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1 year agoI don’t think the average fan even knows about the Giddey situation lol. I mean until Shams tweeted, no big media had even acknowledged it, just a bunch of random Twitter people.
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Hard to argue against 30-8-8 on 50-40-75 splits.
Luka has shown to always level up in the playoffs, which is crazy considering he basically puts up 30-9-9 during the regular season. If you surround him with a team of good defenders to cover his weaknesses (like the Raptors), I believe he can win a chip.
Embiid legitimately gets worse in the postseason, and has no memorable playoff moments to speak of and he’s almost 30. And unlike Luka, Embiid has played with elite rosters.
Luka has shown to always level up in the playoffs, which is crazy considering he basically puts up 30-9-9 during the regular season. If you surround him with a team of good defenders to cover his weaknesses (like the Raptors), I believe he can win a chip.
Embiid legitimately gets worse in the postseason, and has no memorable playoff moments to speak of and he’s almost 30. And unlike Luka, Embiid has played with elite rosters.
Can’t be mad at that top 5 tbh.
I don’t have KD or Tatum in the top 3 right now for MVP voting lol.
Top 3 right now is Jokic and then Luka/Embiid (in some order).
If the Mavs are a top 4 seed, it will probably be Luka. Especially considering a lot of NBA analysts barely see the Mavs as a play-in team, let alone playoff team and a lot of people don’t think the Luka/Kyrie duo will pan out either.
But I would say Jokic, Tatum, or Giannis have the best chance as of now.
What you mentioned is not a racial matter, it’s called xenophobia. There’s a difference.
As a Luka fan, I think the biggest difference is that a solo Luka offense is far more predictable than a solo Kyrie offense.
Everybody on the court knows Luka is gonna have the ball in his hands and try creating everything. Whereas with Kyrie, he doesn’t mind deferring to teammates like Hardaway which keeps things unpredictable. When Luka is on-fire or teammates are making the shots he creates from the attention he draws, the Harden-style of offense works great. Otherwise, it can be stagnant.
And obviously defensively, Luka is extremely inconsistent in his effort and the Mavs don’t have DFS or Maxi Kleber from a couple years ago to hide his flaws. Kyrie isn’t good either, mainly due to size, but he does try a lot harder than Luka on that end.
That said, Luka is still a top 5 player for his talent and individual achievements, but his impact is not nearly enough to consider him in the best player convos.