02-13-2025, 10:00 PM
(02-13-2025, 08:03 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Are you sure they're "looking for ways?" Maybe some are as a means of coping, sure, that's fair, but you actually don't have to "look" very hard, and we've been having these same discussions about Luka for the past 2-3 years at least, which I think proves those opinions existed prior to the trade. I know mine did.
Hoping and believing he'd get the conditioning and the ref thing figured out is one thing, but denying that those issues exist or brushing them off as "nitpicks" is another. For me, those are HUGE issues that were beating me down and starting to make following the Mavs less fun over time. Now, I didn't predict or want THIS as a solution, but I also didn't like the direction Luka or his game were heading. It was and still is a complicated situation for me. I love Luka, love the Mavs, but was finding his act harder and harder to stomach.
Either way, you can't expect everyone just to talk nonstop about how great Luka is, especially not now. He's not even a Maverick anymore.
They are absolutely nitpicks in my opinion. It’s not like he’s 30 and still has these issues. The kid is 25 for crying out loud. There’s still plenty of time for him to grow and learn.
Just because he’s no longer a Maverick doesn’t mean we have to trash him. No one is saying he’s perfect, but sure feels like a lot are following in the footsteps of Nico and the FO