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Andrew.melero :

Yes he gives 30 but gives up 30

user6933685011457 :

Gil and Evan are right. If you suck on offense, it’s 4 vs 5. Anyone plays pick up ball would understand it as well.

kda_ :

Shump brought up one and probably the only example lol

A :

Because defense is seen as strictly an issue of effort not talent, which isn’t true.

2waylock :

why is luka the only player that needs to play defense ? jokic gets picked on defense in the playoffs by rudy fucking gobert but i’m hearing luka’s defense getting criticized

goesbywill :

Offense is more valuable than defense, sorry to all the non buckets out there.

kfiftyyy :

mind you they wanted a 40 year old lebron to play both sides of the ball every play but not a player in his prime.

Jay winterstein :

He is a perfectly avg defender

Ren.zo :

Was killing harden for this

butzgrayson :

Just saying advance statistics say Luka is a completely average defender everyone acting like he’s the worst defender in the league or smth

M M :

Cause if he gives you 37 and the other team star drops 37 and plays defence you lose.

Edgar :

March Luka needs to be used in April/May/June that’s the problem. He needs to lower that usage rate

Hey :

Ok so what’s more valuable for a team to win a chip a guy that can give you 35 8 and 8 but play no defense or a guy that is elite on defense but don’t give you much on offense?

stat.junkie :

He’s gonna give you 30, generate about another 18-24 through assist, create more open looks because teams are staring him down on the ball, and rebound like a big for you. Championship teams have guys who are great at their role. Brunson couldn’t guard, dude was 6’2. But he can score, and he rises to the occasion. They had OG, and Mikal to guard the other teams best player. Unless his matchup is getting 30 a night( they don’t, he’s guarding the 3 And D wing in the corner) it ain’t a problem

Fiend :

And ausar started working on his jumper this summer so can’t use that anymore

PrinceHiem🐐💩 :

Mfs losing me once they start talking like this in the sport of basketball you are expected and suppose to play both sides of the ball you don’t need to be elite on both sides but yo job is to drop that 37/9/8 and not let the other guard avg 25/5/5 💯

Dre :

I want my star to play defense. Not every star does and that’s fine. But the criticism is valid. Only reason Luka isn’t worse on d is because he’s 6’7. The length helps him and he still doesn’t give a lot of effort.

gggggggggmwiwmsn :

In shumps defence, Luka doesn’t need to play good defence he just needs to be competent. He can be bad he can’t be terrible

Quancredible :

all I hear is

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Gives 30, & responsible for the other teams 60 points

TFBxDevWick :

30 points off of 30 shots…not interested

Niyo :

tjgrind_1996 :

Arenas lost that as soon as he vrought up Roberson cuz they use to cook tgat man for not scoring lol. Ausar minutes dropped in playoffs cuz he couldnt shoot. Arenas just be talking

Caveman :

I saw Thompson doesn’t get paid like Luca so of course he doesn’t get shitted on the way Luca does. He doesn’t have the same expectation.

viktordiez95 :

At the end of the day the purpose of this sport is to put the ball in the basket