joesha1698 wrote:Mavrelous wrote:joesha1698 wrote:
They don't seem sad at all. No more lack of accountability. Ignoring your teammates. Showing up your teammates. No defense. Out of shape. Constantly arguing with refs and not getting back. Let's not pretend like Luka was so fun to play with. I think when Kyrie got here he relaxed a lot and was a lot more easy going but he wasn't always the best teammate. Just because you get teammates open shots doesnt mean you can berate them and show them up with your body language. Before anyone accuses me of taking shots at Luka when he's gone - ive been saying the whole time he was here.
Yeah, I didn't see any of that, they loved the guy and went to battle for him, he is passionate and wear his emotions on his sleeve, all the great ones do.
Yeah but he's suppose to be their best player and a leader and didn't care to come back in shape. Thus missed 11 games in Nov and then got injured. So, in fairness, people are saying nice things about him, but his actions say a lack of commitment to winning. Which is a slap in the face to his teammates.
Plenty of superstars in sports are NOT natural leaders. Many of them grow into it. Some never do.
Good grief, what kind of leader do you think MJ was at 25? I'll answer. He wasn't.
The first half of Dirk's career he was NOT a leader, did NOT have ice water in his veins, was NOT a cold blooded killer. He was NOT physically strong. All of that changed with Dirk over time, after years of growth including mentally he became all of that and among the highest level the league has ever seen. Also, Dirk didn't take care of his body early in his career. That happened later too.
Talk about your microwave gratification, microwave expectations. Give these guys a chance to grow and mature man. We aren't talking about a terrible human being here. We aren't talking about bi-polar like was the case with Mark Aguirre.
Doncic though, IS a cold blooded killer. He's Larry Legend #2 RIGHT NOW in that regard, It's LEGENDARY, and Nico pissed it away.
You do know the Dallas Mavericks were in the most recent NBA finals right?