Luka Doncic Discussion: Lean Mean Slovenian Scoring Machine

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  1. Weezy

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    Making it look routine




     
    Weezy, Mar 25, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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    still not MVP because he speaks with strong accent??
     
    KuzmoBall17, Mar 25, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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    Because he's a Laker.
     
    OX1947, Mar 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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    OX1947 - Lakers MVP -

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    Every Laker MVP in Lakers history has won the MVP when the team was a 1 seed EXCEPT the last year a player won an MVP on a losing team in 1976. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

    The Lakers could field an all time top 5 team in the NBA and there have only been 4 players who have won an MVP for the Lakers. 8 total. 6 of those were Kareem and Magic. Pretty sad. East Coast voters and those pigs in the Ohio area have cost Laker plays several MVPs.
     
    OX1947, Mar 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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    yeah, i do think him being foreign is an issue (though clearly not the deciding issue, as voters love jokic), but the disrespect is like, 70% lakers bias. the other part, as i mentioned before, is just that he's a demonstrative player who really rips fans' hearts out, and writers and voters are fans, largely of "not the lakers".
     
    abeer3, Mar 26, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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    Players voted for MVP then, until 1980 which was the last time Cap won. Cap would have won more if it was players who voted, MVP candidate probably until 83
     
    KareemtheGreat33, Mar 26, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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    I don't mind the hate or disrespect. Being foreign, a ball hog, or the complaining I can understand.

    Just don't use defense as the reason why he's not a MVP candidate. Aside from Wemby and maybe Cade, no other MVP candidate plays better defense than Luka. The numbers back this up. The narrative is stupid and ignorant. The "no defense" premise is somehow only applied to Luka and it pisses me off. I hope we meet up with OKC and attack SGA relentlessly. That will silence this dumb narrative.
     
    tada, Mar 26, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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    we went after murray relentlessly last time we played denver, to great effect. you never hear about murray being a bad defender, though.
     
    abeer3, Mar 26, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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    i don't see how you can even put SGA ahead of luka when you look at OKC's roster compared to the lakers. if you take SGA off that team, they're still incredibly deep
     
    432J, Mar 26, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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    I don't really have an issue with Shai and Wemby being ahead of Luka on the MVP ladder. Their teams are 10 and 8 games, respectively, ahead of Luka's and they're having pretty crazy seasons themselves. Luka will have to be on a 60 win/1 seed caliber team at some point to win MVP.
     
    sk2408, Mar 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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