Is what they’re saying about Luka Doncic true? Debunking Lies

[@JonarJimenez13]

The reason there so many hate comments about luka, he is a threat to they're favorite especially in the playoffs when luka always shines the brightest. They hate him because they're scared at him.

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Ive always thought the same, he has so much potential that it threatens everyone else’s favorite player

[@Davidstone568]

And they hate him because this super star is not playing for their team

[@davortekinner210]

@@WalkinWhiskeythat’s so true that’s what exactly it is…

[@faithless1385]

When "they're" is mistakenly used it's funnier then "your/you're"..

[@ner1234]

I've been a Mavs fan long before Dirk won in 2011. Luka is a supernova in offense, no question about that. However, in defense, any objective observer will point out Luka's lack of laterals and/or effort in keeping up with his man. There's more than enough highlights available of that. Luka don't have to be a lock down defender. He just have to give full effort.

[@mycabbages3538]

Love that you have all these stats to prove your points. Subbed. Luka should have been mvp last season. He hasn’t earned it yet this season. But there still time.

[@WalkinWhiskey]

theres always time if its him

[@kalithechamp1412]

The only people who say any of those negative comments just don’t watch mavs ball. Even last year, Luka made it his business to lock in on the defensive side. He put so much effort that he was starting his own DPOY narrative as a joke. He played both sides the entire second half of the season for sure and all the way thru the playoffs. He was a top 10 defender at his position over that second half run. He went thru the entire playoffs on one leg and the ONLY time people had negative comments on his defense was against the Celtics and the only 5 out offense he faced. Not to mention the rest of his team folded against that same team leaving Luka as literally the ONLY offensive option. To be drained is not an excuse I’m making but it’s the truth. It was his first time going that far and he carried that yea the entire way even with Kai as his second help. In the okc series it was PJ that stepped up next to Luka and lively held it down the whole way. Kai showed vs the wolves mainly. Luka didn’t miss a game offensively even in his down games and he went hard on the defensive end the whole way. He was a turn style vs the one team with 5 playmakers on the floor, who run the floor top speed and shoot the light out behind the arc. He still balled offensively but didn’t have the gas in the end. Everyone learns that lesson, and again, he was on ONE LEG the entire playoffs and by the time he got to the finals he was getting shots in both knees to play. Throughout the playoffs, opposing defenders were literally targeting his injured knee. I’m glad someone finally made this video and stopped following the narrative

[@skanaus]

The funiest part for me was when Luka scored 70+ last season and every1 was talking about how bad defense was instead giving the man his flowers, i dont know what beef Luka has with a media butt they rly dont like him.

[@kalithechamp1412]

The only people who say any of those negative comments just don’t watch mavs ball. Even last year, Luka made it his business to lock in on the defensive side. He put so much effort that he was starting his own DPOY narrative as a joke. He played both sides the entire second half of the season for sure and all the way thru the playoffs. He was a top 10 defender at his position over that second half run. He went thru the entire playoffs on one leg and the ONLY time people had negative comments on his defense was against the Celtics and the only 5 out offense he faced. Not to mention the rest of his team folded against that same team leaving Luka as literally the ONLY offensive option. To be drained is not an excuse I’m making but it’s the truth. It was his first time going that far and he carried that yea the entire way even with Kai as his second help. In the okc series it was PJ that stepped up next to Luka and lively held it down the whole way. Kai showed vs the wolves mainly. Luka didn’t miss a game offensively even in his down games and he went hard on the defensive end the whole way. He was a turn style vs the one team with 5 playmakers on the floor, who run the floor top speed and shoot the light out behind the arc. He still balled offensively but didn’t have the gas in the end. Everyone learns that lesson, and again, he was on ONE LEG the entire playoffs and by the time he got to the finals he was getting shots in both knees to play. Throughout the playoffs, opposing defenders were literally targeting his injured knee. I’m glad someone finally made this video and stopped following the narrative

[@anniecharbonneau6657]

He was to good to fast

[@bigred9991]

Its because he's not from America.

[@lilneso]

I find it crazy how people like to paint Luka as a negative to Dallas in general, when he’s currently top 3 best players in the league sitting up there with both Giannis and Jokic.

[@WalkinWhiskey]

I agree

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Oh wow 1400 views how in the hell did this happen i love yall

[@matthrsh]

Because there’s lots of us that know these things, but trying to explain it to haters that parrot narratives and false excuses is like explaining it to a brick wall. They don’t WANT it to be true, so there’s no convincing them. Thank you for the facts and the video!💙

[@3jacksonderek]

It’s nuts how ignorant people are and just speak lies as if it’s truth. Good video, Luka is ridiculously amazing.

[@dudess76]

im honestly done defending luka. when he gets the chip, and he'll get it, all of these people gonna shut up. i don't even want luka to win the MVP anymore too. let history show how retaaarded the media been in his era.

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Fr. the respect wont be earned in the reg, only in the post season for his standards

[@prepare4storms807]

They can call Luka what they want..... Nothing's going to change. Slow or not, this man is beating them at their own game. STATS don't lie.

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Numbers arent luck either hes putting in work but they wont talk ab it

[@prepare4storms807]

@WalkinWhiskey and the crazy things is, there's many more years to come. He's on pace to beat all sorts of records.

[@FubuZ-j4c]

Seriously nice video! Backing it up with stats for those who do not watch Mavs basketball. Keep it up!

[@simoncove1]

Great to have a stats vid unlike the opinion ones out there. Proper work!

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Thank you so much! I spent like 6 hours doing research digging up the ugly numbers. But they’re real and the sources are available to the public

[@Frank-hv7xj]

Good 1st video in basketball lol Discourse about Luka is insanely unfair because he doesn't get the credit he deserves, nor the benefit of the doubt like other star players get. People now are saying Nuggets front office is wasting Jokic prime years... nobody ever said anything when Luka had teammates like Frank Ntilikina, Tim Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke, Davis Bertans, Moses Brown, Minkley Wright, Moses Wright, Willie Cauley Stein, Reggie Bullock, Dwight Powell, Justin Jackson, Marquese Chriss, Javale Mcgee, Christian Wood. Luka legitimately was carrying a team half filled with g leaguers into the playoffs and was expected to win with that...

[@Cutedoggo2]

Great vid idea. Addressing common misconception in the nba, using good facts, and appealing to a large nba fan base. You have potential bro, fr

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Thank you so much! Nothing worse than putting a player down because hes so good

[@readmycomment3707]

Media downplaying him to protect Lebrons legacy and make Shai new face of league. They know Lukas only one with shot to break Lebrons scoring record and that bothers them. Great video with stats to back it up, too bad the haters wont watch it

[@deathitself6985]

I think its just he is european white they dont want to acknowledge his greatness but i dont even like that argument because ive seen Jokic get alot of props Luka has a tough road ahead of him because even if he wins a championship that will be nowhere near getting him into conversations of actually being up there with MJ Kobe Lebron due to the stupid ring criteria regardless of if his skill actually surpasses them on certain aspects. Luka was also asked about Lebrons scoring record he said no way he plays that long.

[@deathitself6985]

Luka is at 12k points Lebrons at 40k points its not feasible in my eyes at all but who knows

[@marecare77]

The new cope i have red recently is people arguing steals are no indicators of someones defence abilities...

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Literally…. which is why i also included the deflections and points off of those turnovers

[@matthrsh]

You can FEEL the cope sweat dripping down at this point😅😅

[@aw3some470]

I can see the argument but i hate it when its the same people giving sga all defense team nods last year because he had alot of steals now saying it doesnt matter

[@matthrsh]

@@aw3some470 funny how that works, isn’t it? Let’s also not forget who stonewalled and blocked SGA to clinch the playoff series last season….yeah, that was Luka, too.

[@davortekinner210]

Y’all are mostly right from my perspective…..and they’ll definitely afraid, you know how many times he came in on the road with the team in the playoffs etc and talked shit to the crowd and bagged it up! They’re so afraid of him and this team.MAVS🐴

[@LeeeWai]

LoL, great video! Keep it up my brother. Peace from Slovenia!

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Peace from Puerto Rico!!!🫶

[@GaiusPrimusMatius]

Great channel ❤❤❤...new subscriber 😊😊...cheers from Portorose 🙏🇸🇮

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Cheers from PR🇵🇷

[@leblubblab]

Thank you for a great analysis! I hope you're planning to make more of these in the future 😆Luka is currently sitting at #46 in defensive win shares. That's top 10%. For comparison, Wemby is #50.

[@kalithechamp1412]

The only people who say any of those negative comments just don’t watch mavs ball. Even last year, Luka made it his business to lock in on the defensive side. He put so much effort that he was starting his own DPOY narrative as a joke. He played both sides the entire second half of the season for sure and all the way thru the playoffs. He was a top 10 defender at his position over that second half run. He went thru the entire playoffs on one leg and the ONLY time people had negative comments on his defense was against the Celtics and the only 5 out offense he faced. Not to mention the rest of his team folded against that same team leaving Luka as literally the ONLY offensive option. To be drained is not an excuse I’m making but it’s the truth. It was his first time going that far and he carried that yea the entire way even with Kai as his second help. In the okc series it was PJ that stepped up next to Luka and lively held it down the whole way. Kai showed vs the wolves mainly. Luka didn’t miss a game offensively even in his down games and he went hard on the defensive end the whole way. He was a turn style vs the one team with 5 playmakers on the floor, who run the floor top speed and shoot the light out behind the arc. He still balled offensively but didn’t have the gas in the end. Everyone learns that lesson, and again, he was on ONE LEG the entire playoffs and by the time he got to the finals he was getting shots in both knees to play. Throughout the playoffs, opposing defenders were literally targeting his injured knee. I’m glad someone finally made this video and stopped following the narrative.

[@havocsp]

Facts

[@cartierr6717]

Great video, def gonna use some stats from here to spread my Luka defense propaganda😂😂

[@kalithechamp1412]

The only people who say any of those negative comments just don’t watch mavs ball. Even last year, Luka made it his business to lock in on the defensive side. He put so much effort that he was starting his own DPOY narrative as a joke. He played both sides the entire second half of the season for sure and all the way thru the playoffs. He was a top 10 defender at his position over that second half run. He went thru the entire playoffs on one leg and the ONLY time people had negative comments on his defense was against the Celtics and the only 5 out offense he faced. Not to mention the rest of his team folded against that same team leaving Luka as literally the ONLY offensive option. To be drained is not an excuse I’m making but it’s the truth. It was his first time going that far and he carried that yea the entire way even with Kai as his second help. In the okc series it was PJ that stepped up next to Luka and lively held it down the whole way. Kai showed vs the wolves mainly. Luka didn’t miss a game offensively even in his down games and he went hard on the defensive end the whole way. He was a turn style vs the one team with 5 playmakers on the floor, who run the floor top speed and shoot the light out behind the arc. He still balled offensively but didn’t have the gas in the end. Everyone learns that lesson, and again, he was on ONE LEG the entire playoffs and by the time he got to the finals he was getting shots in both knees to play. Throughout the playoffs, opposing defenders were literally targeting his injured knee. I’m glad someone finally made this video and stopped following the narrative

[@skelet963]

Thank you for this video. Go to ESPN with that stats and info😜…subbed

[@kalithechamp1412]

The only people who say any of those negative comments just don’t watch mavs ball. Even last year, Luka made it his business to lock in on the defensive side. He put so much effort that he was starting his own DPOY narrative as a joke. He played both sides the entire second half of the season for sure and all the way thru the playoffs. He was a top 10 defender at his position over that second half run. He went thru the entire playoffs on one leg and the ONLY time people had negative comments on his defense was against the Celtics and the only 5 out offense he faced. Not to mention the rest of his team folded against that same team leaving Luka as literally the ONLY offensive option. To be drained is not an excuse I’m making but it’s the truth. It was his first time going that far and he carried that yea the entire way even with Kai as his second help. In the okc series it was PJ that stepped up next to Luka and lively held it down the whole way. Kai showed vs the wolves mainly. Luka didn’t miss a game offensively even in his down games and he went hard on the defensive end the whole way. He was a turn style vs the one team with 5 playmakers on the floor, who run the floor top speed and shoot the light out behind the arc. He still balled offensively but didn’t have the gas in the end. Everyone learns that lesson, and again, he was on ONE LEG the entire playoffs and by the time he got to the finals he was getting shots in both knees to play. Throughout the playoffs, opposing defenders were literally targeting his injured knee. I’m glad someone finally made this video and stopped following the narrative

[@5wisher5weet]

I will share this video with my Mavs friends

[@WalkinWhiskey]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@supertrouperJC02]

Sometimes numbers can be deceiving. I've watched almost all of the mavs games this year and I'm a fan of Luka, but some of the criticisms were very well founded. He has turned it around a lot since the injury, but to start the season he was taking bad shots, holding the ball way to long on many possessions then passing with 2 seconds on the clock for a teammate to make a bad shot attempt, he guards the weakest offensive player and still struggles especially on the pick and roll. I think 2 things can be true at once though. He's not bad because of those things, it was just keeping him from his full potential. The expectation on Luka right now is MVP caliber play and a championship. They have the team to do it, he just needs to stay out of his own way long enough to complete the trip.

[@WalkinWhiskey]

100% He started off slow and took many bad shots. The team needs him at his best and when hes most confident, so the only solution to get him off of a slump was to make him shoot over and over till he figured it out.But yes, major criticisms at the beggining of the season (around first 10 games) were super fair considering the high standards he has set

[@barryhoward7997]

I think you have it correct. I am a fan and I agree with you. None the less, if he can guard the worst player on the other teams offence, and get the rebounds and steals, we have to consider that it an improved defense. I think the easiest stat is L10. They are 8 and 2 their last 10 games. Including an embarrassing loss to the Thunder on an extended road trip. The Thunder just got a taste of the same thing from the Bucks. PJ is some kind of player on a quality team that I'm enjoying again this year. And if Clay can become consistent, WOW. A very enjoyable team over all that has proven that they can over achieve while making it to the finals last year. I enjoy your take, and consider it very reasonable. Good job!

[@readmycomment3707]

Yea and that was 10 games coming off an injury

[@5wisher5weet]

Great video, well done

[@WalkinWhiskey]

THANK YOU

[@perrodepaja]

Sga and Tatum are not even worthy to tie the shoes of three best players of the list. Beside being chokers, SGA inflates stats with undeserving FTs, Tatum is just carried by a very good team

[@shrwnsnty]

Luka with down season but with the same stats with Tatum.

[@RobMoreno-mw5uq]

2nd defensiv PG this season and 3rd last season ...

[@jadencruz8452]

And when he gets foul does not get 80% of the calls

[@bigred9991]

Ive seen him get a broken nose on a shot and still didn't get the foul called. Luka literally gets his whipped every game and only averages 8 freethrows per game. Its ridiculous the amount of people that hate on him. At the very worst he's the 3rd best player in the nba. I think he's #2 behind Joker.

[@jadencruz8452]

@bigred9991 he would average over 50 points if he gets he's foul called.

[@mahamedjmal2536]

W

[@johngagakuma2887]

staright facts

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Straight from the NBA database too 💪

[@larrysark733]

On God bro.. stick to NBA analysis and you will definitely blow up

[@WalkinWhiskey]

I always try to keep it unbiased too💪 just straight numbers

[@lukewalker1639]

Yeah they wish Luka was on their team. I don’t feel sorry for them

[@davortekinner210]

Oh yeah and not to mention the NBA ratings are down because these fans teams suck and are ass, so they afraid to watch greatness…

[@5wisher5weet]

His numbers will also be down because the team is deeper. He will never top last season

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Correct, sharing the ball more and doesn’t need to carry a heavy load

[@Cutedoggo2]

His numbers will get back up just started slow

[@reikoshea]

​@@Cutedoggo2 His numbers dont even need to come up. We've got a TON of options. The team is so deep right now that even with Hardy and Maxi out, we can field a solid lineup that's not gonna lose games. Our starting 5 is as good as anyone in the NBA, and our next 5 dudes off the bench would still compete with Trailblazers/Jazz/Raptors starting 5. Literally everyone in dallas' starting 5 (6, since lively and gafford swap a lot) is a PROBLEM, and all that means is luka doesnt NEED to be the driver of the team. The talk show narratives wont stop, even if his numbers come up, so the only thing the mavs can do is the same thing the nuggets did. Just win. Winning will force people to acknowledge what is plain to see if you were just to watch the games.

[@WalkinWhiskey]

For sure, i think the Only thing that should go up is efficiency and assists. Everything else would be to show off, hes doing good right now and the team is winning

[@Cutedoggo2]

@@reikoshea sadly the clippers game did not show that

[@johannbogason1662]

That Luka-hate is about as disgusting as that MAGA-love...

[@Just.arandom1]

Great video. You have great talent. Make more

[@WalkinWhiskey]

Lets see if i get motivated 💪 Thank you so much bro