level does not mean I don't think he does a ton of things well.
Scoring 27 points in only 13 attempts against very good Croatia is pretty high level. It's not the Nba, but outside Nba is difficult to get much higher level. And his average in 4 games played is 19.8. Ntilikina and others can meanwhile only dream to play in National team once and watch Luka on TV.
And if you think it's easy to score 27, just look to Dragic and his 8 points in the same amount of shots.
I don't care "how much" he scored but how he scored them.
kayath wrote:he wont get 30 min for sure maybe 15 min
