11-03-2021, 11:37 AM
Luka has never been cited for his defensive chops, although he is an admittedly good defensive rebounder.
His forte has been offensive creation, for himself and others. Unfortunately, the others aren't holding up their end of the deal and that's affecting Luka's stats. Just look at 2020 vs 2021 shooting stats for both old and new guys.
Seems like the opponents are selling out to take Luka out of the game and the supporting cast is not making them pay.
Also, the new "more movement" offense has everyone in strange locations shooting shots they might not normally take. The advantage of last year's offense was that Luka knew where everyone was supposed to be and could make passes accordingly. All those no-look, behind his head passes require some confidence the teammate will be there. That's not there now and when the defense rushes Luka, he ends up passing to DFS at the top of the arc expecting a good result.
His forte has been offensive creation, for himself and others. Unfortunately, the others aren't holding up their end of the deal and that's affecting Luka's stats. Just look at 2020 vs 2021 shooting stats for both old and new guys.
Seems like the opponents are selling out to take Luka out of the game and the supporting cast is not making them pay.
Also, the new "more movement" offense has everyone in strange locations shooting shots they might not normally take. The advantage of last year's offense was that Luka knew where everyone was supposed to be and could make passes accordingly. All those no-look, behind his head passes require some confidence the teammate will be there. That's not there now and when the defense rushes Luka, he ends up passing to DFS at the top of the arc expecting a good result.