It is difficult to explain the reasons that lead the NBA to underestimate Luka Doncic in this way. The Slovenian leads the fifth best team in the entire competitionthe Dallas Mavericks, with a record of 49 wins and 30 losses so far this season. They lost an All-Star like Kristaps Porzingis and now the Real Madrid youth squad finds himself alone in danger leading the Texan team to the privileged positions in the Western Conference with averages that are simply spectacular.
NBA pundits don’t think so. enough that the Mavericks player is signing nearly a triple-double on a winning team leading his team in the categories of points, rebounds, assists, steals and 3-pointers made. Doncic has done everything to only be in sixth place behind players who do not improve him in statistics or his team’s record. What Devin Booker -26.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.9 assists- or Jayson Tatum -27.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists- appear ahead of the Slovenian is a clear example that the NBA could not afford more foreign players ahead of its own local product.
the serbian Jokicthe Cameroonian embiid and the greek Antetokounmpo They occupy a podium where Doncic should have his place. The former has a worse record with Denver than the Mavericks, the latter has Harden and Tobias Harris as super elite supports, while the third also has big-name supports like Holiday or Middleton. The closest thing to a quality player that Luka has is a Spencer Dinwiddie who hasn’t been an All-Star in his entire career.
Therefore, it seems quite inappropriate and partisan to see Doncic out of the privileged positions with the team so weak that the Dallas Mavericks have. Without the Slovenian we would be talking about a franchise that would be competing with the Houston Rockets for the bottom places in the Western Conference and, instead, there they are fighting one-on-one with the Golden State Warriors for third place.
maybe to Doncic The fact that his game is not the most spectacular has been detrimental to him with incredible dunks like Anteto’s or that Jokic or Embiid’s post movements are not in his repertoire. It seems that the NBA is determined to give the award to huge players who have been able to adapt to the times of ‘small-ball’. Luka will have to ask his boss, Mark Cuban, to start a campaign very soon. next year so that this situation can be restored. It is unacceptable that Doncic does not have the slightest chance of being in the pool of the best of the season. We will see if they do not dare to leave him even outside the ideal quintet.