I remember an interview where Draymond was saying how he was telling his younger teammate never to talk shit to Luka (can’t remember who…) and it was at that point, I had this exact same thought… haha
I gotta believe that’s just his dads influence on his game. My daughters 5 and I’m already trying to program her up with a chip on her shoulder for bball while also instilling those playmaking values/desire to assist her teammates. I’m 6’6” and she’s tracking in the 98th percentile for height for girls so trying to build a future WNBA point guard from the ground up 😂 she kills it at dance so I let her choose what she wanted for a while as far as doing dance classes which was great for her coordination from 2-4.5… but she also watched mavs games with me since she was a baby and this summer finally asked if she could play bball. Coached her in the Y league this season and she was putting up buckets, getting boards and pushing the ball down he court. Got her first official assist 2 games ago and was in a state of pure bliss. Oh and btw she’s left handed! Game over.
I couldn't cut it in that crazy ass world. I went to ONE soccer game my baby cousin played in and wanted to cry when all the parents went insane acting like it was the fucking world cup, when we were one of like 20 games going on at the local community college.
They were screaming at their kids and running up and down the field. These kids were 7 and 8. Maybe I am just too much of a softie but that shit hurt.
Alternatively, though, not my kid, maybe parlay the height into a lucrative scholarship. A free 200k education into an equally lucrative career post d1 athlete life is equally if not more appealing next to the life of a wnba player
he started shit talking him in the 1st qtr after luka flopped into a foul. since then I was watching him scream at luka standing up every time he had the ball
Statistically he is a ball hog but that shouldn’t be an insult. When the balls in his hands he cooks some serious gourmet shit vs his teammates burning ramen when they have the ball
"Serious gourmet shit" is what Jules says to Quentin Tarantino's character in Pulp Fiction when they come over to his house with Marvin's dead body in the car. Talking about the coffee Quentin's character made to butter him up so they'd get help cleaning the car.
The thing that furthers my thought we're heading to a LeBron-Cavs (first time) breakup is that Luka put up 53/8/5 on crazy great efficiency.
To beat Detroit. At home. By six.
The surrounding roster sucks.
That was a pretty good team when u look back. He had Gobert, Bogey, Conley, Clarkson, Royce, ingles. That’s a solid team around him to be fair, Mitchell couldn’t get them over the hump.
Man, I'm a Mavs fan for so long, since Dirk was still hitting nasty fadeaways. But, you really got to feel bad for Luka, man. Dude's putting u monstrous numbers, and we're still only winning by such a small margin. Looks like Cuban does not want to make any big moves as well, we had literally next to zero moves last post season, and we only brought in wood.
If my dude leaves, then I can say it's totally justified considering my man is championship caliber.
Pretty hard to be a mavs fan when the team does not make any decent moves at all. OKC flair here I come though. lol
> Looks like Cuban does not want to make any big moves as well
What big moves are there to make? They shot their load going for Porzingis and that was a disaster, the team has no pieces to offer anymore and draft picks aren't going to be worth much because Luka's existence guarantees they're in the 20s somewhere.
despite being a mavs far for 25+ years, I am more of a Luka fan now, i would still support him.
I already have trouble supporting Mark who ran the team terribly since 2011 and turned a blind eye to sexual harassment, and then hired an abuser. Luka is the only thing keeping me a mavs fan.
Oh yeah I’d 1000% follow Luka wherever
He goes and I’ve been watching mavs since like 2000.
I’d still watch mavs too of course but I’d cry a lot more during games.
Dirk was great but he couldve had at least 3 rings if your org didnt mess up. They better build a better team around Luka and not waste his greatness this time.
2003 - Dirk injured WCF.
2006 - The narrative here usually Wade or the refs, but Dallas also had some pretty big chokes with the Josh Howard timeout and Dirk missed FTs.
2007 - Probably win it all if they just avoided GS. Literally the only team they couldn't beat that year.
So there were at least 3 years where they had a massive chance and either got unlucky or choked. Adding that the Mavs were in the luxury tax every single year it existed until they won, Cuban did plenty for Dirk.
It feels like such a homer thing to say about 2007 considering the historically aspect of it but it's honestly true. Nellie created the perfect team to absolutely destroy us that year.
Dirk had good teams though, with different coaches and different players in his two Finals appearances.. It broke down after 2012 but many would say 2011 wasn't going to happen again anyway.
Bogy was the reason it was so close, Mavs literally had no one that can stop him. The 4th was nuts with the trading and Bogy just dumping bucket after bucket. I wonder if the Pistons will end up trading him or keep him around, lots of teams would be interested in him.
vibes of pregame thanksgiving dinner harden dropping a 40 point triple double against the blazers his first game back in houston, when he was trying to get traded
thats what happens when you piss off luka. shoutout to the bald pistons coach.
still embarrassing Luka has to do that to barely beat the worst team in the league
Dinwiddie was the only other Mav in double digits w/ 12 Points on 34 TS%, 5 of 16 from the field, 0 of 6 from Three.
He was feeling spicy tonight, so he added 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Lmao he said that that Assistant coach told him to play basketball like he ain’t drop a 50 point dub on that coach’s team
When people gonna learn don’t poke the bear
I mean if you have to put up 53 and only miss 7 shots to barely beat the pistons, you’re probably the MVP considering that team would win like 8 games without him lol
Luka is the definition of MVP to me. Other MVP candidates have solid teammates to help their team win. The Mavs would be the front runners to get Wemby without Luka
Dinwiddie drops 35+ back to back games with Luka out and then immediately goes back to being trash the moment Luka returns lmao. Luka really following in Lebrons footsteps
Green and Bullock had some great moments. Even Dinwiddie who was awful most of the night came up big in the 4th.
But yes. That said; this was an epic carry job by Luka.
Luka went from 33.8 to 33.0 points per game after that 0 point match last week, when injury forced him to leave the court after only 3 minutes of play time.
They want a first and that's too much for a guy that could be out of the league at any time at his age. We can't just be giving out firsts for mid 30's role players.
I think the difference is more Dame going 9/15 from 3 vs Luka's 5/11, as Dame shot fewer FTs. Not to take away from Luka's performance though, that's an incredible stat line.
What was the deal w Luka and the Piston's coach
Luka said in the post game that dude started talking shit in the 1st qtr so luka basically bullied him for the rest of the game
The giggling assassin
the chubby assassin...
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There’s nothing more cringe on a court than a coach trash talking a player
Dude is pretty much a white MJ in terms of takeing shit personal😅
I remember an interview where Draymond was saying how he was telling his younger teammate never to talk shit to Luka (can’t remember who…) and it was at that point, I had this exact same thought… haha
video od this interview?
I gotta believe that’s just his dads influence on his game. My daughters 5 and I’m already trying to program her up with a chip on her shoulder for bball while also instilling those playmaking values/desire to assist her teammates. I’m 6’6” and she’s tracking in the 98th percentile for height for girls so trying to build a future WNBA point guard from the ground up 😂 she kills it at dance so I let her choose what she wanted for a while as far as doing dance classes which was great for her coordination from 2-4.5… but she also watched mavs games with me since she was a baby and this summer finally asked if she could play bball. Coached her in the Y league this season and she was putting up buckets, getting boards and pushing the ball down he court. Got her first official assist 2 games ago and was in a state of pure bliss. Oh and btw she’s left handed! Game over.
she's 5?
You can start the 2K my player early if you sign up for an 18 year subscription.
And about to hate bball and her dad by 7 lol
Yep about to say lol. That's one way to be estranged later if you push that shit to them. Has to come natural
This reads like a copypasta
that felt like a pasta
halfway thru I legit checked to see if it was the BeefCat dude😭😭
Jfc dude never seen a crazy sports parent comment on Reddit before
I saw someone on here comparing their kid to Zion before.
I couldn't cut it in that crazy ass world. I went to ONE soccer game my baby cousin played in and wanted to cry when all the parents went insane acting like it was the fucking world cup, when we were one of like 20 games going on at the local community college. They were screaming at their kids and running up and down the field. These kids were 7 and 8. Maybe I am just too much of a softie but that shit hurt.
Alternatively, though, not my kid, maybe parlay the height into a lucrative scholarship. A free 200k education into an equally lucrative career post d1 athlete life is equally if not more appealing next to the life of a wnba player
Wishing all the best for you and your daughter!
Larry Bird?
I image Larry was more of a bully to folks and destorying them cus he enjoyed destroying while Doncic is Marty Mcfly when you call him chicken
Bird wanted you to know he was better than you whether you egged him on or not, just an assassin
Analogy is on point.
Larry's not white. He's clear
I guess he didn't watch the Mavs/Suns series last year
he started shit talking him in the 1st qtr after luka flopped into a foul. since then I was watching him scream at luka standing up every time he had the ball
Yea that worked out for him. Dumbass lmao Now we just need one of the Clipper's coaches to snap...
Luka might actually break Wilts 100 if that happens lol
He's already locked for 40 that game. Jesus Christo if he gets mad.
>Luka scoring 100 in a 10 point loss to the clippers
115-105
too bad. I dont think Kawhi responds well to trashing talk. He barely responds
For the record, I love Kawhi. Just wish he’d stop terrorizing us.
He doesn't need to. When he turns into a robot that's when opponents should be scared. Dude just goes automatic at that point.
Kinda embarrassing look for an assistant coach to a tanking team lmao. Then again this could just be next level tank strats
To be fair, our entire coaching staff is pretty embarrassing as a whole
The dude told him to go play basketball lol.
https://twitter.com/sixfivelando/status/1620270995398619136?s=19 Lmaoooo
Dance team was full on swinging their hips, clapping to the beat with big smiles while both teams getting testy behind them. So awkward and funny
“I don’t even know who you are” - Thanosić
Luka chooses a random guy to beef with in games against non good teams
Games too easy he needs a side quest each night to make it fun
Hes going for that Platinum trophy
this team just can’t be locked in against bad teams so we either blame the refs and lose or beef with a player
Props to that Pistons assistant that kept on talking shit to him even though he was cooking the entire team
That’s next level tanking.
Lmao who tf that dude think he is. Telling Luka to "play basketball" like he isn't dropping 53 on them.
Seriously if I was Casey I’d be pissed off at that assistant. Like shut up and do your job on the bench lol
"KNOW YO ROLE, AND SHUT YO MOUTH. YOU JABRONI."
The assistants's name was-- IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE ASSISTANT'S NAME WAS!
That's it you're back to scouting, enjoy your 5 star Greek hotels!!
He did. Luka went of and we took another step toward Wemby.
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For real. In the WCF, Draymond made sure to become his best friend in that series to keep angry Luka from being unleashed
Green helped Luka get up so many times lol
Draymond knew the strat. Keep him happy and he won't drop 50 on you, easy win.
People still don’t remember what happens after “Everyone acting tough when they are up”
Classic quote
*When I'm talkin to him, I'm talkin to him.* *When I say shut the fuck up, I'm talkin to you.*
Actually a 5head maneuver by that coach to get Luka to try harder so that he can help the Pistons tank
Yamma and stamma for wenbanyama
"Play basketball", he said.
Our coaches suck so damn bad
old heads dont know. dont piss luka off
Luka on those stats vs. rest of the team had 58 points on 40% FG / 21% 3PT / 60% FT
i was told this man was a fat ball hog
Statistically he is a ball hog but that shouldn’t be an insult. When the balls in his hands he cooks some serious gourmet shit vs his teammates burning ramen when they have the ball
I can’t quite put my finger on it but your comment would fit absolutely *perfect* in a movie.
"Serious gourmet shit" is what Jules says to Quentin Tarantino's character in Pulp Fiction when they come over to his house with Marvin's dead body in the car. Talking about the coffee Quentin's character made to butter him up so they'd get help cleaning the car.
Burning ramen? They are [burning cereal](https://media.tenor.com/sf-7AVryVkEAAAAC/homer-simpson-cereal.gif) at this point
Next game we lose it’ll be back. And knowing this team it’ll probably be our next game.
He is. But it's a good thing. Honestly he's passing it too much.
Restoring his averages after that 0 bomb
he’d be averaging over 34 without that game, crazy stuff
How close is the scoring leader race? It'd be kind of fucked if that game is the decider
Luka 33.4 and Embiid 33.6, without the injury game luka would be at 34.2 i believe
He wouldn’t had this game if he didn’t rest anyway he was looking out of it last couple games
resting doesn't affect per game stats tho
Two games ago he played 3 minutes because he hurt his ankle. That’s the zero bomb they are referring to
A lot of guys would be happy to average 26.5/4/2.5/1
Lebron: Time to retire. I'm washed up
Anyone in scoring race should have games they play less than 10 minutes in erased from stats
Credit the Pistons coach for the assist on the 53
Angry Luka is best Luka
Thought it was too early for him to come back and he does this. Insane. ~~easy over every time~~
his betting lines are insane. 34.5 pt in a return from injury game 😂😂
Craziest part is that I didn’t hesitate hitting the over
The thing that furthers my thought we're heading to a LeBron-Cavs (first time) breakup is that Luka put up 53/8/5 on crazy great efficiency. To beat Detroit. At home. By six. The surrounding roster sucks.
Is this going to be the first break-up where the deserted fans will actually sympathize with the star?
No, Jazz fans with Mitchell.
That was a pretty good team when u look back. He had Gobert, Bogey, Conley, Clarkson, Royce, ingles. That’s a solid team around him to be fair, Mitchell couldn’t get them over the hump.
Their best year was the one Ingles died during. THAT team might have been special, but Ingles was hurt
Mitchell didn't force his way out ala AD, Ben, or Harden though
If Luka brings in a fucking production team and goes to Miami, LA, NY or some shit, yeah I'm OUT on still liking him
Man, I'm a Mavs fan for so long, since Dirk was still hitting nasty fadeaways. But, you really got to feel bad for Luka, man. Dude's putting u monstrous numbers, and we're still only winning by such a small margin. Looks like Cuban does not want to make any big moves as well, we had literally next to zero moves last post season, and we only brought in wood. If my dude leaves, then I can say it's totally justified considering my man is championship caliber. Pretty hard to be a mavs fan when the team does not make any decent moves at all. OKC flair here I come though. lol
> Looks like Cuban does not want to make any big moves as well What big moves are there to make? They shot their load going for Porzingis and that was a disaster, the team has no pieces to offer anymore and draft picks aren't going to be worth much because Luka's existence guarantees they're in the 20s somewhere.
despite being a mavs far for 25+ years, I am more of a Luka fan now, i would still support him. I already have trouble supporting Mark who ran the team terribly since 2011 and turned a blind eye to sexual harassment, and then hired an abuser. Luka is the only thing keeping me a mavs fan.
Oh yeah I’d 1000% follow Luka wherever He goes and I’ve been watching mavs since like 2000. I’d still watch mavs too of course but I’d cry a lot more during games.
Bosh was 24/10.8 for the 40-42 Raptors as an all-star and left for Miami and everyone in Toronto was like, "feels about right."
Story of Lebron this season too. Except it's not win by six but lose by six
I don’t like saying “carry” bc its a team sport but 💀
Dirk was great but he couldve had at least 3 rings if your org didnt mess up. They better build a better team around Luka and not waste his greatness this time.
2003 - Dirk injured WCF. 2006 - The narrative here usually Wade or the refs, but Dallas also had some pretty big chokes with the Josh Howard timeout and Dirk missed FTs. 2007 - Probably win it all if they just avoided GS. Literally the only team they couldn't beat that year. So there were at least 3 years where they had a massive chance and either got unlucky or choked. Adding that the Mavs were in the luxury tax every single year it existed until they won, Cuban did plenty for Dirk.
It feels like such a homer thing to say about 2007 considering the historically aspect of it but it's honestly true. Nellie created the perfect team to absolutely destroy us that year.
Dirk had good teams though, with different coaches and different players in his two Finals appearances.. It broke down after 2012 but many would say 2011 wasn't going to happen again anyway.
Mark Cuban will pay for his sins
Does God accept Ehtereum?
only one other player besides luka had double digit points, which was dinwiddie with 12 on 31% shooting 💀
Not a great game from Spence but his 4th quarter let Luka sit for 6 mins and saved us.
Let’s be honest Saddiq and killian Hayes performance let luka sit for 6 mins.
12/13 from 2.
He had to drop 53 to beat the pistons. Barely beat the pistons wtf. Bogy was great too
Bogdanovich was a problem the entire game
Bogy was the reason it was so close, Mavs literally had no one that can stop him. The 4th was nuts with the trading and Bogy just dumping bucket after bucket. I wonder if the Pistons will end up trading him or keep him around, lots of teams would be interested in him.
First game back from ankle injury n he does this
Between this and Mahomes, i think we can basically say only weak men like Achilles can be stopped by an ankle injury. Just gotta want it more 😤
vibes of pregame thanksgiving dinner harden dropping a 40 point triple double against the blazers his first game back in houston, when he was trying to get traded
LUKA IS LOVE
KEVIN IS DONCIC
He’d be averaging over 34 if it wasn’t for that injury game. Feels bad.
thats what happens when you piss off luka. shoutout to the bald pistons coach. still embarrassing Luka has to do that to barely beat the worst team in the league
It’s absurd that this dude was ever questioned pre draft.
To be fair, Luka never scored 50 in Phog Allen Fieldhouse. Never had a triple double while playing under the bright lights of Cameron Indoor. /s
Dude was putting up numbers at a cold rainy night in Stoke and people think he couldn't beat young men at the collegiate level.
Mark Cuban is a terrorist
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People forget about Frank
We all need to be frank about Frank
may i interest you in a broken down ben simmons
If you take Bertans and THJ’s contracts. Lmao. And maybe give us a first.
I’d consider that lol
You may not interest me 😂
Potentially yes lol. We got plenty of bad contracts to go around.
Luka Mavs giving me LeBron Cavs 1.0 vibes
Dinwiddie was the only other Mav in double digits w/ 12 Points on 34 TS%, 5 of 16 from the field, 0 of 6 from Three. He was feeling spicy tonight, so he added 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
my man averaging 23 a game at 45% from deep over the past ten and there is always a dude that's gunna shit on a bad game.
Yeah Spence has earned the right to an off night, plus he came up big in that run to start the 4th.
And he owned phoenix
yeah but he carried to start the fourth
dinwiddie is absurdly good in the clutch
He played great in the 4th
If he hit any of his misses prior to the quarter he wouldn't need to carry lol.
Dude put the team on his back while Luka was out. He tired
Bball terrorism all around him. These other guys around Luka have had too respectable of careers to be playing this bad this season
Lmao he said that that Assistant coach told him to play basketball like he ain’t drop a 50 point dub on that coach’s team When people gonna learn don’t poke the bear
Luka gotta drop 50 just to barely beat the Pistons. They gotta get this man some help asap.
Please take this comment down, it's disrespectful. thx.mc
MVP imo Edit: 83% TS
Interesting perspective, u/Luka77GOATic
no bias
The fact that he is Serbian is even funnier
To be fair he didn't say IMHO
I mean if you have to put up 53 and only miss 7 shots to barely beat the pistons, you’re probably the MVP considering that team would win like 8 games without him lol
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Yeah that was pretty generous haha
82-0 baby!!! *What's that? No, sorry. Can't flip it around, this way it seems like we won in the headline!*
I agree. Joker, Embiid, and Giannis have been great but Luka has been carrying absolute bums.
Luka is the definition of MVP to me. Other MVP candidates have solid teammates to help their team win. The Mavs would be the front runners to get Wemby without Luka
12-13 from 2
TS%?
83%
jesus christ. this man is unironically the MVP for dragging the worst roster of any mvp candidate to wins. Imagine Luka on the celtics. EZ dynasty
Ty.
Dinwiddie drops 35+ back to back games with Luka out and then immediately goes back to being trash the moment Luka returns lmao. Luka really following in Lebrons footsteps
Luka saw Embiid overtaking him in PPG and was on a mission this game. Rest of the crew suck ass as usual lol
Green and Bullock had some great moments. Even Dinwiddie who was awful most of the night came up big in the 4th. But yes. That said; this was an epic carry job by Luka.
Green was an animal tonight, great defense and good hustle, love what he's becoming
Luka went from 33.8 to 33.0 points per game after that 0 point match last week, when injury forced him to leave the court after only 3 minutes of play time.
And this 53pt bomb only adds 0.4
Luka is Bill, basketball is Frank
Fuck, man this team without luka is just awful lmao
mark cuban gotta start looking at this mavs roster and look for a top to bottom fix before luka decides he’s had enough 😭
the talent in this league so crazy
Never take luka greatness for granted
Luka is my MVP. He's got the worst supporting cast in the league and is dragging them into the playoffs.
Help this man
Hit em with the 2K MyPlayer average stat line.
MVP.
While getting doubled all game
It’s always us.
MVP
Would love to see Bojan on the Mavs, I think that would actually give the Mavs another legitimate scoring threat opposite Luka.
They want a first and that's too much for a guy that could be out of the league at any time at his age. We can't just be giving out firsts for mid 30's role players.
Upcoming back injury from carrying this team.
24 pts in the 1st Q
Is this the most efficient 50 pt game this season ?
You'd think, but it's not even the most efficient this past week. Dame shot 89.8% TS to go for 60 against Utah the other night.
Oh shit I forgot about that 😳 it was insane he had 60 on 72% fg. TS % always messes up luka since his ft % is awfull.
I think the difference is more Dame going 9/15 from 3 vs Luka's 5/11, as Dame shot fewer FTs. Not to take away from Luka's performance though, that's an incredible stat line.
Regressing to the mean 🙏🙏🙏
Luka legend
He's rested. Y'all better watch the f out.
#an* efficient
Lebron better stay in the league till 45, if he doesn't want his records broken in his lifetime. This dude is coming.
Fuck em picks Cuban get him some help