Is Luka Doncic the best offensive player in the NBA? | The Domonique Foxworth Show

In this episode of The Domonique Foxworth Show, Tim Legler joins to discuss the NBA Conference Finals as the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves face off in the West while the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers battle in the East. Plus, diving into Lamar Jackson’s weight loss and if there will be a shift in the wide receiver market.
0:00 Welcome back!
1:36 Thoughts on the Mavericks-Timberwolves
15:00 Are the Mavs the better team as long as Kyrie and Luka keep playing like this?
29:09 Are we being unfairly critical of the Celtics?
32:05 Does it make sense that Lamar Jackson lost 20 pounds?
38:49 Are we going to see a shift in the wide receiver market?
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[@sensei_...]

comparing ant to luka is crazy, Luka is clearly the best offensive player (of all time) 34ppg on 62%Ts (Nr.1) and 10apg (Nr.2) while being nr.2 in player impact

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

You guys are disgusting...."of all time."

[@leonardo_mrll]

add that he gets 34 a game on 62 TS % while taking the most pullups and contested shots in the league.... finishes 75% at the rim 50% from midrange and 38% 3 on 8 pullups a game and 2 catch and shoots.... oh and add that he was doubled 400 more possessions this season than jokic and shai (20% more)

[@desotohybrid2175]

@@leonardo_mrll Luka will never win a ring 😂...man got humiliated lmao

[@TexasBoyz99]

If luka averaged 50/10/10 people will still hate on him😂😭🤦🏾

[@FoulestNight]

And they'd still vote him third saying he isn't shooting 90% or making all of his free throws.

[@michaelsantos8471]

Even if Luka finds the cure for cancer, they will still hate on him.

[@memoirsofalegend5472]

Most greats get hated on disrespected. The media way.

[@3monsterbeast]

Tim Legler is the man 🔥

[@kobetaylor1288]

tim legler knows ball

[@SK99900]

Luka Doncic is the best offensive player in NBA history like Stan Van Gundy said

[@johnbarkley925]

I believe he is the best offensive perimeter player ever and the second player overall. I have Jokic 1, Luka 2, Jordan 3 , Lebron 4 and Steph 5.

[@bryanfox6726]

@@johnbarkley925 Larry. Joe. Bird.

[@parulp6385]

@@johnbarkley925 try again Jordan wilt and Luka. Then make LeChoke and Kareem

[@KingKromah]

He’s the best player in the NBA since the start of the year.

[@dpend]

Yup he was true MVP this year

[@jeffgolden2308]

Luka averaged 29/9/9 in his second season he's been the best longer than that

[@DaveHaze]

Tim Legler king of takes, smartest man on ESPN!

[@paolocarlocayanan2960]

Leg for me is the only rational and on point analyst ESPN got.

[@lol-mo1on]

If luka averaged 50 10 and 10 people would still call him a free throw merchant no way lol he averaged the most points without free throws this year the hate is insane

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

Zero IQ points detected.

[@Lukaichampion2024]

I don’t understand it Luka should thanos those dudes

[@pretzelheaddd]

Luka got the scoring title this year averaging over 30pts

[@steviechampagne]

34/9/10 really it’s only casual fans at this point who are unaware that Luka is the next Great One. The next MJ-Kobe

[@pretzelheaddd]

@@steviechampagne yes plus all the offense he generates for his team mates as well. Luka is up next

[@SamoGyorek]

Difference between Luka and ANT is when they are going in the paint is that ANT does not think about anything else that I will finish with a bucket, but Luka slows down and he picks the best option (my self, alley oup pass to my center or pass to my wide open wing in corner).

[@maduit]

Luka just has way more basketball IQ than Ant. Ant is more athletic yes, but that's about it (offensively). There is nothing on the offensive side, that Ant is better than Luka. Like srsly what is Ant supposed to be better at? Postmoves? Footwork? Passing? Fadeaway? Midranger? Floater? Stepbacks? The only thing I can think of are pullup threes and athleticism.

[@Musso88]

Its not just "basketball IQ", you still have to have the talent to pull it off. Luka is just way better period and its not close.

[@bryanfox6726]

I Liked How he asks Leg what Ant Needs to Do to Get on Luka's Level ... and he just ignores the question and talks about what he needs to do to play better in this series ... 😆

[@bennettoberfeld614]

Legler is the only NBA analyst at ESPN who knows what he's talking about.

[@bentmercer]

Well, he did lead the league in scoring while nearly averaging a triple double

[@stillalex2048]

As of now you can't compare no one to Luka...media just scared of these europeans taking over the NBA

[@sin842]

ESPN Please, stop trying shove a player down our throat and over hyping them. Luka is the best player in the league right now. Ya'll talk about his offensive plays but his def. this playoff series has been ELITE.

[@davidcooper5774]

As if Tim Legler isn't talented enough, he's got a sneaky good Karl Anthony Towns impression too. We just need to get that man the space to give it it's proper flow

[@mattr2118]

I love how prepared Domonique is & the eloquence with which he walks through his questions. Great stuff!

[@BassYakCam]

His total pts responsible for (his points + the points off his assists) was the highest per game in the modern era. Even more than when Wilt averaged 50 per game. So yeah, he’s the best offensive player ever.

[@bryanfox6726]

While being doubled twice as much as anyone else in the league ...

[@joboee]

This is silly, we all know the best offensive player is Patrick Beverly...

[@nigel5634]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JMiles003]

I think Legler is correct but one thing that he should mention... if you watch enough Mavericks in the playoffs.. like Kidd... Luka probes and figures you out early in the series. Once he figures you out he moves at a faster pace. It is a level of thinking the game that most guys do not have. Look at his series history... he ramps up as the series goes on. Dort was affecting him early because Luka was downloading everything those first games but once he had it then it was over for Dort and OKC because Luka did it at a faster pace.

[@dilach41]

Ant not in same tier as Luka

[@bryanfox6726]

Oh, there's a Few Tiers between Luka and Ant ...

[@djkido316]

no sh*t sherlock xD

[@N33zy23]

It’s looking like luka getting the same hate treatment harden used to get

[@LeRicckk]

Kinda, but i think luka is better than harden imo

[@N33zy23]

@@LeRicckk yea luka better at this age because his size and playmaking but harden was a better scorer, no one has been able to touch that over 35 ppg since him and Jordan

[@garethkelly9470]

​@N33zy23 Harden was a better foul grifter, not a better scorer. Once the rules changed Harden's point totals dropped immediately.

[@N33zy23]

@@garethkelly9470 nah bruh he changed his playstyle too pass first in Brooklyn because he didn’t need to be the scorer with kd and kyrie, and harden and luka practically have the same game, luka just right handed

[@djkido316]

@@N33zy23 Harden never averaged 35 ppg in a season only Luka has 33.9 just behind jordan @ 35 for the whole season!

[@charlesp7504]

He’s the best PERIOD. No one in the history of the NBA besides Wilt and Mike have had better numbers their first 6 years than Luka.

[@bryanroberts3671]

NBA Live 95 was my first basketball game. Played it religiously.

[@joshuaharmening7750]

If Dallas gets Maxi back by, say, game 4 of this series it's ON! Then they have depth, they can space the floor, they can bang inside. They can do anything you need.

[@Aggie4life77]

Ol boy was killing it in live 95! That was the best basketball game ever!

[@Dirk-Nowitzki]

ABSOLUTELY 💯

[@memoirmystery]

He is the best player in the NBA

[@kb3143]

Tim needs his own show...he is the MVP and Goat of Media

[@new002one]

Legs is everywhere just to tell you how great of an analyst he is.

[@maduit]

Yes. Period. How is this even a discussion?

[@Jack-sj9bn]

The disrespect to luka in the media is clearly racial.

[@Musso88]

No question.

[@yetanotherYTuser2]

He is. And he is on his way to be the offensive goat.

[@kingstongame4122]

He just proved it by taking game 2 away from the 🐺

[@TheManOfGold7]

Yes😊

[@mahidsahariarmazumder2658]

The short answer is yes and the longer answer is absolutely yes

[@deathlok7770]

yes

[@BassYakCam]

Yes he is.

[@betancourt564]

Luka is the truth, since he was 17 in Real Madrid many of us who watch Basketball overseeas knew he was not special, he is the one, no one is stronger when it rreally matters. He is still unrespected, USA media = joke.

[@eskomoWon]

Legler has been on the Mavs all season long. He watches the games

[@therodtriptv]

Gamer/Sportscasters are always awesome. Boomshakalaka!!!

[@Chrism7178]

Brown & Tatum been taking turns dragging Luka from the Mavs drafted dude.

[@MrJones019]

He is, and on the run to be the best ever when he finishes. I said it all POs long, he's carrying a Mavs team that is quite trash. Even if Kyrie is playing better he's not all that the media is selling, the media just want a bit of the spotlight to fall on an American player. But let's say Kyrie has been great (he's been good). If you discount the best and second best player on each PO team's roster, Dallas is probably the third worst roster, only ahead of the Pelicans and Clippers (that suck without PG and Kawhi) and tops it is the fourth (the Suns/Magic could be in dispute for third, although I'd still take the Magic and any Suns ahead of what would be left of the Mavs). All of this while hurt, mind-boggling.

[@Lyrunfromda214]

Please don't discredit Kyrie ....Kyrie Irving is legendary ...and so is Luka

[@9chalantmusic227]

Kyrie averaged 25 5 5 on 49% fg, 41% 3pt, and 90% FT this season. Saying he’s not all the media is selling is funny to me 😂. Which only 9 players ever is in that club. He’s boarder line 50,40,90 every season

[@Knight93King]

#LukaTheDon is the MF truth! #LETSGOMAVS

[@coloradoco12]

How much does Timmy make for coming on these podcasts?

[@SamoGyorek]

Timberwolves were not build as a three point shouting team like Warriors are or were. They are build to dominate the paint. But somehow Mavs force them to play like they usually don´t.

[@bryanfox6726]

Why yes, yes he is ...

[@Joeshiesty286]

The league should be counting its lucky stars that Giannis didn’t team up with Luka in 2021…

[@danieltravis5082]

Even putting Ant in the same conversation as luka is heresy. Dude might get there someday? But that day is not today.

[@joshuaharmening7750]

People don't want to hear it, but Luka is better than Kyrie and Kyrie is better than ANT.

[@Chrism7178]

Kyrie > luka

[@bryanfox6726]

@@Chrism7178 Kyrie is (as commonly stated) the Most Skilled One-on-One Player Ever ... Luka is (as Stan Van Gundy said) the Greatest Offensive Player Ever = LuKai is a Scary, Scary Two-Headed Monster ... Especially backed by this Defense!!!

[@Often_wrong]

Man I thought this was bomonte jones. 😂

[@memoirmystery]

Minnesota was built to beat Denver, not for Luka and Kyrie. I said it before the start of Game 1, that Dallas is going to force Minnesota to go small. Luka and Kyrie both know how much of a liability Gobert is when away from the basketball. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s unplayable for most of the series.

[@leonardo_mrll]

imagine putting a dpoy and a 2nd team all defensive team (probabily 1st all defensjve team caliber of defender if it wasn't for the positionless 5 man lineup cuz he is a top 3 perimeter defender) on a player and he isn't even affected slightly by that.... luka + a rim rolling rookie on offence completely out play a dopy and a top 3 perimeter defender in a pick n roll play....

[@johnbarkley925]

Luka's offensive genius and impact goes even beyond Jordan and lebron. I think jokic and him are the two best offensive players ever. The Wolves are built more to beat a strong frontcourt.

[@bryanfox6726]

@@johnbarkley925 I Think You're Right on All Counts ... except you Didn't mention Larry Joe Bird ... 3 best offensive players of All Times Bird, Jokic, Luka ...

[@desotohybrid2175]

Luka got humiliated and dismantled 😂...he will never win a ring lmaooo...JB is his father

[@desotohybrid2175]

@@bryanfox6726 man go to bed...them yt boys will forever be behind Blacks in basketball...Ant sent Jokic home and JT and JB sent the Luka home 😂

[@corneliussatcher6483]

Bad coaching post up little kyrie when he is on Edward’s

[@joshuaharmening7750]

The Nuggets series was the T-Wolves' "Finals". They were built for that and only focused on that all season. They don't know what to do with LuKai and hadn't really thought about it. We shall see if they figure it out. Luka is every bit as dangerous as Jokic, and Kyrie is significantly better than Jamal Murray.

[@Sbock86]

Legler. Best talking head.

[@KK-ck4qp]

Luka became the best player in the world when he sent the suns home 3 years ago in the playoffs

[@blakevalentine651]

This aged like Pam Grier

[@Michael-mg3lo]

K. Irvin is the next J.Irvin

[@bryanfox6726]

Doc got me into the game ... but Kai got a bag that Doc never had ...

[@mrj5695]

Luka hate real

[@serendipity8679]

Yall still acting like Kyrie wasn’t engaged in basketball cause yall want to throw Bs on him had to dislike

[@DeadSezSo]

Nice to see people quickly starting to call Ant on the bs lol I love his game, I think he has a great competitive streak but the personality is grating. Stop trying so hard to be MJ-lite, we already have kobe for that. It doesnt quite feel authentic to him and it shows. He gives major young cam newton vibes, where he says all the right things but theres some obvious maturity issues.

[@thekingbradable]

No it’s still Jokic lol. But Luka is probably 2nd

[@jackchan6624]

Offensive player , are u dumb ? Luka is the scoring champ and his assist is similar to jokic . Period

[@djkido316]

For the dummies who are comparing Luka to harden Luka is a better scorer, passer, playmaker, rebounded, and absolute lethal in the clutch. Luka has averaged 34/10/9 for the whole season which is second highest average in NBA history only next to Micheal Jordan. Luka in the playoffs averages 31.9/9/9 which also second best in NBA playoffs history again just behind Micheal Jordan.

[@BoomerCosmo]

Harden got hate for it.

[@lol-mo1on]

harden got hate because his game did not translate to playoffs,luka's game not only translates to postseason but he performs even better than in the regular season

[@N33zy23]

@@lol-mo1onharden is top 10 in 40 point games in the playoffs stop listening to media narratives

[@lol-mo1on]

@@N33zy23 that has nothing to do woth him disappearing in game 6 and 7s he had multiple chokes in playoffs come on

[@N33zy23]

@@lol-mo1on Kobe has choked in the playoffs Lebron, tmac, Melo, Dame goes to playoffs every 3 yrs, these players are human, harden has had plenty of great moments in the playoffs and bad ones just like any other player, and bro he is 34 and still balled out this year in the post season, had 2 bad games, 2 40 point games winners last year out of his prime stop listening to media narratives

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

One week is Steph, the next week it's Jokic, then it's Embiid, now it's Luka. Whatever is the latest flavor, I guess.

[@MavDon-qc9tc]

Steph can’t pass like Luka and jokic can’t generate as many open dunks as Luka can. That right there is the difference

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

@@MavDon-qc9tc They also have rings and don't stat pad like Luka. Also, they're respective teams don't have winning playoff records when they don't play.

[@derrickk6028]

​@@APOCALYPSE_X-MENThings like this get me, what do you mean stat padding, you all say he doesn't play defense what do you want him to do stop rebounding as well, he gets double more than any other player in the league and when he does he passes to the open man if he does that to get assists it's stat padding? Or maybe he should stop scoring because somehow his points aren't needed, maybe he should handle the ball less even when everyone knows he's been the best option to make the best decision 90% of the time

[@edwin3813]

i said it before, if Mavs faces Nuggets - tough might not win, but if faces Wolves it's would have much better chance of winning. 2 games down, Mavs has proven they are much better than Wolves in everywhere. Luka is much better than Ant. Comparing Luka to SGA is bad enough, comparing Ant with Luka?! are you kidding me? Even SGA, JB and JT are better than Ant. Ant still has long way to go... in 3 years time, he would/might take over the NBA, i believe but not at this moment.

[@lukab9479]

Where the Ants?

[@KK-ck4qp]

Highest basketball IQ in the league

[@randolphdefreese7874]

Guess we already forgot about Joker?

[@videogames5279]

Jokic is the best players in the world.

[@sheber123]

Eduards shot almost 42% from three in game 1. He's going to do better than that challenging Lively at the rim? I dunno.

[@tigerhoods7927]

Every day they say it’s somebody new, you know these people just watch highlights and look at stats in the morning lol

[@Chrism7178]

Mavericks were -9 with Luka on the court🤣. If wolves just 2% better they win by 5+. Kyrie is saving this shot chucking defensive liability. He was trash all game then the role players get all the stops and let him ball hog in the fourth to win by 3?..lol..Wolves beat themselves.

[@coloradoco12]

Wolves win tonight and everybody crowning ant man

[@flowgotv4790]

And now u lost loser

[@Unconvinced1]

Anthony Edwards cant pass

[@brothablade6867]

The best player 😂😂😂 he gone show u

[@lorenzorobertocividini3698]

Who is better then him?

[@Michael-mg3lo]

Nobody here hate luca . This is basketball yo .

[@va7459]

WOLVES in 5 - BET AND BOOK IT

[@RighteousUncle]

Mavs in 4. Take it home and frame it.

[@corneliussatcher6483]

Stop this bull crap this is a system defense , if Luka and kyrie could play defense put them on Anthony Edwards’s

[@Musso88]

Makes no sense. Why would you want the guys who have the ball constantly on offense guarding the other team's "best player" if they don't absolutely have to?

[@corneliussatcher6483]

@@Musso88 I didn’t say it made sense for him to guard the best player on the other team but all the greatest players played both offense and defense not just offense and the way Tim legler said it as tho Luka played good defense and he can’t play defense at all

[@Chrism7178]

Luka shoots 42.7%, 30%from 3, 27 ppg...Media: "Hes the best Player in the league"...Tatum shoots 43.6 %, 26.6% from 3, 25 Ppg...Media: "He the worst"......12\26 from the field ?...Inefficient for Tatum, but a masterpiece for Luka. The JT hate is weird

[@DaveBtm998]

He’s not. his offensive game revolves around drawing fouls more than getting straight buckets.

[@lol-mo1on]

most ppg without free throws in history this year... casual

[@miguelalvarez9696]

@@lol-mo1onthank you

[@N33zy23]

Casual take

[@Chrism7178]

@@lol-mo1on his gm still is foul baiting. Wat was your point. He takes 23 shots a gm

[@fistandpen2505]

If you consider assists then yes... but if just scoring my man jacks up the most stupid shots. 30% from 3 in these playoffs

[@patcisz3474]

Sprained knee

[@antoniodortch8938]

Kyrie better offensively… better FT shooter, better 3pt shooter, better midrange, better finisher at the rim… better handle and better off ball… Luka just take a ton more shot which give him more points kyrie way more efficient

[@MrJones019]

Go to sleep, you clearly need it

[@antoniodortch8938]

@@MrJones019 tell me one thing I said that was inaccurate

[@lol-mo1on]

@@antoniodortch8938all true but you can also say kyrie is better in all of those things than 99% hall of famers ever there's many things luka is better at than Kyrie offensively that's why kyrie was never the number 1 option if he had to take that many shots he wouldn't be nearly as efficient and would definitely not be averaging 34 9 9

[@lol-mo1on]

@@antoniodortch8938also with that logic you could say derrick white and jaylen brown are better players than tatum for example because they're more efficient and do a lot of things better but its easier to be the third or second option than the first your way of looking at basketball is very wrong

[@antoniodortch8938]

@@lol-mo1on what is Luka better than kyrie offensively??

[@bigshaq6634]

Nope, but he is the biggest statpadder 😂😂😂

[@ValMeri417]

wow, you are so funny

[@thelordofgifts5343]

He’s better than Jordan or lebron

[@LL-iy7bg]

SHOUT OUT TO Legler👏👏👏 The last great in who we trust one in NBA TV!! We see too much 😈🤡 Espn and especially SASmith-Perk-Greeny,...etc. dont like Europians+ Luka the great with great Kyrie. Mavs have A+ and A ,+good team vs B+ and B in Minnesota

[@jjnelson3232]

Embid and Joker is better! After the Mavs lose the WCF all that propaganda will die down!!!!!

[@lorenzorobertocividini3698]

He is the best player in the NBA