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There's something to be said for teammates just watching a superstar teammate as oppose to give it their all.  IMO Garnett in MIN was that way.

I always thought a lot of that was Luka though.
He seemed to suck the energy out of the offense at times by keeping the ball until a few seconds on the clock.
There wasn't a flow from the group as a whole because Luka is more of a showman imo and had to create for himself and others.
It's tough for others to get in the flow of the game on both ends when you have players like Luka, Harden and Westbrook who need the ball in their hands 80% of the time to be at THEIR best.

The ball movement looks better now.

I've never been a big Luka fan because of that and not upset that we traded him, but you simply can't give someone of that caliber away for 60% or less of his value in return. Just really bad business and in addition was a massive marketing blunder. I really thought Nico was smarter than that.