Mavs 107, Kings 121

[TXBamanut]

Do you realize that Luka won everything that could be won in Europe by age 18? And I mean on a team level, not individual level. I doubt that money and fame really changed him.

I can't agree with any statement about Luka not willing to share the ball/load. That is just wrong statement.

I'll pass the "do you realize" and not take offense at that nonsense and pretend you didn't start out like that.

1)  I don't think that Luka was the man all year when he won the championship in Europe.  He was the second or third guy (they are more about seniority than just raw talent - obviously the most talented), and they had injuries and the coach was forced to push him up and focus on him.  He averaged like 16 ppg and was the leading scorer, so he hasn't been in the position to work in someone else who is close to his level, and not a big man who depends on the PG to get him the ball.

2)  Euroleague is still not the NBA.

3)  Luka is not willing to share the load.  If he was, he'd be feeding KP in the post when he pins his guy down or not doing this....




Or this from the Memphis game...which happened a lot down the stretch...




This type of thing is very characteristic when the game is on the line, and look at the defenders in all of those pictures.  They know it's not coming back to Porzingis so their backs are even turned on KP.