Luka Doncic during Lakers 7-game win streak: 38.1 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 8.0 apg
Luka Doncic, whose name is an anagram for unlaid cock, is averaging almost 40 per game over the past 7. Where does he rank in the MVP conversations?
There are actual human beings that believe this man isn’t 1st team All-NBA. Just telling on themselves.
Bum ass Kendrick Perkins should not be allowed to vote
there is no good reason for me to see this person’s name, yet here we are
Remember: SAS was the only one to not vote for Doncic in the 1st team All-NBA… two years in a row (2023 and 2024). The only one.
SAS is a racist whats new
There are a lot of people that shouldn’t be allowed to vote for these awards. I think anyone keeping the current top 4 out of the 1st team assuming they reach the limit should be banned permanently. It’s just malpractice.
Is there a reason why coaches don’t vote for All-NBA teams? I feel like that would make more sense and be practical.
Probably because it has direct financial implications for the players. MVP has them too, but the situation is a bit different because only 1 can get it.
And that is why I put no value on MVP awards… I just don’t, not when people like that are allowed to vote, I still remember when in 23-24 Stephen A. Smith did not have Luka as top 5 in MVP…
Advanced stats paint a very different picture of Luka. He actually grades very low on the Kendrick Perkins Plus Minus (patent pending)
Lol it’s just the Cops skin-color scale from Family Guy but reversed
He votes?! The NBA is fucked
People made the gap between SGA/Jokic and Luka seem way bigger than it actually was.
The NBA has a clear Top Five now
I’d say it’s a Top 4, but agreed
Leaving out Wemby still or forgetting Giannis?
Probably forgetting Giannis since he’s been out and not eligible for all NBA awards. The debates for the 5th spot mostly have that assumption in mind since there’s no way Giannis would be left out normally.
Yea that’s what I assumed. Cause like, Wemby has all but claimed 5th and Giannis is probably still 3rd. Can’t leave either of them out anymore.
who?
Put Luka on OKC and OKC is better.
Lmao this is just a delusional thing to say
I don’t think saying Luka who has carried multiple squads to conference finals that are FAAAAARRRRRRR worse than what SGA gets to play with in OKC is better is crazy at all.
Why didn’t SGA do that? He never got an all NBA vote until 3 years ago when he ended up on one of the most stacked lineups in the NBA.
Giving Luka the green light to not play hard on defense and it not limit the team overall because you have the OKC roster behind him I think it’s safe to say thinking SGA is better than Luka overall on offense is pretty telling that you’re box score watching and not watching games.
Okay since you’ve watched the games what does Luka bring to OKC that would make them better than SGA? Typical overreaction to an admittedly amazing stretch of play for Luka. Green light to not play defense? You mean what Luka pretty much has had his whole career?
This isn’t even worth arguing, you’re just delusional, no other way to describe it
Luka is better but common people SGA and Jokic are right there don’t make it seem like Luka is a level above be reasonable please!
Saying Luka is better isn’t reasonable though either
He is a legit top three players for years now. I don’t know why he gets so disrespected.
Because he complains to refs for doing such a shit job enforcing the rules.
How many 80 point games though?
Him elevating his game this season is very real. He was definitely not as sharp as Luka we know for long periods.
Jokic, SGA, Victor were locks.
Brown, Luka and Cade all had argument for 4th and 5th but Luka has elevated himself to a lock.
In the 10 games before this he was 27-7-7 with the lakers going 5-5.
It was fair to bump him down at that time.
So everyone just casually overlooking that “Unlaid cock” anagram shit?!
This was an homage to the u/Vitex1988 post with the Alex Caruso, Sexual Orca anagram. But sadly I think it was removed from the sub.
Real shit bro it takes some effort and imagination to find that respect
The way OP casually slipped that in there 🤣
I did it first!
Yes because he didn’t just lay it, he’s swinging it
Weird thing to pretend this works when his last in DonČiĆ. What is it then, “unlaid čoćk”?
Op got me with that can’t lie
Every time somebody posts something good about him he goes lower down the rankings, he’s probably around 33th now
He will be on the plane for Madrid by April at this rate.
Oh well. I guess we’ll have to trade Rui and Knecht for SGA.
C’mon, that’s not enough at all to get SGA. Should throw in LaRavia to make it even. But we should get a 2nd rnd pick too.
If only you had Max Christie to throw in to lock in the deal…
And then you guys miraculously landed on the no.1 pick somehow with 0.00% odds, I see a pattern here.
Just in time to win the UCL
always need an eastern european Luka on the team
As someone else said, he’s got the voter fatigue without even winning one MVP…his numbers are insane and he carries the offense every single night
But why? It seems like he’s always in an uphill battle with how he’s perceived by MVP voters.
Dropped a near 50 pt triple double and 40 pt triple double within a span of 10 days and it’s kinda viewed as normal for this dude lol
Because it’s been clear since his second season in the league he could go down as the best basketball player of all time.
Thirty threeth
Thirty thirth
I stopped posting and shitting on him since the news came out regarding his ex-fiancé and children and he’s gone nuclear…might need to start posting again
I hear going to live games and trash talking him is really effective, I highly recommend doing that instead
This has been his whole career, just learn to accept it.
Lakers fans discovering what Mavs fans have been complaining about is so funny/sad to me. Rip
While I agree Luka gets a lot of unnecessary criticism and he’s clearly a lock for all nba 1st team, the crying about the MVP ladder is crazy.
It’s literally just one guy’s opinion, it’s not like the MVP ladder is a weekly poll of qualified voters, people get way too worked up about an article written by a guy that’s probably trying to drive views and discussion for the nba website.
In 2024 it wasn’t one guy s opinion. He finished 3rd averaging 34 9 10
Ok y’all are dragging this joke out.
keep in mind this dude is absolutely going thru hell in his personal life rn. fighting a custody battle for his kids
what a baller
I mean Luka does play better when hes mad
Luka ex fiancee the best heckler he has
She made the hard choices necessary to get him a ring
By returning his ring, I kneel
Equivalent exchange and all that
That’s how you know he’s a real baller. Personal problems become secondary when he steps on the court
No this is how you know he’s a psycho like Kobe and MJ lmao. The more pissed off he is the more competitive he is.
More like he’s releasing his frustrations on the court by cooking the poor lads on the opposing teams
“Heard his fiance dropped new demands in the custody battle.”
“Shit he is going for 60 tonight.”
The real stretch of that was in December as it was happening right after the birth of his daughter, seems like he’s playing more free ever since the news broke
He’s a millionaire.
luka when hes mad is so good
Laker fans need to start wearing the opposing team Jerseys and heckle Luka during the playoffs
the problem is bro does too much cool shit that the fan gonna accidentally jump and cheer. Hard not to expose yourself when he throwing no look lobs to close the game.
Apply an AI filter on the TV broadcast to deepfake Russell Westbrook’s face onto Luka. That should be no problem in eliciting hate, jeers, heckles, and boos from Lakers fans
Wife carried the kids and left and he goes nuts. Literally
They had Jaylen Brown over this man on the MVP ladder bro
sorry but he’s still better than shai
Ref bitch shai would get a touch foul for FTs. Then second possession would be open lane and he’d push off for easy mid range shot…
That’d be nba’s product. Shai ‘Ref Bitch’ so called mvp lol
Wow what a streak! Place him at 6th
This confirms he just dropped down to 9th in MVP voting
perk has him 2nd team all nba
Perk is still arguing guys like Cade and Brown for mvp 🤣
Who…gives…a flying…fuck?
We all know Perk has single digit brain cells. Why are we constantly posting about him? We could just ignore him and he would eventually go away. By constantly keeping his name alive, you are literally making him matter.
He has multiple shows on the biggest sports network in north america and has a vote on end of season awards. the people who think he’s an idiot are unfortunately the minority
Nah, I think the majority thinks he is an idiot. Being on the biggest sports networks in the USA usually means that.
he has those positions because he gets strong reactions from people like you
The recent talk of Luka not being a serious MVP candidate or a First Team All-NBA selection is smelly clickbait.
Rage bait*
I miss it :(
r/LUKAMAGIC THE REAL MVP
I think it’s fair to say he’s been the best player in the NBA since January 1. Sadly I don’t think there’s an argument for him getting it over SGA given the totality of SGA’s season and OKC having the way better record.
I’ll argue to death that Luka should be 2nd in voting though.
Still can’t believe we were getting to the point where people were arguing Cade over Luka lmao
It won’t piss me off if they don’t put him Top 3 but what really upset me is when bunch of media idiot puts JB/Cada/Ants over him and have nerve to say that he shouldn’t be all NBA first team.
1 or 2. SGA is having a great season, but you genuinely got the blinkers on if you think Luka’s season is normal either.
Both insanely great players
Shai is a ref bitch. Nothing special about his game. He’d get soft foul call 2 fts. Then open lane drive, some blatant push off and easy mid range shot.
No one cares about sga’s pitiful basketball stuff. He is a make a wish kid of refs and nba. So called mvp lol
Worldwide laughingstock sga. People around world call Luka when they shoot similar to calling it Kobe. No one saying sga.
This is just so damn dominant
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Wemby should be ahead of Jokic
At this point, I agree. Only this season of course. If Jokic can stay healthy next year, he could bring it back then, but Wemby’s development pace is scary too.
agreed. i think jokic is still hurt with his wrist cause he isn’t the guy he used to be
Wemby is on a minutes restriction though
24⁄11 with 3 blocks and being the best defender in the league seems pretty nice at any number of minutes, don’t know why we should be punishing him for doing it in under 30 mpg.
Man what? Take off your thunder flair, have some class. I say this as a big SGA and thunder hater and agree Luka should be 1, but wtf are you saying
Media decided this was an SGA/Jokic race months ago. Lakers could win out and Luka could average 40 and he still wouldn’t win.
MVP is all about narratives. Thunder are the defending champs with the best record in the league and SGA is averaging 30 as their leader. Zero percent chance that person doesn’t win.
Unless SGA wins like 4 straight then the media will just make up some reason to give it to Wemby one year. Just like they did with Barkley, Karl Malone during the Jordan era or Steve Nash during the Kobe era.
Fine we will settle with Luka final mvp.
Sneaked in Kobe like we wouldn’t notice 😭😭😭.
Thank you for changing my life, Nico
If we’re being realistic probably top 3, I got wemby at 2 and shai at 1, jokic has not been impressive since he’s returned and his team isnt winning, so i think he’d be at 4
I know people say it as a joke but Pelinka should pay people to shittalk luka
He doesn’t even have to. NBA media does it for free.
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Still not MVP worthy btw lol. Crazy how Luka is still not on MVP convo, it is not like Lakers stink. At this point it is just pure hate which makes me think he’ll never really win one.
Really isnt. He just has the most insane voter fatigue ever. Like he has more voter fatigue than people whove actually won lmao
3, wemby team just been way to successful and the net rating with him on the court is undeniable his impact. Shai Wemby Luka is my list. Jokic been tripping
Easily first team all nba can’t believe that was an actual discussion
So you’re saying he’s worth a slightly used AD, Max Christie and 1 FRP?
Should be SGA 1 and Luka 2 with a big gap between whoevers third
Cant wait to watch Unlaid Cock v Sexual Orca in WCF
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MVP this year imo
lol
Forget dropping in the mvp race he belongs in China at this rate
Luka deserves to be MVP
he’s better than Shai 100%
only argument is Jokic but he’s been injured and not at his best
if the season was 15-20 games shorter then Luka would be unstoppable
MVP don’t care.
“An anagram for unlaid cock”
Somehow r/nba surprises me again
2 or 3
He’s been insane
Not first team all nba btw 🤣
The media made a huge mistake trying to milk him for hate instead of selling him as one of the faces of the league. He has the kind of game that makes people fall in love with the sport.
nah he sucks ass send him to thr 64th spot on the mvp list
idk but he for sure is behind Cade and Jbrown :))))))
r/nba in absolute shambles
I know he is extremely polarizing, but for me he makes the most WOW plays of anyone. Some of the passes he makes, only he can make.
Only behind prime Steph imo. And these two get the most ridiculous defensive coverages so they don’t get hot but chances are they still do.
Yeah but it’s not as good as…nah, I’m playin, that’s impressive as fuck.
Still, like many other players, stop complaining to the refs all the time.
Nah, I’m playin, who fucking cares? Like, if he was on my favorite team I’d probably get sick of watching it. Maybe. But I really don’t get why people are so upset about it.
2nd behind SGA. Spurs are great, but Wemby’s numbers ain’t MVP glowing.
Would love to see him have a full season healthy and in shape. Dude is so good
No triple double? Pff. What a bust.
SGA and Jokic are more consistent, and Wemby is defensively a beast, but in the playoffs, if you need a bucket, there is simply no one like Luka. Not even a question about it. At his best, he is the best and most talented player in the NBA.
I’ve got him 4th
Shai, Jokic Wemby
Still dont really see an argument over Shai, but he’s definitely top 2
The argument is he’s averaging more in almost every real stat.
Ppg RPG Apg Steals even!
They just give the mvp as a team award, which shouldn’t be the case
He should be 6 or 7
SGA is not better than this guy and never has he ever been
Plays better defense, playoff riser. Etc etc etc.
Luka is more of a playoff riser than Shai.
He’s 2nd only behind Michael Jordan in Playoff PPG
He defeated Shai in their only head to head playoff matchup.
He’s eliminated 2 number 1 seeds.
He averages the most points following a loss in playoff history
No one is a playoff riser to the level of Luka
If he ain’t #1, it don’t matter
Social media when Larry Bird was running things would be TOXIC is all I’m saying
Luka isn’t helping his mom fix the driveway…
Should be second or third
The same people who spammed Pravi MVP every god damn thread are the same ones who swarm these types of posts making the same joke about his placement on the ladder. Insanely insufferable
1st team All NBA, 4th for MVP
He should be number one in the mvp convo if we’re being honest.
He should be the MVP but the NBA will give it to SGA purely off of team record.
Y’all are so disrespectful for no reason. Shai is putting up one of the most efficient volume scoring seasons of all time with half his diet coming from the mid-range and leading his team to the 1 seed without his second option pretty much all year.
“purely”
Thunder are a playoff team without Shai. Lakers are a lottery team without Luka
lol probably not the best night to complain about lukas supporting cast when lebron scored 30 on 13⁄14 shooting
yeah a team with Chet Holmgren as their best player is definitely 6th seed at least, especially considering missing JDub for basically whole season and a lot of other players for extended periods of time. SGA’s on/off is vastly superior than Luka’s, how’s that happening?
and again we bring up a team dependent stat to compare two players…
yes, SGA has a better team, meaning better back up players, yet his on/off is still superior. What’s your point? It makes SGA look even better in comparison
who has the better backup pointguard? Lakers can have lebron or reaves lead the second unit. They have a lot of redundancy in that position, which is like the one thing the thunder don’t have, if shai is out, their main playmaker is gone. So it just says nothing, just like i sad,.
Thunder with Shai are also much much better than Lakers with Luka though.
I don’t love on/off numbers as some sort of objective value measure but it’s also hard to make this type of argument for Luka when Thunder drops off much harder with SGA off the court than the Lakers do with Luka.
Yeah, that’s probably why they’re the 1 seed
Because Thunder are a much better team
Of course they are, read the comment I replied to. My point is you can’t just judge it on which team would be worse.
Thunder fall off much harder with SGA off the court than the Lakers do with Luka off the court too.
Me when I refuse to read more than 1 sentence
Thankfully they’ve both been healthy enough to where this analysis isn’t based in reality.
Luka’s leading in scoring, assisting, has a worse bench around him, has a higher offensive burden?
Guy with Reaves and Lebron on his team has a higher offensive burder than the guy who’s second option has been out for over half the season. You can’t seriously believe this.
LeBron has been out for a long time this season and has missed around 20 games, AR has also missed around 20 games
is also way worse in efficiency, 2 times worse in turnovers, way worse defender. JDub missed more time than both Reaves and Bron combined, and OKC didn’t have any other ball handler other than SGA for a long stretches of time. Higher offensive burden is crazy, considering one of them has 3 times more points in clutch on a better efficiency
SGA is a killer but I don’t think people realize how ass this Lakers team is really, especially when compared to the thunder. Luka is kicking out to Jake Laravia who is averging like 6% from 3 in March, and earlier, Gabe Vincent who averages like 3/1/1.
SGA is having a great individual season but Luka has been better. The deciding factor will be team record unfortunately we all know this.
he hasn’t been better for the whole season lmao, recency bias is crazy
ppl forget he was stinking up and chucking shit for extended periods of time. Shai has been consistent from day one with no drop in production
True but he has been better the majority of the season
This is some recency bias.
negative ball knowledge