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[SleepingHero]

I like Luka, but that style has NEVER been good enough. To be real, Harden was the same player with about the same everything, and same results -- Harden never got a title, and is no one anymore.

It's really hard to believe this given Luka has had more playoff success than Harden has ever had at any point in their respective careers. They are different tiers of players. 

This is with Harden having had several super talented teams yet the one constant is that he himself never shows up. They don't play similar at all besides that everything runs through them as heliocentric guards. Given that Luka is one of the most ruthless, cut throat playoff performers since Jordan, I think that mindset difference is huge when everything runs through him. 

It especially rings hollow since the Mavs were on the doorstep of a championship not just 7 months ago, lost, BUT FIXED THEIR ISSUES IN THE OFFSEASON! Luka+Kyrie worked. The duo worked. The lack of offense from anyone else was the problem. And Nico somehow grabbed Klay Thompson, Grimes, and Naji to amend that. When this team was healthy they looked unbeatable.