(07-11-2025, 09:51 AM)Hooper21 Wrote: It's been, what, a grand total of 15 days since the draft? I doubt he's had a ton of time to work out and stay sharp since then. Typical knee-jerk over the top reaction we're used to seeing. These are some of the same people that say a traded player needs a full training camp to get in sync with the new team that expect him to come in right off the bat playing with a bunch of spares that will likely never make an NBA roster and look perfect.
I don't think the conversation in this thread would look at all similar if he had scored 24 points.
He had 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, and one block. He had ONE turnover when he slipped on the floor. In his last important play, he had a block on the opponent's go-ahead shot, followed by an assist on Nembhard's game deciding 3-point play. He was asked to be very aggressive - which he admitted later was not something he was used to. What's he going to look like when he gets "comfortable" being aggressive?
He's 18.
In Luka's very first regular season game in 2018, he scored 10 points against Phoenix. His plus\minus was a -18. He was 5-16 shooting. He had no steals, no blocks, 4 turnovers, and was 0-5 on the 3-point attempts.