@@JoanneGiangrandedoesn’t matter. Luka could be 2-6 in the finals for his career but if he’s putting up stats like this for the rest of his career, he’s gonna be top 5 all time.
That alone was why I was super high on him going into the draft he’s been playing pro ball since he was a teen against grown men. Even in that league at a young age was embarrassing them grown ass dudes never understood why Atlanta wanted to trae over him and traded him for trae 😂😂😂
These American pundits are so ignorant. Luka led Slovenia to a European title as a teenager. Won several titles with Real Madrid, as a teenager. He has been able to handle pressure since a very young age. This isn't a new experience to him.
@@markopecinovic4475idk where your from but most kids who grew up in the 90s 80s and 70s played against grown men growing up. Recently aau is has gone viral but before then there was leagues like pop warner where middle schoolers played against high schoolers. This has been going on. I will however tip my hat to Luka being from that cloth most athletes have done this it's how you reach another level.
@@destytayzo77 I think you're misunderstanding. Luka wasn't playing noon-ball or at the park. He was playing against the second best competition in the world at 16.
@@destytayzo77 middle schoolers playing against high schoolers is a lot different than being 16 playing against the best in Europe, and being the best.
I'm from Slovenia, a nation of 2 million people who struggled through history not to get overrun by bigger neighbours... And to listen some Gilbert talkin' bout Luka's mental game.... lol... he doesn't know Slovenians, he doesn't know the Balkans, he doesn't know sh*t... lol
Gilbert couldn't keep have enough composer to keep his gun in the house. He is a clown that allows Kwame Brown of all people to continuously diss him. Gilbert wishes he had 10 % of the talent of Luka!
@@mike_tkgchsI love ANT but holy shit the glaze was insane. Being compared to MJ and Kobe in your first deep post season run is kinda insane. His stats were definitely all time great impressive especially for his age but the media pulled the trigger on the MJ comparisons.
Facts, the only two valid critiques I've ever seen against Luka is his defense, which he has stepped up big time in these playoffs, and his fg% cause he tends to chuck at times. He's been proving those critiques obsolete in these playoffs though.
That's really the only area his game hasn't fully matured yet. He's still too shot-happy. Takes too many unnecessary shots... that'll sort itself out with age. As for defence - he's actually pretty decent, he just doesn't try much during the reg season...
The Celtics will shoot more three pointers than any other team and last year Denver, who shot fewer threes than the other NBA teams, won the championship.
Luka getting to the conference finals at 22 to lose to the warriors everyone: empty stats,ball hog not a championship player Ant Edwards’s making the conference finals to lose to Luka: U GO KING BRIGHT FUTURE!!!
Exactly. And just compare that Mavs team to Wolves. Wolves got DPOY, Mavs had Powell back then, Wolves got multiple allstar player in KAT mavs had hmmm..... Kleber? And Luka didn't get any credit at all.
To be fair, it is a correct stance/take to have towards Edwards. He does have a bright future and this loss shouldn't stain his career as anything more than part of the process. But it isn't fair that the pundits take this stance towards him and not other players as well.
JT is 3" taller than Doncic? Is this guy drugs? They are virtually the same size, give or take 1cm, and Luka has like 10kg on him, Luka can bulldoze JT.
It is a relief as a Mavs fan to find this video. I have been saying this for a while about Luka. I said to my husband that Luka could cure cancer while winning the West and they still would not give this man his flowers. I mean, and I love Brunson, but they were ranking him above Luka for MVP.
Not only to Luka... If there's a player that can compared to Luka in terms of offenaive bags, is Jokic... But no, saying Jokic is better means praising another White European😂
The whole reason I’ve been so high on Luka, compared to a guy like JT or Jokic, is cuz of his experience. Since 13, he’s been a pro. Luka being so weathered in the process of playoff level basketball against full grown adults is such a leg up for him mentally, and you compound that with his talent and statistical abilities, this dude’s basically BUILT for championship runs
That's why hes gonna he the biggest disappointment of all time having all that talent and not being able to win this year and all the other years too. If Luke does win a ring, it will come with at least 4 or 5 NBA finals losses. You heard it here first .
@@JoanneGiangrande all that talent is so vague what talent did he have compared to other all time greats including MJ cause I’ve yet to see Luka’s Scottie Pippen until maybe this playoff run KP was hurt constantly Brunson had one good series and honestly needs to be a 1 option what other talent has he had a old and retired dirk stop it
Year for sure especially since it is a bad take in the first place cuz it is possible. Lebron won the chip in Cleveland using a heliocentric offense and it also included Irving at his side. That being said, Boston is one heck of an opponent so time will tell if it happens this year.
@ludomirsteinbruck9376 where have you been all of this year and last where the media was saying that the mavs being so Luka-centric cannot make it to a championship let alone win a chip?
18 years old Luka was European champ, undefeated, MVP of the tournament, so don't sell us misinformations. He was also MVP Euroleague and the champ there, before he went to NBA. Luka is a CHAMPION.
The true standouts in the league were the ones who were able to take it to the next level when the pressure was on. Luka has that it factor. Bird, Magic, Jordan, and Kobe had that it factor that makes them winners. Tatum might have that inside as well but he has yet to show it. What makes the Mavs scary isn't that their team is stacked and the best it is the fact that Luka and Kyrie can take over any single game with their will and skill.
I love seeing different types of people be interested in, participate in, and succeed in things im interested in. Right now, im reading this incredible science fiction book series translated from a Chinese author. I wouldn't get that experience if i only read books by authors who look, think, and are from the same place as me. Or if i felt threatened and diminished by other people's success. I appreciate this spirit of this video. I completely agree!
07:30 Bro, if I'm hooping getting 40+ pts in a game, and we're STILL loosing that game, of course I'll be depressed too. And cmon, you can lead a team, but if your teammates aren't good, there's so much you can do to change every single player in yout team.
When Luka wins a ring and FMVP in about 3 weeks all those people that said "Luka is Harden 2.0" "Luka will NEVER win a championship" etc will be in shambles
it was starting to feel like he was a lot like harden. But as soon as he got the personnel to really play team ball, he adjusted. And Harden has done that too tbh. The big difference is.... Luka doesn't disappear when you need him.
@@cloudunderweather9554 no, harden was never clutch, and luka was ALWAYS clutch.... 2 players scoring the same amount of points is not enough to make such statements
@@cloudunderweather9554lmao harden is and always will be a free throw merchant check the numbers he has more free throw attempts vs fgm’s it’s atrocious
@@notimportant3686 the issue with Harden isn't that he's not clutch. Obviously he's not as clutch as Luka. But the reason Harden "disappears" in the playoffs is that his offensive game isn't dynamic enough for playoff defensive schemes and attention. Spamming left handed drives and step-back 3s work great on a Tuesday night in January when your opponent just flew in from Charlotte. But you need a myriad of ways to score come playoffs. Harden didn't develop his floater until recently.
Steven A needs an update coz Tatum shooting 29% from 3 in playoffs. Luka 34% threes while injured but has gone 32/70 & 46% in last 7 gms while his knee has been getting better. Now has a week off to get closer to a 100%.
@@BrothaSchwiftyand that why i say he is mister hind sight he always wanna act like he called it when he didnt in the vid he say he going to have i told you so lap when they win. Howww when he also doubted them
😂😂😂 don't be dumb and I'm from Dallas saying this, Luka really benefits from the defensive players around him as any player would but let's not get beside ourselves
@@snowmontana2547 it’s funny cause same thing applies to Tatum except I’ve literally seen him check out defensively when he’s having a bad game. Luka and Kyrie have been locking up all playoffs.. the clippers even tried to attack Luka but he literally shut them down
@@snowmontana2547 you might be from dallas but sadly that doesnt make you any smarter. When it comes to offense everybody talks about playmaking but when it gets to defense everyone just talks about 1v1s. Your a casual
@@snowmontana2547if that was true then why does Luka hold opponents to the lowest fg% 🤣🤣 mf stupid Tatum don't play defense. Y'all let other defensive monsters on the Celtics let y'all believe he plays great defense. Same for ant
Whichever team wins I would be happy for them. It was disappointing after Dirk won his championship their team wasn’t competitive after that but they are back with a different squad now. Tatum and the Celtics went through the grind. They lost in the finals, stayed in the hunt and it would be well deserved if they finally broke through. Him and Jalen Brown are still in their mid-twenties. It could be the start of something special.
To be fair Gil really gripe Europe players is they don’t play defense besides Gobert, Greek, and Embid. He said rest of them is defensive liability. That topic on why NBA defenses is so bad.
Thank you for saying it bro. I understand everyone has biases and I know where it’s coming from but it still makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills when the talking heads are telling me Ant,SGA,and Tatum are all better than Luka.
저는 한국에 사는 Nikola Jokić, Luka Dončić의 팬입니다. 이들에 대한 차별적인 시선은 한국의 NBA팬들에게도 수년 동안 유명한 이야기였습니다. espn, 특히 SAS의 주장에 대한 논리적인 반박의 영상을 올려주셔서 감사합니다. 당신의 영상은 귀에 쏙쏙 들어오고 많이 유익했습니다. 전 단순히 흑인을 혐오하고 백인을 좋아해서 이들의 팬인 것이 아닙니다. 전 Duncan, Harden, Kawhi 또한 아주 아주 좋아합니다. 저는 그저 NBA가 좀 더 차별 없이 공평한 경쟁을 하길 원합니다. 다시 한 번 좋은 영상을 제작해주셔서 감사합니다.
I’m a Boston Celtics fans but I have to agree. Luka is a gifted generational players should win MVP this year. But let see if he could win a championship this year… and if he does, there would be no doubt how great he is…
the story I heard was that some old school coaches went to Europe and taught them how to play fundamentals that American coaches haven't paid as much attention too
Comes crunch time ... players fear most when Luka has the ball compare to Tatum. Questioning Luka's mentality is prevalent around American pundits ... which is insane. Winning championship in Europe with win or lose format rather than American styles series are mentally heavier. You cant have a mini break when you lost a game to comeback for the next game. Its win or go home in most other side of the planet. And Europe fans can be very intimidating. Playoffs with war athmospheres. Thats what a teenage Luka had been through.
As a huge luka fan as a rookie he's been my 2nd favorite player he's prolly a top 5 player I've witnessed with LeBron Steph jokic and giannis I need a Luka ring man 😈 I don't want a Tatum ring at all
I commented on a video a few months back when this same type of stuff was being said, but i got ATTACKED for being MARRIED to a non-black woman instead of addressing the clear bias towards Luka. Let's see what's being said now. I hope the young Man wins a championship this year and shuts people up. Brother can ball his tail off!!!
My take is this: Basketball is insanely important to Black American culture and they have thrived and wildly overachieved, dominating the league for half a century. The thing is Black Americans make up 14.4% of the US population (47.9 million people). There are 8.1 Billion people in the world, meaning Black Americans make up half of a percent of the global population. Now that basketball has gone global, they are competing with a much, much larger audience of people who also grew up playing and watching basketball and dreaming of being in the NBA. The fact that Black Americans make up a fraction of a percent of the global population but are still disproportionately represented in the highest league of basketball should be a source of pride, but law of numbers also suggest it's likely the best basketball players are likely to come from outside of the US. Europe has a population of 746.4 million (15.5x the number of Black Americans) and the resources to develop players early. I wish these commenters wouldn't get so hung up on having a Black American be the best player in the world and instead cherish the amazing success Black American players have regardless.
The Mavs are all too familiar with the euro-hate. We experienced the national media talking trash about Dirk for literally more than a decade - even after he brought the Mavs their first championship, still so many refused to acknowledge Dirk’s greatness.
Am I missing something? Wasn’t Lebron James getting similar criticism in the media when he was a younger player without a ring as well? I distinctly remember when he would get criticized in the media about not having the same mindset as a Jordan or Kobe. People questioned his ability to lead a team to a championship as well! Why are people crying about Luka like other great players didn’t go through the same things?
Gilbert arenas doesn't know anything about how to get a ring because he never got one. He never even made it out of the 2nd round. And he only got there once. His playoff average is 17.1 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 31 games in the playoffs in his career.
Haters gonna hate. If Dallas were to win, they'll find moments where he wasn't great, focusing on that to discredit him. They don't use the same standards if they like the guy. It's so obvious.
A guy who speaks "eveybody tough when they up" or "whos crying now motherfxxxer" is certainly a mad man who is mentally prepared. C'mon Luka do it for the fans and for Kobe! Beat them Celtics!
Whats funny is that KP has come out and said it was his fault why it didnt work. He said he was to immature to handle being the 2nd and sometimes the 3rd option.
Not to mention that Luka dealt with more injuries to teammates AND different starting lineups throughout this season than any other player or superstar in the league. He also had the 4th highest scoring game of all-time this season (73 points) and had the most 25pt, 35pt, 40pt and 45pt games of all players this season. Just other points that journalists just happen to gloss over or not acknowledge at all because it doesn't fit the agenda of their flavor of the month/season.
Don't worry, these kind of derogatory BS gets Luka going😅 Let them disrespect him. Let them criticise him. They're gas to his 🔥 GO MAVS❤ All the LOVE from Slovenia, we are all behind you! GO GET THEM!!!
Lukas plays basketball how it´s suppose to be. And this narrative that Gil and Stephen A. it´s weird because Luka is clearly a basketball product pratically made in the lab. He won everything before coming to the NBA. He fits like a glove in the Dallas Mavericks organization and vice-versa.
gil gets old, the fact that there are basketball podcasts who ACTUALLY KNOW BALL who would love to have the platform that he has but he uses it to be xenophobic and LIE. CTE runs gils life
Thank you for saying it. It is xenofobia, or straight-up racism. Jokić is only acknowledged because he won the ring but still disrespected, Luka is constantly disrespected, the same goes for Golbert, Sabonis is like he doesn't exist...
My guess is that if Dallas wins a ring, media will say that Kyrie carried the team, no Luka. Media will ALWAYS find a way to disrespect one player they don't like or don't want to portray as worthy.
Luka was Euroleague MVP against grown-ass men at EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD . who says he's not ready after that and 6 NBA season has to stop smoking
In Real Madrid, Luka already became a legend...
This second part of his career, he has to prove himself again.
He doing a great job.
I feel like people forget that. I knew he was gonna be special from just his prior experience alone.
He's gonna have a finals record like Jerry West and LeBron maybe worse than LeBron actually.
@@JoanneGiangrandedoesn’t matter. Luka could be 2-6 in the finals for his career but if he’s putting up stats like this for the rest of his career, he’s gonna be top 5 all time.
That alone was why I was super high on him going into the draft he’s been playing pro ball since he was a teen against grown men. Even in that league at a young age was embarrassing them grown ass dudes never understood why Atlanta wanted to trae over him and traded him for trae 😂😂😂
A Luka Ring would Feed Generations
It would feed me cuz I'd let luka bust in my mouth.........
How so?
What does this comment even mean?
@@king_charlemagne9150of joy
@@ogbmt he talking about the narratives that'll come for sports talk people
These American pundits are so ignorant. Luka led Slovenia to a European title as a teenager. Won several titles with Real Madrid, as a teenager. He has been able to handle pressure since a very young age. This isn't a new experience to him.
Imagine being 14 and playing with grown ass men and being among the best...that is Luka.
@@markopecinovic4475idk where your from but most kids who grew up in the 90s 80s and 70s played against grown men growing up. Recently aau is has gone viral but before then there was leagues like pop warner where middle schoolers played against high schoolers. This has been going on. I will however tip my hat to Luka being from that cloth most athletes have done this it's how you reach another level.
@@destytayzo77 I think you're misunderstanding. Luka wasn't playing noon-ball or at the park. He was playing against the second best competition in the world at 16.
@@destytayzo77 middle schoolers playing against high schoolers is a lot different than being 16 playing against the best in Europe, and being the best.
luka started his pro career at 11/12 playing for olimpija lubijana and signed for real madrid at 14
I'm from Slovenia, a nation of 2 million people who struggled through history not to get overrun by bigger neighbours... And to listen some Gilbert talkin' bout Luka's mental game.... lol... he doesn't know Slovenians, he doesn't know the Balkans, he doesn't know sh*t... lol
Gilbert couldn't keep have enough composer to keep his gun in the house. He is a clown that allows Kwame Brown of all people to continuously diss him. Gilbert wishes he had 10 % of the talent of Luka!
If Luka wins the ring, the switch up from the media is going to be insane
doubt it. they will have some narrative to still keep him down and pump up antman (no shade to ant but u know what i mean)
@@mike_tkgchsI love ANT but holy shit the glaze was insane. Being compared to MJ and Kobe in your first deep post season run is kinda insane. His stats were definitely all time great impressive especially for his age but the media pulled the trigger on the MJ comparisons.
@@roscoeorginal exactly. Its his first run for fuck sake... "Luka still didnt win" well DID ANT WIN? DID TATUM WIN? jeez, the narratives...
@@roscoeorginalalso Ants 3/4 games were mid at best
@@mike_tkgchs i agree they did it with Jokic so they will do it to Luka.
Facts, the only two valid critiques I've ever seen against Luka is his defense, which he has stepped up big time in these playoffs, and his fg% cause he tends to chuck at times. He's been proving those critiques obsolete in these playoffs though.
Yea he’s really stepped up his shooting this season. 38% from 3 with the volume and variety of 3s is crazy
That's really the only area his game hasn't fully matured yet.
He's still too shot-happy. Takes too many unnecessary shots... that'll sort itself out with age.
As for defence - he's actually pretty decent, he just doesn't try much during the reg season...
The Celtics will shoot more three pointers than any other team and last year Denver, who shot fewer threes than the other NBA teams, won the championship.
People who claim that a player like Luka is not 'mentally prepared' have NEVER seen a basketball game in a country like Serbia or Slovenia or Greece.
Thank you for being the first UA-camr to really give Luka the proper amount of respect that he's due!
He is not the first...he is one of many!!!!
Luka getting to the conference finals at 22 to lose to the warriors everyone: empty stats,ball hog not a championship player
Ant Edwards’s making the conference finals to lose to Luka: U GO KING BRIGHT FUTURE!!!
True bro
Exactly. And just compare that Mavs team to Wolves. Wolves got DPOY, Mavs had Powell back then, Wolves got multiple allstar player in KAT mavs had hmmm..... Kleber?
And Luka didn't get any credit at all.
To be fair, it is a correct stance/take to have towards Edwards. He does have a bright future and this loss shouldn't stain his career as anything more than part of the process. But it isn't fair that the pundits take this stance towards him and not other players as well.
Luca is already one of the all time greats!! At 25 years of age!!
One of the greatest to watch early in their career, but respect the grind and appropriately credit him and his peers..
@@GhostWriter-Gohandoesn’t matter if he never wins a ring he’s a getting into the basketball hof
@@RichardTaylor-gd4zw that's not what I meant bud
JT is 3" taller than Doncic? Is this guy drugs? They are virtually the same size, give or take 1cm, and Luka has like 10kg on him, Luka can bulldoze JT.
Tatum like 6'9 6'10 luka 6'7-8
@@BigHambachiLuka is damn near 6'10
Tatum is listed, by the Celtics, as 6’8”, 210 pounds.
Luka is listed, by the Mavs, as 6’7”, 230 pounds.
So, for the Euros, 2.5 cm and 9kg.
@abel6846 In Asia we use cm too. 2.5cm is so little it might as well be 0 cm.
They’re the same fuckin height
Luka been cooking for some time now he’s definitely one of the faces of the league all I gotta say I think the NBA will be fine🔥🔥
It is a relief as a Mavs fan to find this video. I have been saying this for a while about Luka. I said to my husband that Luka could cure cancer while winning the West and they still would not give this man his flowers. I mean, and I love Brunson, but they were ranking him above Luka for MVP.
Low called out chilltwn 😂😂
Love that Low calls it like he sees it ! Lots of racism and xenophobia towards Luka!
Not only to Luka...
If there's a player that can compared to Luka in terms of offenaive bags, is Jokic...
But no, saying Jokic is better means praising another White European😂
The whole reason I’ve been so high on Luka, compared to a guy like JT or Jokic, is cuz of his experience. Since 13, he’s been a pro. Luka being so weathered in the process of playoff level basketball against full grown adults is such a leg up for him mentally, and you compound that with his talent and statistical abilities, this dude’s basically BUILT for championship runs
That's why hes gonna he the biggest disappointment of all time having all that talent and not being able to win this year and all the other years too. If Luke does win a ring, it will come with at least 4 or 5 NBA finals losses. You heard it here first .
@@JoanneGiangrande that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard I’m sure in your mind Robert Horry is better than MJ cause he has 7 rings
@@JoanneGiangrande you are the proof that stupid comes in all shapes and sizes.
@Frosty1026 lol you're the fool i don't believe Horry is better than MJ but you can be quite good and never win. Case closed.
@@JoanneGiangrande all that talent is so vague what talent did he have compared to other all time greats including MJ cause I’ve yet to see Luka’s Scottie Pippen until maybe this playoff run KP was hurt constantly Brunson had one good series and honestly needs to be a 1 option what other talent has he had a old and retired dirk stop it
Luka vs Tatum is not the discussion that needs to be had. We need to talk about how Luka has more postseason success than Lebron at this age.
Hey buddy!! If you worked for ESPN they would fire you for saying such of a great statement.
@@Veedub112 That and I couldn’t be on Gil’s arena, draymond green show, club 520, or Old man and the three; all Klutch Sports payroll pods 😂
Gil's playoff numbers (31games 11-20 record😅): 17pt, 3.8 ass, 3.5 reb.
This man should be banned from talking like that about great players.
He can bring a gun to the locker room, but he can't bring any sort of NBA intellect 😂😂
NBA media talks about europeans the way The world talks about black people. The irony.
Luka winning a ring would silence the whole "cant win a ring with a heliocentric offense" take lol
Year for sure especially since it is a bad take in the first place cuz it is possible. Lebron won the chip in Cleveland using a heliocentric offense and it also included Irving at his side. That being said, Boston is one heck of an opponent so time will tell if it happens this year.
Mavs dont have a heliocentric offense at all
That’s the point of Kyrie
@ludomirsteinbruck9376 where have you been all of this year and last where the media was saying that the mavs being so Luka-centric cannot make it to a championship let alone win a chip?
@dwilliams380 Luka's usage is pretty much the same it's been in prior years.
18 years old Luka was European champ, undefeated, MVP of the tournament, so don't sell us misinformations.
He was also MVP Euroleague and the champ there, before he went to NBA.
Luka is a CHAMPION.
Man speaking facts in this video but my thing is why Luka doncic don't get the bad guy image like Trae Young..
You forgot to put quotations on the title bro
good eye
They call that "click bait"
@@KobiFilms appreciate it bro
The true standouts in the league were the ones who were able to take it to the next level when the pressure was on. Luka has that it factor. Bird, Magic, Jordan, and Kobe had that it factor that makes them winners. Tatum might have that inside as well but he has yet to show it. What makes the Mavs scary isn't that their team is stacked and the best it is the fact that Luka and Kyrie can take over any single game with their will and skill.
Man, I love your videos
Keep doing this! We need this. Refreshing, data-driven and color-blind!
I love seeing different types of people be interested in, participate in, and succeed in things im interested in. Right now, im reading this incredible science fiction book series translated from a Chinese author. I wouldn't get that experience if i only read books by authors who look, think, and are from the same place as me. Or if i felt threatened and diminished by other people's success. I appreciate this spirit of this video. I completely agree!
1:54 😂 not only did I think they were 6'7 and 6'8 respectively but it took me literally less than 15 seconds to confirm. SAS sus, SAD!
Luka is doing what James harden could have done if James was clutch
It's not clutch/not-clutch. It's Harden doesn't have a deep enough bag to have a 35% usage against playoff gameplans
Luka has more going in than Harden
Thats still not saying much though
@@ludomirsteinbruck9376 yea Luka has better interior abilities
Luka been him, watching him before the NBA I said ya he's the next goat.
By far my favorite basketball channel
Keep it up brother
07:30 Bro, if I'm hooping getting 40+ pts in a game, and we're STILL loosing that game, of course I'll be depressed too. And cmon, you can lead a team, but if your teammates aren't good, there's so much you can do to change every single player in yout team.
And they wonder why Jordan was a savage.
When Luka wins a ring and FMVP in about 3 weeks all those people that said "Luka is Harden 2.0" "Luka will NEVER win a championship" etc will be in shambles
it was starting to feel like he was a lot like harden. But as soon as he got the personnel to really play team ball, he adjusted.
And Harden has done that too tbh. The big difference is.... Luka doesn't disappear when you need him.
@@cloudunderweather9554 no, harden was never clutch, and luka was ALWAYS clutch.... 2 players scoring the same amount of points is not enough to make such statements
@notimportant3686 yeah that's what I was saying.... right? Maybe?
@@cloudunderweather9554lmao harden is and always will be a free throw merchant check the numbers he has more free throw attempts vs fgm’s it’s atrocious
@@notimportant3686 the issue with Harden isn't that he's not clutch. Obviously he's not as clutch as Luka. But the reason Harden "disappears" in the playoffs is that his offensive game isn't dynamic enough for playoff defensive schemes and attention.
Spamming left handed drives and step-back 3s work great on a Tuesday night in January when your opponent just flew in from Charlotte. But you need a myriad of ways to score come playoffs. Harden didn't develop his floater until recently.
Damn dude, go get a napkin, you're spiting straight facts.
Steven A needs an update coz Tatum shooting 29% from 3 in playoffs. Luka 34% threes while injured but has gone 32/70 & 46% in last 7 gms while his knee has been getting better. Now has a week off to get closer to a 100%.
Question for LOW and community. In the end was trading Brunson A good or bad move?
Low is mister hindsight is 20 20.
He's not Luka has been that guy for years man
@@DCUEmp_prinzyi agree but low was one of the ones who doubted luka. He doubted the mavs. He always critize every1 when he also do the same shit
@@Archburnerhe admitted that in the video
@@BrothaSchwiftyand that why i say he is mister hind sight he always wanna act like he called it when he didnt in the vid he say he going to have i told you so lap when they win. Howww when he also doubted them
Is Tatum actually a better defender than Luka this playoffs? I swear I’ve seen Tatum check out of 3 games this post season.
😂😂😂 don't be dumb and I'm from Dallas saying this, Luka really benefits from the defensive players around him as any player would but let's not get beside ourselves
@@snowmontana2547 it’s funny cause same thing applies to Tatum except I’ve literally seen him check out defensively when he’s having a bad game. Luka and Kyrie have been locking up all playoffs.. the clippers even tried to attack Luka but he literally shut them down
@@snowmontana2547 you might be from dallas but sadly that doesnt make you any smarter. When it comes to offense everybody talks about playmaking but when it gets to defense everyone just talks about 1v1s. Your a casual
@@snowmontana2547if that was true then why does Luka hold opponents to the lowest fg% 🤣🤣 mf stupid Tatum don't play defense. Y'all let other defensive monsters on the Celtics let y'all believe he plays great defense. Same for ant
Na he definitely is , though I believe Luka is better than he thought to be
1:32 smiling while blowing ppl out is crazy! Pause
Whichever team wins I would be happy for them. It was disappointing after Dirk won his championship their team wasn’t competitive after that but they are back with a different squad now.
Tatum and the Celtics went through the grind. They lost in the finals, stayed in the hunt and it would be well deserved if they finally broke through. Him and Jalen Brown are still in their mid-twenties. It could be the start of something special.
If Luka knows how to release joy and express it the way his teammates express it, he will win every final until 2050
Brooooo! You nailed it! Respect!
Luka is a Superstar.. This is the 3rd European Superstar in the NBA Finals in the last 4 years… They have all been hated and doubted the same…
I loved watching Darrick Lively play in the Wolves series that boy was baaaad I was like ok damn he’s a Rookie wtf ok
He gonna make em cry just like Joker last year.
Oh SHIT! Y'all, he said it! Mad respect man
To be fair Gil really gripe Europe players is they don’t play defense besides Gobert, Greek, and Embid. He said rest of them is defensive liability. That topic on why NBA defenses is so bad.
Boston got lucky because they hit a lot of 3’s and Ky had an off night. I don’t think it will be the same next game.
Thank you for saying it bro. I understand everyone has biases and I know where it’s coming from but it still makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills when the talking heads are telling me Ant,SGA,and Tatum are all better than Luka.
저는 한국에 사는 Nikola Jokić, Luka Dončić의 팬입니다. 이들에 대한 차별적인 시선은 한국의 NBA팬들에게도 수년 동안 유명한 이야기였습니다. espn, 특히 SAS의 주장에 대한 논리적인 반박의 영상을 올려주셔서 감사합니다. 당신의 영상은 귀에 쏙쏙 들어오고 많이 유익했습니다. 전 단순히 흑인을 혐오하고 백인을 좋아해서 이들의 팬인 것이 아닙니다. 전 Duncan, Harden, Kawhi 또한 아주 아주 좋아합니다. 저는 그저 NBA가 좀 더 차별 없이 공평한 경쟁을 하길 원합니다. 다시 한 번 좋은 영상을 제작해주셔서 감사합니다.
I’m a Boston Celtics fans but I have to agree. Luka is a gifted generational players should win MVP this year. But let see if he could win a championship this year… and if he does, there would be no doubt how great he is…
No lie… if they beat Boston… that would be the most hilarious finals in a long time I can only hope he stomp on lucky again son
Luka works soooooo hard and he truly has a passion and talent for the game. HE DESERVES THIS!!!!
The Don being Luka nickname is tuff
the story I heard was that some old school coaches went to Europe and taught them how to play fundamentals that American coaches haven't paid as much attention too
6:08 “Winning matters man” -👴🏾
Comes crunch time ... players fear most when Luka has the ball compare to Tatum.
Questioning Luka's mentality is prevalent around American pundits ... which is insane.
Winning championship in Europe with win or lose format rather than American styles series are mentally heavier. You cant have a mini break when you lost a game to comeback for the next game. Its win or go home in most other side of the planet.
And Europe fans can be very intimidating. Playoffs with war athmospheres. Thats what a teenage Luka had been through.
Waiting for the Cowherd James Harden comparison 😂
Cowherd often compares him to Melo 👀
As a huge luka fan as a rookie he's been my 2nd favorite player he's prolly a top 5 player I've witnessed with LeBron Steph jokic and giannis I need a Luka ring man 😈 I don't want a Tatum ring at all
It’s funny cause both the second and third round Mavs were always done double digits, and would still come back.
This video was straight facts - might as well make a media disstrack
As a mavs fan, this aint nothing new! Dirk wasnt respected until they defeated LeBron and the heat! As a mavs fan, we LOVE LUKA!!
Stephen a literal just yapped 😭
I commented on a video a few months back when this same type of stuff was being said, but i got ATTACKED for being MARRIED to a non-black woman instead of addressing the clear bias towards Luka. Let's see what's being said now. I hope the young Man wins a championship this year and shuts people up. Brother can ball his tail off!!!
Great respect, new sub earned
Dawg literally explained a frontrunner lol
Excellent work on the true MVP, not the ones on vacation in Cancun.
Idk why anybody listens to what Gilbert Arenas has to say in 2024 🤦🏻♂️
Subscribed because this man knows 🏀 Luka the 🐐
My take is this: Basketball is insanely important to Black American culture and they have thrived and wildly overachieved, dominating the league for half a century. The thing is Black Americans make up 14.4% of the US population (47.9 million people). There are 8.1 Billion people in the world, meaning Black Americans make up half of a percent of the global population. Now that basketball has gone global, they are competing with a much, much larger audience of people who also grew up playing and watching basketball and dreaming of being in the NBA. The fact that Black Americans make up a fraction of a percent of the global population but are still disproportionately represented in the highest league of basketball should be a source of pride, but law of numbers also suggest it's likely the best basketball players are likely to come from outside of the US. Europe has a population of 746.4 million (15.5x the number of Black Americans) and the resources to develop players early. I wish these commenters wouldn't get so hung up on having a Black American be the best player in the world and instead cherish the amazing success Black American players have regardless.
The Mavs are all too familiar with the euro-hate. We experienced the national media talking trash about Dirk for literally more than a decade - even after he brought the Mavs their first championship, still so many refused to acknowledge Dirk’s greatness.
He is all ready
Gilbert had to bring guns to the arena to even have a shot at playing defense.
you earned a sub! speaking F facts!!
Im ready for these finals broooo! Let's goooooooa!
5:57 bro this shit had me weak as hell got that stereotypical big boy laugh😭
Gil, Perkins, SAS, and everyone else in the media are snorting that walter white crystal, like how many times did they get hit in the head as a baby 😂
Am I missing something? Wasn’t Lebron James getting similar criticism in the media when he was a younger player without a ring as well?
I distinctly remember when he would get criticized in the media about not having the same mindset as a Jordan or Kobe. People questioned his ability to lead a team to a championship as well!
Why are people crying about Luka like other great players didn’t go through the same things?
Great video man!!!
Luka deserves more respect
Gilbert arenas doesn't know anything about how to get a ring because he never got one. He never even made it out of the 2nd round. And he only got there once. His playoff average is 17.1 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 31 games in the playoffs in his career.
Switch Luka and Tatum’s resume and people would crown Tatum as the next GOAT and Luka would be barely in top 20 discussions
Haters gonna hate. If Dallas were to win, they'll find moments where he wasn't great, focusing on that to discredit him. They don't use the same standards if they like the guy. It's so obvious.
Hey los Idk if you already commented on this, but what do you think about people saying that Kyrie is better than Tatum?
A guy who speaks "eveybody tough when they up" or "whos crying now motherfxxxer" is certainly a mad man who is mentally prepared. C'mon Luka do it for the fans and for Kobe! Beat them Celtics!
Can't forget these:
"You can't f***ing guard me"
"Go home b**ch"
13:13
To answer the question, they want his name to be Luke Dillon and for him to be from Sacramento
Whats funny is that KP has come out and said it was his fault why it didnt work. He said he was to immature to handle being the 2nd and sometimes the 3rd option.
Not to mention that Luka dealt with more injuries to teammates AND different starting lineups throughout this season than any other player or superstar in the league. He also had the 4th highest scoring game of all-time this season (73 points) and had the most 25pt, 35pt, 40pt and 45pt games of all players this season. Just other points that journalists just happen to gloss over or not acknowledge at all because it doesn't fit the agenda of their flavor of the month/season.
Don't worry, these kind of derogatory BS gets Luka going😅
Let them disrespect him.
Let them criticise him.
They're gas to his 🔥
GO MAVS❤
All the LOVE from Slovenia, we are all behind you!
GO GET THEM!!!
Foot on the Line always be spitting some hard facts that a lot of people just can’t handle and take. 5:30
Dope video man and great analysis
With that being said I’m Team Luka Mavs in 7 on my soul imma put money on it 🫡
Low, ain’t you just say Ant was the face of the league a couple weeks ago?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anthony Edwards with Lukas current résumé would be in GOAT conversations.
Lukas plays basketball how it´s suppose to be. And this narrative that Gil and Stephen A. it´s weird because Luka is clearly a basketball product pratically made in the lab. He won everything before coming to the NBA. He fits like a glove in the Dallas Mavericks organization and vice-versa.
gil gets old, the fact that there are basketball podcasts who ACTUALLY KNOW BALL who would love to have the platform that he has but he uses it to be xenophobic and LIE. CTE runs gils life
Thank you for saying it. It is xenofobia, or straight-up racism. Jokić is only acknowledged because he won the ring but still disrespected, Luka is constantly disrespected, the same goes for Golbert, Sabonis is like he doesn't exist...
Damn imagine if Dallas keeps JB and Kyree finds his was to LA 🦿 crazy thought 💭
Luka has to commit to being in shape and playing both ends of the floor. You cannot rely on scoring and then being a matador on defense.
I can't wait to see what trash talk luka has got left in his bag for Boston 😭
5:48 😂😂😂 im dying bruh
My guess is that if Dallas wins a ring, media will say that Kyrie carried the team, no Luka. Media will ALWAYS find a way to disrespect one player they don't like or don't want to portray as worthy.