GAME 3 NBA FINALS: Boston Celtics (2-0) vs. Dallas Mavericks (0-2)

[KillerLeft]

He is close. Very close. We might have even had a great chance this year if mgmt didn’t mess up with Brunson. If he had key physical flaws he wouldn’t be in the conversation for the best player in the league every year.  No matter how prodigious your offensive talent you can’t do what he does if he were truly fat or lazy. This is a guy with one of the highest usage rates and the team struggles when he is not on the floor.

I think we all agree with this, which is why absolutely no one here has made such claims, at least to my knowledge. That seems like taking an opinion to such an extreme that it no longer accurately represents the point some are trying to make.

This is about what it takes to be at the very top of the NBA mountain, which is something more difficult than anyone here can possibly imagine, myself included. There are levels to things. Of course he’s not lazy. If he were, we’d have never heard his name.

I am a Mavericks fan and a Luka Dončić fan. Selfishly, I want him to shove all of this criticism down everyone’s throat and assume a position of such revered dominance that no one can touch it. He’s not there yet, and I think anyone looking objectively would reach the same conclusion. Maybe he never will be, but we all believe that he can do it (as does Windhorst, as those actually interested in listening with an open mind know). Either way, none of that should ever be construed as a lack of gratitude for the hours and years of enjoyment he has already provided us. Frankly, and I don’t mean to aim this at you, HF, it’s kind of annoying to have to put that disclaimer on everything. We ALL want the best for the Mavs, and  forget the finals - if not for Luka, I highly doubt we would still even have this community. Dirk’s last decade was tough to watch.