02-26-2021, 04:01 PM
(02-26-2021, 03:55 PM)hakeemfan Wrote: KL. A couple of things. I know Luka is not Dirk, but Dirk had years with worse teammates and yet he did not get into bad habits as far as being too ball greedy. So Luka should take a page from that.
Even when Luka is off the ball you can see him barely move around most of the time and wants it back in his hands ASAP. I think he can be a great player off the ball. He is good at almost everything including shooting. He gets in trouble taking bad shots but he is a pretty good shooter when he doesn’t take bad shots and most of the bad shots seem to come after dribbling too much.
Oh, for sure. He's still developing, and honestly acknowledging that he is far and away the most talented player on the team doesn't mean he should be allowed to play any way he wants. He's still developing, and I don't subscribe to the idea that he can do no wrong. I think he bears just as much burden for this season as most others involved, only for different reasons.
My point wasn't to absolve Luka from blame, or Carlisle, for that matter. I was just confidently asserting that the team becoming a life-support system for Luka to stack up triple doubles is not in line with Carlisle's vision. I just think getting young teams to play winning basketball is more difficult than we here imagine.