Luka Doncic Discussion: The Magic Is Back! Luka Magic!

Because he’s not healthy.

Also I don’t know what that guy in the video is talking about Luka was his first step? He’s not Ja Morant or someone that relies on athleticism. He gets by people because of his basketball IQ, his handles, he knows how to manipulate defenses, etc.

Yes he wasn’t getting by guys against Boston, but we’ve seen him be more successful as the games have went on as far as getting to the basket and defeating his defender.

 

Luka Doncic is averaging 31.2 ppg, 45.6 FG%, 41.0 3PT FG%, 8.8 assists, and 6.2 rebounds in his last five games.

I actually did the math on these numbers. He’s not healthy as we can see from the last game and just overall whether it’s the calf of the back injury it is clear Luka is not 100 percent healthy, yet he’s still putting up great numbers. I’m not worried about him.

 

His three-point shot has come around. We haven't seen much of his getting the defender on his back, take a floater or get all the way to the basket stuff yet, probably because of the calf. Could end up being a blessing in disguise for LeBron to be out for a little while, forcing Luka back into the create everything role he's used to.

 

Usually if Luka dunks it's because he is trying to take the air out of the opponent. He does a lot of psychological things during the games to try to break the opponent down. You won't see him dunk too often.

He reminds me of Shaq in that players get to beat up on him and not getting calls for it. It's just due to his size. I'll give him a couple of weeks and he should be able to start getting downhill with defenders on his hips.