On absolutely mad volume and he won’t stop taking stepbacks lol. Like dude needs to get downhill, he has insane touch and either a size/strength or speed/agility advantage against 99% of the league. And Luka’s got an insane whistle so worst case scenario he gets to the line. Shitty shot selection is a big problem of his.

He needs to stop forcing tough contested shots. There are entire games where the only 3s he shoots are 5 ft from the line with a tight contest and 15 seconds on the shot clock like bro can you maybe chill and play some basketball.

Shooters can’t shoot in LA

These are Westbrick numbers lmao

Unanimous could be in play

Yep, likely Jokic Giannis Wemby all ineligible

Yes, but Shai is also having an all time MVP season so just because it’s am easy MVP doesn’t make it weak.

second place gonna end up being jaylen brown

Even if Luka wouldn’t get it anyway he might not even meet the game requirement

That man dragged the wizards to the playoffs, was responsible for the best season in Beal’s career (after doing the same for PG13).

Russ’ ability to elevate his teammates is to blame for some of the worst contracts we’ve seen in the past few years.

At least when he turns the ball over he’s getting back quickly to help stop the opposing fast break…

Yea his shooting numbers arent great right now, but even if they were, the bad defense and turnovers would negate anything good hes doing.

Woah woah woah woah woah. This is FIRST HALF wizards russ. Second half wizards russ was finally healthy and averaged 24-13-13 on good splits. Dont disrespect the legend who brought the wizards of all teams to the playoffs

Becauss the Lakers are ass at transition defence, the only guy who seems to be able to get back is Smart, everyone else just jogs and watches their opponent get a free layup

Don’t disrespect wizards russ like that

They come in bunches too. He will legit turn it over on 3 straight possessions

I cant stand wizards russ slander. In the last 22 games of the season westbrook averaged 23pts 14reb and 14ast on 4.4ov and 52.3% TS. The wizards went 17-5 during this stretch and westbrook had 18 triple doubles in those 22 games. Idk if MAVS luka has ever even had a stretch that good. Russ is so underrated oml

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/russell-westbrook-2021-stats-last-22-games-or-regular-season

I feel like the turnovers are almost okay you expect a few out of a lead guy like this but I believe the biggest issue is it takes so long for the lakers to set up any actions with him, it feels like almost every play he dribbles for like 10s with creating any advantage and now it’s someone save us the shot clock is winding down, can’t do that and expect to win

Wizards Russ was a winning player and had way better non scoring numbers in everything

All time overreaction

Luka’s threes often are momentum killers too, he has a tendency to try and join in when someone else is hot and because of how poorly he’s been shooting more often than not when he tries to join in its a brick and it kills the momentum.

He does need to drive in more and attack the paint, idk why he doesn’t do it more when he is insanely efficient from 2 especially close to the basket, its usually either a bucket or a foul. Like I remember the 73 point game, he was driving in all game even in the 4th quarter getting buckets. The only answer I got to that is his body does not allow him to do that because of fatigue or injuries idk.

However I also do think this stretch will go back to the mean as he is usually not a 29% 3p shooter, if he gets that back to 35% and cuts down the turnovers, suddenly both his game and stats will look much better

That’s because Wemby is a giant and should use his height advantage at every opportunity.

I think that had more to do with him being 7’5 tho lol

generational fatty

Maybe Nico was smart

I know you’re joking but he also had more FTAs than the entire pistons starting lineup

His foul baiting is the only way he’s keeping his TS% above 60 💀

That’s too harsh. He does still generate extremely high quality looks for his teammates and has a lot of gravity, he is still a great playmaker, but man this season has been a rough look for him. He has to start doing more off ball and he has to fix his shot selection because this just isn’t working.

The takes on this sub get worse by the day

Tbf, if he didn’t look how he looks, this part would be less of a problem:

you’ll be called a bum being his teammate because your stats will suck.

You are exactly right.

I wonder how much of this is due to coaching vs him. If Doncic was hypothetically traded to the Warriors or Grizzlies, could Kerr or Iisalo get Luka to play more off ball?

Yeah but the return is still inexcusable

Man this sub is crazy. He has one rough month and people start saying crazy shit like Nico was right ffs

Luka got them to the finals and got traded away for peanuts.

Huh? Let’s look at how Anthony Davis’ season has been going in comparison

Defense wins championships

Nico was hated for getting chips in return

It’s always nice checking these threads after a bad Luka game, seeing the dumbest people of reddit come out and say shit like this

I’m not a Luka believer either and I don’t think he ever wins an MVP but trading him for scraps when they’d already built a contending roster around him still remains a dumb move

Unironically did help him bully smaller defenders. He can still do that well enough though

He needs to go back to being Luka Porkic.

He’s already looking larger compared to the beginning of the season. It’s bizarre

Classic rnba brain jumping during a loss in the first half of the regular season

There is zero argument for anybody but Jokic Shai Giannis or Wemby to be above Luka lmao

Do it

Thats what Nico believed right?

He believed that Luka’s body will break apart and his defense will never come around. He refused to pay 60 million to that part of him.

This gets brought up every season for him. Luka continuously has a nagging injury. I think this is just who he is.

So Nico was right about him

Buddy you might wanna check those shooting splits. They worse than last year lol

Maybe he needs to change his focus because his mediocre shooting actually got worse 🤷🏽‍♂️

The takes in this thread are insane

He’s always a liability on defense.

Luka had one bad injury. Trae’s lower body has been fucked for the last few years, and he’s always had bad ankles.

“Israel” is crazy lol

you mentioned 12 players lol

He got a bag of chips in that trade

Not skilled you say?

Frequant trips to the various Buffets and Clubs….