2021-22 NBA Season Discussion

[yoyoboy]

Man I would love to see Luka get into sick physical shape. Lower the body fat and pack a little more muscle on his frame.

Itll def help.............but i think his lack of traditional Nba athleticism (hes athletic in his own way for his game) is always gonna limit what he can do on defense even with more muscle better shape

Sure, he'll always be limited and he'll always have trouble defending penetration, but a lot of what I'm seeing out there is pure laziness. With his size and general basketball intelligence/instincts there's no reason he shouldn't be at least passable. So often tonight, he was just guarding nobody, specifically later in the shot clock.

[Texas Chuck]

Outside of Dallas fans do people actually enjoy watching him play?

Pretty sure that's a hard yes.

But not generally for his defense....

[Statlanta]

The one thing I didn't appreciate about LeBron James is how much winning a championship gave him and his team's confidence.

The Warriors look head and shoulders and chest muscles over so many teams in terms of morale.

[Fadeaway_J]

Luka putting up garbage time points again like last game when the game was basically over

Ppl are gonna look at his PPG the last 2 games like he dominated but hes gotten a good 12 PPG the last 2 4th quarters with game basically over

ehh, it was not really garbage time if there was a realistic chance of a comeback, which there was

that said, i agree his scoring volume overstates his impact at this point in time

Yeah but that's more because of what he's doing (or not doing) on the other end.

[PaulieWal]

Outside of Dallas fans do people actually enjoy watching him play?

Pretty sure that's a hard yes.

But not generally for his defense....

You're right. I used to enjoy watching him too but I think with playoffs you get these intense games and you're watching with so much more focus. The bad or annoying habits stand out and can quickly sour you on a player.

Also, not sure if he's taken his flopping to a new level this year. Don't remember it being this bad before.

[parsnips33]

Wiggins can go ahead and buy a house in the bay. Don't think Bob is gonna let him go at this point

[parsnips33]

Warriors offense so much deadlier than Phoenix (CP3 injury caveat goes here). Just much harder for Dallas to guard the second and third actions

[MyUniBroDavis]

Luka should be forced to retire after that flop.

I guess they have to protect their

Poster child

[Texas Chuck]

Luka should be forced to retire after that flop.

I guess they have to protect their

Poster child

Okay that's clever. Well done.

[BIGJ1ER]

Curry has pretty clearly been better than Doncic this series imo, not sure if thats a consensus here.

Thoughts?

[PaulieWal]

Love how Ernie called it a mid air flop by Luka on Inside.

[Peregrine01]

Curry has pretty clearly been better than Doncic this series imo, not sure if thats a consensus here.

Thoughts?

No question in my mind. He's been way better on defense and also better on offense. As great as Luka's raw numbers are, it doesn't seem to match up with actual impact. Mavs offense have looked anemic for much of this series and given how they've given him all the keys to the offense, it's hard not to assign responsibility to him for that.

[GSP]

Curry has pretty clearly been better than Doncic this series imo, not sure if thats a consensus here.

Thoughts?

Hes been better on both ends. Lukas had some end of game PPG bump up when the game was out of hand but he has struggled attacking Wiggins and Looney all series

Defensively Steph has been alot better

[falcolombardi]

luka is gonna be 24 next season

lebron (2009), jordan (88) had breakthrough seasons around that age, leaping into goat tier seasons

if luka is gonna keep pace with them (unlikely) we should start seeing signs of it next year

[Texas Chuck]

Curry has pretty clearly been better than Doncic this series imo, not sure if thats a consensus here.

Thoughts?

Without any question.

Which I'll admit has surprised me. I thought Luka would play better than this. But his poor defense is undoing a lot of the good he has managed against an elite defense.

[GSP]

holy **** the Luka and Kidd soundbites postgame conference

theyre talking like they just got swept..........i mean they prolly will get swept but that was nuts hearing them talk like theyre already ready to go fishing

[PaulieWal]

The Suns also really look like paper tigers in retrospect with getting embarrassed by Dallas meanwhile GSW in about to sweep or win in 5 at max.

[PaulieWal]

holy **** the Luka and Kidd soundbites postgame conference

theyre talking like they just got swept..........i mean they prolly will get swept but that was nuts hearing them talk like theyre already ready to go fishing

What did they say?

[itsxtray]

luka is gonna be 24 next season

lebron (2009), jordan (88) had breakthrough seasons around that age, leaping into goat tier seasons

if luka is gonna keep pace with them (unlikely) we should start seeing signs of it next year

Giannis won his first Mvp at 24 as well in 18-19

[Fadeaway_J]

Luka should be forced to retire after that flop.

I guess they have to protect their

Poster child