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HurricaneDij39
The Middle of Everywhere: NWI
In that their success largely hinges on one man.
If and when Dallas underachieves in the playoffs down the road (I fully expect them to win their first playoff series this year since winning it all in 2011), the whole "Luka needs help" argument is going to grow old fast. I hope most fans won't have that same built-in excuse they had with LeBron for so many years.
Bottom line is that when a player has been in the league for a certain amount of years, it should be the player's own fault that he doesn't have any help.
Luka's ball-dominant style simply isn't conducive for other stars to develop alongside him (see Porzingis). The fact that Dallas absorbed arguably the worst contract in basketball in Davis Bertans just to dump Porzingis should tell you something.
The Mavs didn't have to take on the Bertans contract just to appease Luka, but the did so anyway...
Luka may or may not leave Dallas once hos contract is up, but if he does, it will be just much fault of his own as it would be of the Mavs' organization.
If and when Dallas underachieves in the playoffs down the road (I fully expect them to win their first playoff series this year since winning it all in 2011), the whole "Luka needs help" argument is going to grow old fast. I hope most fans won't have that same built-in excuse they had with LeBron for so many years.
Bottom line is that when a player has been in the league for a certain amount of years, it should be the player's own fault that he doesn't have any help.
Luka's ball-dominant style simply isn't conducive for other stars to develop alongside him (see Porzingis). The fact that Dallas absorbed arguably the worst contract in basketball in Davis Bertans just to dump Porzingis should tell you something.
The Mavs didn't have to take on the Bertans contract just to appease Luka, but the did so anyway...
Luka may or may not leave Dallas once hos contract is up, but if he does, it will be just much fault of his own as it would be of the Mavs' organization.