Why Luka Doncic’s NBA Future Has *Never* Looked Worse

[@peco1551]

Luka has a bad start to the season and sudenly he goes from 2nd best player to a player who will never win anything? Ok right.

[@relaxationmeditation499]

He might not. Anyone who actually thinks knows that the vast majority of title winners are chosen

[@brianst.bernard1009]

There’s not 10 guys better than Luka in the nba.the mavs have been contenders for years because of him

[@notmyname9625]

There’s 10 guys on the celtics better than Luka

[@cdknowledge]

​@@notmyname9625can you weirdos cut it out? This is the type of dumb sht someone will only ever say online.

[@shizzplays6948]

You called lonzo ball Steph curry with a 40 inch vertical 😭😭

[@ForzasPanda]

Bros bringing up year old takes for absolutely no reason, yal just love to point the finger

[@Noifsnobutsnococonuts-rj4kk]

@@ForzasPandamore like a decade

[@night6724]

@@Noifsnobutsnococonuts-rj4kkit’s going to be on his tombstone

[@goat-s9m]

hes an idiot lol most of these nba youtubers are

[@seventhsonmedia]

Lonzo was 1st Team AA at UCLA. As in, one of the top five players in the NCAA. He was picked 2nd overall for a reason.

[@joshe955]

my goat will be fine I’m not moved

[@kevenblaq]

😂😂😂😂

[@Slo_757]

Can’t wait to return to this video AllStar break 💯, keep that same energy when Luka back in MVP talk.

[@laytonpair7057]

Exactly bro people are so prone to recency bias. This team went from missing the playoffs to making the finals the next season people need to chill.

[@DaffyTaffy93]

Honestly the mavs look solid without him oddly enough

[@siphillis]

Solid, sure. But the Spurs also look solid and they’re actively rebuilding, not contending

[@raisabasco2466]

Lol, for now but they also need him.. WIthout him they wouldnt even reach the finals last season 🤦‍♀️

[@Herz.Seele.Verstand]

Luka Doncic is a narcisstic player without taking responsibility of his actions. Now we see that the Mavs are playing better team basketball than without him. And for me, growing up with the NBA of the 90s, the lack of defense is something that watching games is no more enjoyable.

[@HamilDeGregorio]

Not for nothing but I think you meant with him even though it's not true he's not playing up to his potential early in this season, it's easy to kick a man when he's down and I am sure you'll be chewing your foot by seasons end and when it's all said and done he might even have lead his team to a championship.

[@sergegaash]

Lol hate is real. Wtv. Haters gonna hate

[@MarioLuigi-yz9pz]

Just like his idol LeBron

[@GonzaTarna]

Unpopular opinion: that's not a foul. Stays still enough. It's not a black and white thing but I can see why Doncic felt like it could be challenged.

[@Disxreet]

Stfu Luka is not a good defender. Idgaf if it got called. Luka will never get a ring

[@AnHebrewChild]

he did not have two feet on the ground when contact was made.

[@DailyNihilism]

@@AnHebrewChildyes he did

[@AnHebrewChild]

@DailyNihilism Anyone reading these comments can examine the footage for themselves. This isn't one of those opinion things, this play is objectively observable. Which is why It'd be silly to continue arguing. Have a nice wknd >

[@DailyNihilism]

@ you took an L here kid

[@sanjay_6556]

Mavs winning now that Luka hurt you see the correlation

[@dcovington93]

“NBAs most controversial star” a little sensational isn’t it?

[@stevemeters3090]

That's the world anymore. It's ridiculous.

[@MrRapmaster19]

Way too sensational. The answer to that is, without any semblance of a doubt, Joel Embiid. Can play like an MVP when healthy, but he plays a disgustingly awful brand of basketball (tons of flopping, foul baiting, and dirty reckless play), can’t stay healthy to begin with, hasn’t made it past the 2nd round no matter which stars he’s paired with, and never takes any personal responsibility for the 76ers’ shortcomings, always blaming either the coaches, other players, refs, or even the fans, as was the case in the 2024 playoffs

[@nunyabizznizz7326]

european james harden, with more complaining

[@joscot9081]

If ifs and buts were candies and nuts we'd all have a merry Christmas (unte dankfest)

[@BigPlasticPlant]

It’s not 2025 my friend.

[@immortalfit]

Luka is having a early prime, since he played professionally as a teenager he had an advantage coming in. He’s slowing down and he’s not fast to begin with. He’s already declining

[@jesseteodoro8836]

Yeah, that's what I've been thinking. I feel that he has not attempted to improve in any aspect of his game, be it technical or simply getting physically fit. He also has not tried to build upon his base coming into the league just staying put.

[@Beeeep24]

I can’t wait to watch this comment age lol

[@HamilDeGregorio]

Shot ain't falling, yet. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@Golgo1412]

14 games... he's washed! It's over! Nooooooooooooo

[@Ye3_x]

Luka doncic is one of the greatest defenders in the league!

[@kevenblaq]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@MakaveliCVW]

Sad thing is this is probably true in this era 😂

[@ไอ้พวกอิสลาม]

😂😂

[@PetarZorić-k3b]

He is a solid defender when it matters

[@Luka-v6z]

Lukas injured

[@gametourny4ever627]

They need to send him and Zion to some sort of boot camp. Lol

[@suhaibirfan8706]

Here you are jumping the gun for the thousandth time

[@hellionus]

His biggest issue is his work ethic and father time never forgives bad work ethic. He should work hard like Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, Wilt (who lifts 600 pounds to stay in shape) Giannis or at least Jokic.

[@MikeKorzemba]

Agreed, if he lived in the weight room in the offseason I think we’d see his full potential unlocked

[@mja4wp]

he watched too much LeBron as a kid and not enough Bird, Jordan, Kobe...he has bad work ethic and is too slow to mature

[@vladovrgoc455]

Lebron working hard?!?!

[@hellionus]

@@vladovrgoc455 just look at his shape at age 40. How many other NBA players can do these stats at age 40?

[@mja4wp]

@@hellionus Working hard...what you bring to the job includes: attitude, disposition and maturity...flopping, arguing with refs and not getting back on D makes one less effective and poisons a bit the work enviorment, making a teams overall performance less effective....Luka does not maximize his talents (LeBron is a physical phenomenon who should be studied by science)

[@buenvidanadz1969]

I usually don't switch my opinions on a player but dayum I'm really thinking that Luka is becoming overrated. I swear to g if this guy becomes an All NBA 1st team member this season, Ill literally shave my eyebrows and get a vasectomy

[@trolslovenski]

Wrote it down. I will contact you in few months time for your vasectomy. What an idiotic take bro...

[@buenvidanadz1969]

@@trolslovenski suuure. While youre at it, how about screenshot this and put in on a wall too

[@vladovrgoc455]

But Luka was always a "diesel" type of player. Let's have this converastion in March/April 2025

[@seanm2600]

How dare you shame my Slovenian brother

[@SerbLawyer92]

he is Serbian

[@seanm2600]

@SerbLawyer92 lol he is Slovenian brother

[@MikeKorzemba]

Half of this video is me giving Luka flowers, the other is just wishing he had a Kobe like work ethic in the offseason

[@seanm2600]

@@MikeKorzemba let's go STJOHNS!

[@patchpasch7147]

Luka is really living up to the Harden comparisons

[@theclashingdonkey4924]

Harden took his team to the finals ??

[@Hahahhahahahha123]

@@theclashingdonkey4924did Luka ever face a team as good as those Warriors teams? I don't think so

[@chrollolucilfer5409]

@@Hahahhahahahha123 Acting like that rocket team wasn't built to beat the warriors. They took them to a game 7 and choked and then next year they lost to the warriors without KD.

[@Liverpool-wi4lb]

@@Hahahhahahahha123y’all always act like that warriors team is the only team harden ever faced in the playoffs

[@AlexisCando-z1p]

​@@Liverpool-wi4lb you are right, they face the Spurs instead so yeah

[@T1Oracle]

Luka has the talent, he just doesn't have the focus.

[@richardnelson26]

When you spend no energy on defense it’s a lot easier to score more than Kobe or Bron in the playoffs.

[@tracyswrld6331]

He lead in steals last playoffs and had a better defensive rating then Jrue Hoilday

[@mja4wp]

he watched too much LeBron as a kid and not enough Bird, Jordan, Kobe...he has bad work ethic and is too slow to mature

[@ed-vu6ll]

Why blurr the names of the people that made those comments on Luka? 👀

[@xjeszuz]

A bunch of Luka D Riders lmao

[@MottoNGHT]

Send him to OKC so he can learn how to play defense

[@IsaiahSmalley]

bro did you just reference hoop venue and NOT shout him out? Sus as fuck

[@Hogtownboy1]

The refs will always treat European players worse than Americans

[@jmferna2]

2025? It's still 2024.

[@lilkloud]

Mike you look like Luka kinda

[@MikeKorzemba]

If only I was his height

[@akwesirobinson1710]

Even in 2018-2020 harden was playing defense he just went against juggernauts in warrior and laker with bron with last prime bron not old bron that jokic been beating on and Ad with Westbrook injured and warrior Paul was banged up in both finals that not his fault so don’t say that Luka is different in a bad way atleast harden know how to position himself harden average Luka is just a liability in their best years

[@Wthele]

If luka wins mvp defense has completely gone from the mvp award stats it’s straight offense cause he don’t play D at all🤣

[@spahinho7]

Yes his defense is lazy and yes his conditioning is bad, but whoever questions him or says he is hurting his team needs to just check the stats. He has been winning since his first day in the league, has led his team almost singlehandedly to deep playoff runs putting up monster numbers, has been snubbed for MVP at least twaice and on defense the refs disrespect him giving him bs calls, just because of the narative that he's bad on defense.

[@TrapDeacon]

None of this stuff would even be talked about if Luka was lucky enough to face a 8 seed Heat in the finals like Jokic. Unfortunately Luka went up against a super team and thus the dialogue is still “he can’t win” 😴

[@marlock6573]

He's a one way player benefitting from a garbage ruleset.

[@albertvillaos]

no one criticizes luka that much on the recent finals loss mate, i think everyone already accepted that the celtics was the better team. the criticism was on his defense and his crybaby attitude on the officials that was becoming detriment to the performance of his team

[@AlexisCando-z1p]

Not Jokic's fault that BOSTON lose to 8 seed Miami Heat so

[@host2498]

Well they gave Harden an mvp with his defense so Luka should be fine. But that should never be the standard for any mvp

[@DarkGladiator-z1t]

Why did you stop what ifs?

[@PetarZorić-k3b]

He can always join Nuggets, and BTW in the playoffs, when it matters, Luka is good defender.

[@Numba_854]

He’s was picky on him in the finals

[@Logholders]

How did Luka stand out compared to those others…? Context homie

[@stuffbenlikes]

Keeps going back and forth, but I think Trae Young is ahead now. When you look at the end of their careers it'll be obvious.

[@kevenblaq]

Let it be

[@1989Brolly1989]

Lebron defense looks like this for at least last 5 seasons and no ona cares, still thinking he deserves MVP ;)

[@letsgetit90]

Pretty sure LeBron defense is much better than Luka. LeBron still has some presence on defense even tho he isn’t a young bull anymore.

[@teddyleandre]

Lebron defense never been that bad and lazy stop the Cap

[@MikolajSnacki]

I want all yall to stay on this side in a couple years. Keep hating

[@MikeKorzemba]

I love Luka but playing yourself into shape with this much talent in the league is only going to hurt him as he gets older imo

[@BillyJack45]

2:54 You can drink coke??!?? Learn something new everyday 😅

[@Greenbean-g7c]

Luka will lock back in trust me . 🥱😖

[@name3236]

james harden is a top 3 sg idgaf

[@matiaselidd1359]

Shai is better

[@victorjackson1551]

Naw don’t blame JT for his team seeing his potential , JT is a way better two way N Kp was literally out the whole series Only played 1 .5 games stop the cap 🧢 Mike

[@alisyed7659]

Luka Doncic and LeBron James are the biggest Crybabies in the League.

[@xafeu]

Why is Jimmy high roller narrating?

[@paulalbert6970]

This goes to show you that Luka Doncic is James Harden without the MVP

[@DaffyTaffy93]

@@paulalbert6970 exactly watch out before the Luka fan boys start crying about it

[@Liverpool-wi4lb]

Remind us what was harden doing at 25 ?

[@DaffyTaffy93]

@@Liverpool-wi4lb oh idk winning an mvp something luka doesn’t have

[@Liverpool-wi4lb]

@@DaffyTaffy93 yeah im sure harden was already an mvp at 25

[@moses9647]

Lazy take. Harden's playoff implosions are well documented. Luka has been the complete opposite, he's an all time great playoff performer. That's a pretty big delineation if you ask me. It's easy to see the Boston series as Luka's fault. Again, that's lazy. Boston was just the deeper team. Jaylen and JT performed TERRIBLY but they had enough other guys to contribute. On the other hand, Kyrie didn't contribute as he normally did and the Mavs as a team were missing wide open shots at an unprecedented rate. Even with all Luka's flaws, Mavs defense held Boston to about 100 pts/game but they didn't have enough offensively as a team. Also just focusing on the Boston series ignores how Luka led the Mavs to series wins over 3 of the top 4 teams in the West without home court. And we all remember what he did to the 60-win Suns in a Game 7 on their court. Long story short, sure he may end up being ringless like Harden but to date their playoff resumes aren't comparable in the least.

[@lawrencedanao7648]

Dumb takes.

[@jaydav6521]

Huge overreaction

[@DonD-rb1mr]

He's overrated lol the stats comparisons of the other great players you displayed you didn't add that they all played defense 😂 Luka plays no defense he takes more shots than any of those players too ...

[@PInk77W1]

Luka 0 rings

[@qwasdasdify]

N1

[@jank85]

Slavs dont count age in the western way, nobody knows how old Luka is, hes probably Lebrons age, came into the league at 25 because communist countries dont allow capitalist ventures before that

[@WillToNihilsm]

He gonna request a trade and the jazz gonna give them their pick in this draft so they can get Cooper flagg

[@sergegaash]

😂

[@adrianpadilla6840]

super early

[@cobrallama6236]

It's disheartening and frustrating to watch. I have been a big fan of the guy, thinking of him as a kind of Bird/Nash combo, two of my favorite players. Nash was one of the worst defenders in history but at least he played his ass off. Bro led his team through entire playoff series against superstars like Kobe Bryant with his (Nash) face taped together. I thought Luka would develop this kind of toughness/tenacity eventually, but unfortunately it seems like all of the modern league's worst tendencies have rubbed off on him. He thought he could get away with it all, that he was the unicorn, the one guy that comes along and just defies all logic. But nope, that's Nikola Jokic.

[@MikeKorzemba]

That’s how I feel, great comment. And I’m still fully rooting for him to take that next leap, but the offseason matters and god given talent only takes you so far

[@moses9647]

I'm not sure this tracks... He just had a pretty phenomenal playoff run while visibly bleeding from his knees all playoffs and being hobbled. He led his team to wins over 3 of the top 4 teams in the much better Western conference and ran into a buzzsaw in the Finals. I think it's early to sell Luka stock. His team is the deepest it's been this year giving him more time to get into the playoffs healthy. A healthy playoffs Luka (see 2020-2022) with the depth of this team on both ends will be a force to reckon with yet

[@trolslovenski]

🤡🤡🤡

[@cobrallama6236]

@MikeKorzemba thanks Mike, been enjoying your videos for years!

[@mja4wp]

he watched too much LeBron as a kid and not enough Bird, Jordan, Kobe...he has bad work ethic and is too slow to mature

[@DailyNihilism]

That was charging

[@andrewching6796]

You dont put yourself in a 50-50 call like that regardless plus he had that really dumb lazy foul just possessions before

[@roslolian11]

Luka go to the Houston Rockets.

[@bdub4006]

THIS IS GREAT!! f LUKA