11-11-2024, 12:02 PM
(11-11-2024, 09:50 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Well... you answered your own question. Luka is very unlikely to play off the ball for not more than a few plays per game. He feels he has to be the hero in clutch time situations because that's who he is and has been. He's always going to be the one with the ball in his hand at the end of games with the possible exception of maybe Kyrie. Even if it might result in a few losses, he needs to trust others in those scenarios instead of himself. That's how you build confidence in your teammates.
This is not about taking away responsibility for that awful offense in the last minute. No idea what was the idea there, dribbling the ball for 20 seconds and than jacking a contested three from logo.
But, taking responsibility in clutch is exactly what stars are. That is why they are paid a lot, not because they hide in the corner and watch others trying to do something. However, there were also plenty of situations in the past where Luka passed the ball to an open teammate in clutch. I think this is way exaggerated.
Its kind of interesting that no one mentions two threes from Ky in last two Mavs offenses, that were equally bad shots as the Luka one. Sure Kyrie was phenomenal till then, but all of those last three offenses were pure garbage.