GAME 6 DIRKIE: Winner FN (59%) | Runner-up Luka (26%)

Poll: Who gets the Dirkie? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
DFS (+4, 13 pts, 1 blk, 2 stl, 6 rbd)	3.70%	1	3.70%
DP (+5, 12 pts, 1 blk, 1 stl, 1 ast, 8 rbd)	11.11%	3	11.11%
THJ (+5, 16 pts, 2 stl, 2 ast, 3 rbd)	0%	0	0%
Luka (+5, 23 pts, 1 blk, 1 stl, 10 ast, 8 rbd)	25.93%	7	25.93%
FN (+1, 12 pts, 1 stl, 2 ast, 3 rbd)	59.26%	16	59.26%
Total		27 vote(s)	100%

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GAME 6 DIRKIE: Winner FN (59%) | Runner-up Luka (26%)

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11-01-2021, 08:49 AM

(11-01-2021, 08:01 AM)Kammrath Wrote: One of the things about Frank in NYK working against him was that there was a LOT of love and expectation on him and the fans REALLY wanted him to be something more than he probably is. The expectations to be a "star" can be crippling to just finding your role as a support guy.

Yeah, when your position is listed as "PG" and you get drafted in the lottery by a team who hasn't had a good enough PG for like DECADES, it's probably pretty hard not to fall out of favor. I just don't think that's Ntilikina's game. Maybe if he had gotten better training at a younger age, but he's just never going to be the type of player Donnie used to refer to (comically, but here I am using it) as "quarterbacks."

Having said all that, I absolutely think his offensive feel has improved since his first couple of seasons. Much more than I would have anticipated, actually.