funny you say that some athletes needed to add muscle to stay relevant like Kobe who had to add muscle to support the pounding he took. Duncan had to lose weight because of his knee.
Good post!
I think even if he pans out, he's nothing really like Dirk as a player. I mean white and Euro, but Dirk wasn't very mobile even when young, Luka is an athlete. Not that he has Dirk's shooting ability, awarness, or X's and O's. In fact, he lacks in all these things. Not sure who would be a good model for Luka as a goal/ceiling.
Like what we're seeing from him in the G-league. He and Tre both.
Lonnie dominated g league too
I wouldn't say 16 ppg, 2 apg, 3 rpg as "dominating".
A better example is Kyle Anderson, who dominated the g league: 21 ppg, 9 rpg, 5 apg.
Luka is currently at: 22 ppg, 14 rpg, 3 apg.
This. I expected a lot more from Lonnie in Austin.
Anybody you know who performed highly but still a bust in the NBA? Is G-League a fair indicator?
I mean, Kyle's having a successful career.
Kawhi busted open the g-league (or was it summer league?)
Derrick White dominated the g-league.
Danny Green apparently, too.
I don't think you're necessarily destined for s om if you dominate the g-league, but I do think you'll have an average career at minimum if you do.
Edit: I forgot Keldon. I think he dominated last year, too.
G-League dominance is a necessary but insufficient (by itself) indicator of NBA s om imo.
To me, Luka breaking out is less "he's going to be a star no doubt" and more a step in the right direction.
I saw Luca shoot a free throw last night hopelessly off the front of the rim nowhere near the cylinder
If it works for Jakob....
with his good play against the scrubs he does at least deserve a chance for a game or two in the NBA instead of Eubanks or Lyles. (wtf are these 2 even doing in the NBA, as they wouldnt even play on a mediocre teams in Europe) Sucks that even if he gets one, it will be 2 minutes and then back to the G-league. 2 more years and he can join his loser countrymen Dragan Bender and Ante Zizic in Israel.
No highlights/statline on last night's game yet? Came into the thread looking for it... Nice to see Luka seems to be on the right track.
A lot of NBA players wouldn't cut it in Europe, just like most Euro players wouldn't cut it in the NBA. What's that have to do with anything? Talk about a hater...
Austin Toros Info thread
ok, perhaps I should have said China, as everyone in the NBA would be great there and pretty much no one from there would be good here... or pretty much anywhere else where there is serious basketball being played. And i dont really hate Samanic, I just think he's a ty professional. This is also the opinion of people that I know that work for his previous club.
oh and with all this ''hate'' I still think he should play, so we can see if he is any good or not.
It’s a ton of G-League all stars that never even sniff the NBA so the stats players ac ulate in that league don’t really guarantee anything.
of course it helps if you can at least show you are a decent player in the development league because if you don’t play decent there the odds of making to the NBA is damn near impossible. Of course it might be an exception to the rule but I honestly don’t know of any with this conversation.
I’m hoping Luka keeps playing well and most importantly learning to improve the areas that he needs work on.
Pounding the rock.com has an article on Luka and the g league team.
https://www.poundingtherock.com/2021...aysayers-wrong
Good read. Thanks!
could he get PT this year with the Spurs after the Gleague season. I think if we are not doing well he could probably get some. If we are doing well and LMA and Rudy gets hurt then he also might. If he does well in that time then he could actually stick. G league will get over with about 5 weeks left. That would be enough time for him to get into the rotation if he does well.
If the Spurs move Gay and trade or buy Aldridge out, then maybe. Otherwise, I think that he'd be likely to get a shot at the backup 4 rotation spot next season.
I see 4 as his most natural position. We really dont have a 4. KJ is more of a 3 then a 4. really moveing any of LMA,DDR,or Rudy would help. Even Lonnie or Patty would help if we did not get players back.
Lmao I'm dumb, I thought I was on that thread already, thanks my guy!
Yeah, China would make more sense for what you wrote. As for Luka... Wasn't he like, 17-18 when he was playing in his former club? I can't really fault him for not being a consummate professional at that age. From what we've seen so far this season, it looks like he's turned a corner in terms of work ethic/engagement, so I'm willing to "turn a blind eye" to his past mischief and see what we end up with. He's got all the tools to be good or great, just a matter of maturing and putting it all together.
Obviously he still needs to get a lot stronger. Some of those interior moves aren't going to work against the big boys.
It's good that hes acknowledging his need to improve rebounding/defense because he's paper soft on that end and looks completely lost when hes gotten mins. Hopefully it's not just lip service.
Very good article.
Really great baseline dunk at 1:03 of this clip they posted
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