Luka Doncic Discussion: Lean Mean Slovenian Extension Machine

Yes he looks injured in second half,but game vs Germany is September 10
He will be fine
P .S
Doncic took a hard fall onto his right side just 36 seconds into the game
hopefully he isn't injured.

 

How lame is that we have Curling and Cornhole as “sports” on ESPN, but no Eurobasket!?
I know it all has to do with the politics of money but it still sucks.

 

Curling lol

 

Luka scored exactly half of team Slovenia points

 

See?! If he still had cushion on that side like he used to. Chubby is for protection, y’all.

 

I’m just worried his body will need significant rest halfway through the season.

 

https://sportando.basketball/en/luka-doncic-i-need-therapy-but-everything-will-be-fine/
Both Luka, and Giannis with crazy stats
Luka 42 points and 10 rebounds +42
Giannis 37 points and 10 rebounds +37

 

zinger put up 34/19 in a loss.

that's like euro-wilt!

 

watching the italian coach's reaction to luka destroying them was pretty hilarious.

 

doesn't make his teammates better SMH

 

I don't know what he's watching cause Luka is looking he is rolling into his prime.

Luka right now is splitting a very good deal. No one lights it up in euro ball and yet he is doing just that.

He is down 30 pounds and heavily motivated. He is really just getting warmed up because he took some time off at the end of the season and didn't play. He's never been fast but is moving like he was 3-4 years ago. I like that he is still carrying enough weight to bully players down low.

 

unlike your fave The King

 

Could you explain this analogy to me? I don’t underhand it?

 

it's when you kind of know how to do something and get overconfident leading to failure.

i don't ski personally, but if you get your weight shifted too far, you'll fall, which is where the phrase comes from.

the application here is that cranjis obviously spends a lot of time analyzing the game and has some good insights, but now and then he says some absolutely wacky stuff. this happens to lots of wonks, imo--they start to drink their own koolaid (e.g., my numbers say robert williams is better than bill russell, so he is--it's not that my numbers have a flaw!). in this specific case, he's probably over scrutinizing a small sample of film to conclude that doncic makes bad reads. sorry, you can't have the level of offensive success this guy has had whilst not being able to "read the floor". if that's your analysis, probably re-think your analysis.