MisterHibachi wrote:Heej wrote:kayess wrote:So it might be too early but...
On O, guy is basically a LeBron comp (except nowhere as good attacking the rim as young Bron due to his non-existent burst, but gets young Bron calls anyway when he tries to dribble to the rim). His D is never going to be as good as Bron's but his jumper is waaaaay ahead of him.
Does that not project to a GOAT ceiling? What am I missing here? [Apologies; haven't really had time to watch Luka so will gladly be proven wrong]
Sounds insane to say but a Lebron minus athleticism plus shooting handles and IQ really might project to that ceiling. At least on offense he might end up the GOAT offensive player. His defense really is gonna depend on his motor. He clearly has a great motor to be doing what he's doing but he's gonna have to increase that to ridiculous levels to make up the defensive gap imo.
I don't think his help defense is as special as Bird's was, which I'm thinking will have to be the minimum for Luka to reach GOAT ceiling. He also doesn't seem to have crazy good hands like Bird but we shall see. I'm slightly worried teams will go at him like Curry in the playoffs and he won't be able to hold up the way Curry (who's perpetually underrated on defense) was able to. He may need a special team of defenders around him. Bird looked like a far superior athlete at his peak compared to Luka imo which helped him a lot and I think people discounted that about him.
By plus IQ are you saying you think Doncic has a better BBIQ than LeBron?
As for defense, I think his size already gives him a higher ceiling than Curry, and if his rebounding is for real, he could be a Dirk type positive defender by virtue of his defensive rebounding.
At the same point in their careers, I think he honestly does. And part of it is him growing up in the LeBron era and watching him make all those next level reads. By the end of their careers? It remains to be seen. LeBron is going to accumulate the most on-court experience ever in high leverage moments.
If Luka can come anywhere close to that in terms of multiple deep playoff runs I think he has a good chance at surpassing Bron in that regard. He has a massive head start due to his professional experience in high level games from such a young age. I don't think it's a given he'll be able to take care of his body to the extent necessary though. LeBron's a freak in that regard due to his legendarily neurotic OCD.
If Luka's able to display the same type of athleticism retention as LeBron (albeit retaining less due to starting with less) AND can have multiple finals trips in his pocket I don't see why he can't have a 2017 or 18 type year where it all comes together and he's basically god mode unstoppable that year.
