Ron Swanson wrote:I know it's probably blasphemous to say, but tell me where the lie is when I say Luka has basically evolved into Euro Westbrook.
I don't know. I see what you're getting at but it probably goes a bit too far with the negatives attached to it. He's still been winning at a very young age without another legit star to play with. RW always had at least one other. RW just does not have the insane court vision on O like Luka. While Luka's 3% isn't drastically better than RW I think we would all confidently say he's a better shooter. He shoots a high amount of difficult contested off dribble and step back 3s. RW is basically dared to shoot wide open 3s. That said, I am curious how Luka would adapt if he did have a better team around him, would he embrace moving the ball etc or still control so much. So there's where I agree and see how he might be going down the RW path too much. I was definitely having a similar complaint/frustration you're getting at here with how they played 4th Qs last year in the playoffs though. It was basically him dribble for 20 seconds then shoot a tough contested jumper.
I could see an argument too that he plays on O more similarly to LBJ (minus as much brute force driving to the hoop) in terms of controlling the ball so everything has to go through him, his incredible vision/awareness like LBJ, but which leads to everyone else standing around too much and watching him. And possibly not getting as much out of guys as they might be able to offer. Of course, Luka is no comparison to prime LBJ on D though.
So I guess in summary, yea I see what you mean but I also think his BBall IQ is drastically higher than RW that he could do much more if he had a different team/coach around him. but there is a big question on "if" he would do it or if he'd be stubborn ala RW.
