BRITS React to How A Child Prodigy Became An NBA Legend

[@OCLProductionz]

Luka literally is the PERFECT Superstar. He’s an alltimer with no ceiling but also Super marketable, Super Popular, relatable personality, shines in big moments, aura, killer mentality, trash talking you name it. he is the Face of the League going into next Season😤💯💯

[@notthatbad8]

It’s about damn time! Luka is the best player on the planet, no one is better than him. Let’s go Mavs!!! #mffl

[@thunderkai7272]

A really funny thing is that the Suns who had the #1 pick in Doncic's draft just hired the person who coach Luka on the Slovenian National Team and still didn't draft him

[@TheIcemanthomas]

The suns are NOT the team that messed up. Yes they could’ve had him. But they got DA who helped get them to a finals and played pretty well. Sure it didn’t work out long term. But technically it wasn’t the wrong pick. Now the kings? Yeah they messed up. lol

[@conjo4030]

@@TheIcemanthomas Agreed. The Suns had Booker already at that point and needed a center so they got one as any team in that predicament would. Kings messed up so bad lmao Luka was taunting the GM a few months back still haha

[@williamroper5422]

​@@TheIcemanthomasLuka was and is the significantly better player so technically the Suns absolutely made the wrong pick.

[@the_one_w_brains]

​@@TheIcemanthomasDeandre Ayton was not the reason they got to the finals. He always played soft and ge offered close to none rim protection. Cp3 and dbook got them to finals along with m bridges who took the defensive assignments imo

[@GorgeGeourge9565]

I'm not a close follower of basketball, but I hear that the youth basketball in Europe focuses more on teaching proper technique and fundamentals while in the USA, the youth system is more about just playing more games and tournaments.

[@imnot_givingmyname_2a_machine]

We love Luka in Dallas. I’ll defend him to the day I die.

[@ScruffyNerfhurder]

In the NBA players have to enter the draft. If they are not selected by a team then they can be signed as a free agent. Teams cannot horde the best players and get them without using a draft pick. Also players must be one year removed from high school to enter the draft now. You used to be able to go straight out of high school (Lebron, Kobe, Garnet etc) but they changed the rule. You don't have to go to college though, you can play in the G-League or professionally in another country.

[@PHXNKVHXLIC]

Suns should’ve taken Luka at 1 and their organization would look different And there are things called Eurostash draft picks where teams draft an European player while still under their Euroleague contract so once it ends they immediately go play for said NBA team that drafts them

[@brent8133]

To Daz's question about taking a player outside the draft. Yes, you can. Today Yubusele from France signed with the 76ers, after his strong Olympic and Euro showing.

[@Sanonuke22]

As an American... I'd venture to guess the 13 year olds here in sports will have a little higher "Basketball IQ" than those in countries that play less basketball, but the talent he had would be able to be cultivated to a higher higher level than the average basketball player here, at least at a younger age. Personally, I think those types of guys have a higher capacity for learning the game to go side by side with their talent and genetics. Those types are typically able to dominate as they go from adolescent, to amateur and so on.

[@coyotelong4349]

You also gotta remember that his exposure to the game of basketball was greater from a young age than for most American youth too, despite him not being American

[@stephensharp3543]

I am sure they knew who he was growing up. You can enter the draft until you hit a certain age. In the usa, after highschool you have to play a year in college or overseas then you can enter the draft.

[@asherosu]

A 13 year old's 54 point triple double transfers to any league

[@KimsPicks]

2007 fiesta bowl reaction

[@EskimoPablo907]

Rude to call Luka the “lebron” of the euro league yet I see Luka playing well and winning over there. Similar vibes as the MGK’s DeathTheat/LoveLetter to Eminem.

[@TheCondescendingRedditor]

It’s illegal to draft straight from high school now

[@justinjones6810]

Since I am a American how does the soccer system work in Europe and the UK do you have to play in university to go pro or is the system different than the us like football baseball basketball in the us you have to go to university to be considered by the pros

[@manuelrodriguez2637]

There is no going to University in Europe... Pretty much every football club has a youth set up with teams that compete in Youth tournaments, Players develop that way... These days if you're good enough you're old enough... Lamine Yamal made his Barcelona senior debut at 15 yrs 9 months old & one day after his 17th birthday majorly helped Spain win EURO 2024

[@drazenfx]

They both got fired The Suns GM and Kings GM

[@LakerZombie]

Blokes! Genuine question, in your opinion why hasn't NBA basketball or basketball in general taken off in the United Kingdom like it has any some other non US countries like Spain or even now South Sudan? Asking because I would love to see the UK represented in the international competitions like FIBA and the Olympics. I understand soccer is the #1 sport in most countries but it seems the UK could easily make a name for themselves if some of their best players could break through.

[@user-di5rm9ee1p]

Luka is great, Serbs love basketball.

[@volusiasorange]

luka not a serb mate

[@deonlepharaoh]

Dennis Smith Jr wasn't necessarily the reason luka didn't immediately start at point guard..... He started at foward initially because Dirk was injured when the season started so he just took dirks spot in the lineup until dirk returned....and smith was traded to new york to get porzingis and hardaway jr.

[@Pretendentas]

Probably two best players who cane to nba straight from high-school were kevin garnet and kobe bryant

[@peenhead9938]

T-mac and Lebron too

[@TheIcemanthomas]

*Lebron and Kobe. Then Moses Malone and KG

[@areguapiri]

LeBron James, my friend. LeBron James.

[@Pretendentas]

@@areguapiri oh forgot about him (:

[@marvelfan7720]

Lotta haters in the comments lmao. Luka IS top 5. Where you rank him, that's up to you. Finally got someone decent next to him in Kyrie (who btw everyone and their mom fckin wrote off) and oh would you look at that. Made the Finals just like that. AFTER missing the playoffs just the year before while adjusting to the Kyrie pairing. Oh and know where he was, before the year they missed the postseason? In the WCFs. Try harder.

[@mindfulness123]

Michael Jordan wasn't the first pick in the draft.

[@IdkRece]

Please watch the rise of Anthony Edwards’s

[@Trillchris9607]

This guy is the most talented player to ever touch a basketball. When he retires it’ll be MJ, Lebron, Luka on the pantheon

[@areguapiri]

lol...😂....lol...😂

[@randabeast]

There is a bias against European players by the media and teams. Luka doesn't get the credit he deserves in the nba

[@ericturner1274]

Not really cuz they love joker and Giannis....it's just Luka specifically

[@eddienourse3026]

What r u talking about if anything they get overrated

[@andrewbasicsciencetutor3067]

@@eddienourse3026 only person I've heard truly disparage european players is gilbert arenas

[@TheIcemanthomas]

Ur a damn lie. They talk about that man more than they do any other euro players. He’s been labeled the next chosen one from day one over Gianni’s and jokic. He’s been projected to win mvps for the last few years.

[@petermalutin7407]

Hardly a legend in America, focus is mainly on local talent....not foreign. E.G. Messi...who cares?

[@remmborn8154]

Most american fans who watch the nba would tell u the 3 best players on the planet are european

[@volusiasorange]

what the fk are you talking about? Doncic might be the most popular player in the entire league

[@areguapiri]

He is not a "legend". Not even close.

[@remmborn8154]

“He” has the most first team all nba’s by a point guard since the 21st century started yes as in of every point guard to ever touch the court in the last 24 years, including curry, Luka has made first team the most He’s also already approached a top 20 all time peak individually 34-9-10 is statistically the highest PRA in the last 70 years He also holds the record for most points per game ever generated in a single season He simultaneously had one of the most efficient rim finishing and volume shooting seasons ever at the same time Hes also made it farther in the playoffs as a first option than most ppl in the hall of fame

[@AceManning18]

There are a lot of factors obviously, but honestly I would probably take a 14 year old kid in Europe who plays for a pro team over a 14 year old kid living here who just plays for his high school and AAU. The euros a lot of the time are more fundamentally sound, have better coaching, better understanding of the court and angles for passing, etc.. the americans [and canadians, north Americans as you said] tend to be more athletically gifted, probably more talented players overall.. but everything is about them.

[@deonlepharaoh]

Dennis Smith Jr wasn't necessarily the reason luka didn't immediately start at point guard..... He started at foward initially because Dirk was injured when the season started so he just took dirks spot in the lineup until dirk returned....and smith was traded to new york to get porzingis and hardaway jr.