We Need To Talk About Luka Doncic...

0:00 The Mavericks Lost & Luka's To Blame?
2:51 Dallas Has A Luka Problem?
5:06 The Luka Tape Review
12:38 4th Quarter Woes
18:51 Luka's Offense
24:50 Excuses? @luismendez1405 & The End

#basketball #nba #commentary

[jehlielcelestine]

Deadass hate it when Luka complains to ref instead of playing defense. Good call out Rusty

[bnsz]

The consistently horrible body language makes this so much worse too

[chrilpy]

Luka is really living up to the Harden comparisons

[WestCoastCheeseHead]

Giving up that game winning shot against Utah was absolutely horrible there was no communication and he’s ball watching. 2 fundamental things that you can’t do in team defense

[KesiaR]

Laziest is probably more accurate Luka can defend he just doesn't do it which is worse than being just a bad defender.

[masonh]

I just don’t see Mavs ever being able to beat the celtics with his current level of defense. Every starter can truly punish luka as a defender and it was very apparent in the finals

[JakeAustinBrown]

I’m happy Lukas not on my team. Generational talent but his play style, attitude and body language makes him so hard to cheer for. I’ve never seen a player complain about everything the way he does even when it’s his fault. Wouldn’t be surprised if Luka never wins a championship

[LikeWhyTF]

Did you guys know that traffic cones in Slovenia are actually six and a half feet tall?! Wild huh

[suto]

It's annoying to see a 6'8 pg be a negative defender.

[kevinscott]

As an NBA fan who started watching in the 80s, I'm well aware that most players in the 80s, 90s, etc, also did conserve their energy at times. You were making a great point up until then.

[cyberexile]

Luka is the most annoying player to watch off the ball. Hes unbearable to watch as a defender, he constantly complains to the refs and has the personality of a toddler

[NMHoops]

He was never better than Jokic. It’s disrespectful

[sndchamp]

Not gonna lie. Iv watched every game this year and I am SCREAMING at my screen because Luka is just not playing D.

Then he throws a pinpoint pass from half court and wins our love back 😂

[masonmiller]

This editing and video structure really works btw, good work

[NezzBlessed]

I’m not saying Anthony Edwards’s or Luka are close to being the same player. Very different play styles. But what I will say is u can tell 1 player worked on getting better at something they were bad at. Ant has gotten significantly better at shooting 3s and is attempting 12 per game. Luka NEEDED better defense and it was obvious from the finals and really throughout the playoffs. I think it was a lack of effort in the off season to really get better at defense or get in better shape to have the stamina later in the game to do so.

[RehanX]

i get riled up whenever he's called 'the best player' when he's clearly one of the worst defenders ever, better to call him 'the best offensive player' but he's nowhere near the best player he can't defend and he can't play off ball, he's a bigger James harden nothing more

[Maloman]

Rusty, thank you for Police Files/Naked Gun-esque ending to the ad read.

[kostaspyrkas]

His defense is so bad he shouldn't even be considered top 10

[edgarsnake]

Agreed, the white James Harden. It looks like Luka made no effort to get in shape or up his defensive game in response to last year's obvious shortcomings. And I doubt he will sniff the finals any time again soon.

[kevinalamo]

I agree that Harden has the game that's most reminiscent of Luka's. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I feel they put Harden on smaller 4s and he'd actually defend the post quite well for a guard. Harden, like Luka, is ass at perimeter D bc they both have fairly shitty lateral movement, but they're both "country strong" and Harden actually stood dudes up in the post bc of his size/strength. Maybe that's their goal with putting Luka on bigger guys, so he doesn't have to run as much, and he can rely more on strength than footspeed