08-02-2025, 05:15 PM
(07-31-2025, 11:59 AM)mvossman Wrote: Man, I just don't see this either. He beat what I consider an elite team in OKC in a 7 game series. We started a vet min guy, a rookie and a guy we just traded for at the TDL. There was a lot of room to improve on a team that just won the West. I think if we make quality incremental moves this team would eventually have won it all.
The Phoenix team he beat was probably the title favorite or a top 2 favorite at the time as well. That’s 2 elite teams he’s beaten in the playoffs. Thats far more than 0. Luka just played a lot of minutes in 2023-24 (the most of any player in the NBA - they rode him like a horse), felt compelled to give it a go in Slovenia’s Olympic bid, and couldn’t really get healthy until the end of last season. He’ll be ready to go this season.