Windhorst comes back for part 2 on his thoughts about Luka Doncic’s performance — “His teammates have begged him, his coaches have begged him, his countrymen have begged him, and he’s just not getting over the hump (of complaining about officiating)”
by Stevie_McGhee
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he’s not wrong
Windy clearly speaking out of his ass trying to get some viral clips
Not saying Windhorst doesn’t have a point about Luka’s complaining but where is he getting this information from? Seems like it’s coming out of his ass
League gonna have a damn problem on their hands when Luka wins DPOY next season.
People are having a field day shitting on Luka. It was only two weeks ago they were debating if he is the best player in the world
Luka is also injured and beat up his complaining is coming alot from that imo frustration from not being able to perform at his peak
He’s wrong about his central point – that Luka complaining to the officials is the reason why the Mavs are losing. Like there are about a dozen reasons that are more responsible for the Mavs performance than Luka’s complaining to the officials.
I would love for Luka to stop complaining. I would love Luka to have more defensive awareness and to not let ppl cut to the basket without him even realizing it or to sneak in ahead of him to get an offensive rebound while he’s ball watching.
But those annoying faults are no where near the primary reason why the Mavs are losing.
He’s right but the Mvs are losingbecauseBoston is playing incredible one on one Defense and taking the mavs 3 most important role players basically out of the game
I’ve honestly lost faith that Luka is going to change his ways. He needs to do a 10 day silent retreat or some shit. Everything else that he’s apparently been trying hasn’t worked. I said in the clippers series that the way he carries on is embarrassing and got flamed for it but it’s true and now we are all seeing it.
Luka is gonna be stone faced and score 40+ next game
That Slovenia vs. Canada game, though…
Lazy journalism. There’s no sources just vague platitudes.
So he shouldnt complain about an awful reffed game, ok bud
This fat piece of shit has sucked off LeBron for years who has been way more abusive to refs than Luka has, someone who hasn’t had the kind of officiating EVER that Luka does, but Luka is getting shoved into fans and he’s the problem. Brian needs to be fired and removed from any kind of sports journalism. No integrity at all.
Windy is still pissed off that Kyrie is in Dallas… FUCK this fat sack of shit!
He’s right and i like that this is a talking point. Doncic needs to start behaving on the court. It sucks the energy out of everyone. It’s terrible and one of the only things holding him back. It’s inexcusable what he’s doing when he starts missing shots. It’s never his fault, acts like a spoiled kid, flailing arms after a correct or wrong call, constantly whining. If you get to the finals and your main focus are the refs something is wrong with you. Also i hope he gets fined for those money signs he’s throwing out. Childish dumb behaviour. On to the next season where he will clearly improve in that area right? Right?
Luka will see this, won’t say a single word in next 4 games and average 50 while winning his first ring
Idc far from the reason we are down 3-0 or anything significant tbh, just low hanging fruit for the media and haters to cling to
It’s sad to watch people just piling on. I would understand the criticism if he averaged less than 20 points on horrible efficiency, but he’s still scoring and trying to assist his teammates to score. But, we all know the media are just vultures. They stay away when you’re alive and strong, but come flying in and tearing your body apart once you’re down and dead. That’s probably the best analogy. Vultures.
Anyone who has watched the last 3 games thinking that Luka is the problem hasn’t been paying attention.
This supporting cast has been asleep, overwhelmed or just flatly outplayed the whole series.
This whole narrative is just meaningless national media try-hard drivel.
Replying to Lrd0fD3L3ft0v3rs… Imagine being having an injury that inhibits your mobility so you can’t perform your actions the way you know you can and then imagine being able to muster through the injury to perform things you probably wouldn’t be able to perform if you weren’t muscling through the pain, then imagine performing the task at a high level even tho you shouldn’t be able to because of the injury and somebody comes and inhibits your movement to perform the task that you are performing through all the pain and courage you’ve mustered up to play through the pain through the tears and because they illegally inhibited your movement you should be rewarded but you are not and so everything you are doing feels like it’s for nothing. Yeah I’d complain to.
I empathize for Luka. He’s playing on one knee and is working so hard on offense and doing the best he can on defense, it has to be so deflating to put your energy into getting a basket and getting a fouled and said foul doesn’t get called even tho you’ve worked so hard to get it called. The frustration is valid. As a Mavs fan this is tough to watch. I wish he could be 100%. I’m sure he does too. This is the unforgiving part about American Basketball. Fouls are earned not giving. Luka is right he is getting fouled. The NBA is a league of fouls TBH you just have to earn it. You don’t get a foul called because it’s a foul. Luka will learn and understood that after this series. I just appreciate him leaving it all out on the floor. I love seeing passion from this guy he’s wants to win for his team. I’d be more upset if he wasn’t fighting for fouls. This is exactly what I wanna see outta him! Tatum was just like Luka in his first finals appearance. Luka is ahead of schedule. Excited for our future.
Replying to Lrd0fD3L3ft0v3rs… Imagine being having an injury that inhibits your mobility so you can’t perform your actions the way you know you can and then imagine being able to muster through the injury to perform things you probably wouldn’t be able to perform if you weren’t muscling through the pain, then imagine performing the task at a high level even tho you shouldn’t be able to because of the injury and somebody comes and inhibits your movement to perform the task that you are performing through all the pain and courage you’ve mustered up to play through the pain through the tears and because they illegally inhibited your movement you should be rewarded but you are not and so everything you are doing feels like it’s for nothing. Yeah I’d complain to.
I empathize for Luka. He’s playing on one knee and is working so hard on offense and doing the best he can on defense, it has to be so deflating to put your energy into getting a basket and getting a fouled and said foul doesn’t get called even tho you’ve worked so hard to get it called. The frustration is valid. As a Mavs fan this is tough to watch. I wish he could be 100%. I’m sure he does too. This is the unforgiving part about American Basketball. Fouls are earned not giving. Luka is right he is getting fouled. The NBA is a league of fouls TBH you just have to earn it. You don’t get a foul called because it’s a foul. Luka will learn and understood that after this series. I just appreciate him leaving it all out on the floor. I love seeing passion from this guy he’s wants to win for his team. I’d be more upset if he wasn’t fighting for fouls. This is exactly what I wanna see outta him! Tatum was just like Luka in his first finals appearance. Luka is ahead of schedule. Excited for our future.
Imagine being having an injury that inhibits your mobility so you can’t perform your actions the way you know you can and then imagine being able to muster through the injury to perform things you probably wouldn’t be able to perform if you weren’t muscling through the pain, then imagine performing the task at a high level even tho you shouldn’t be able to because of the injury and somebody comes and inhibits your movement to perform the task that you are performing through all the pain and courage you’ve mustered up to play through the pain through the tears and because they illegally inhibited your movement you should be rewarded but you are not and so everything you are doing feels like it’s for nothing. Yeah I’d complain to.
I empathize for Luka. He’s playing on one knee and is working so hard on offense and doing the best he can on defense, it has to be so deflating to put your energy into getting a basket and getting a fouled and said foul doesn’t get called even tho you’ve worked so hard to get it called. The frustration is valid. As a Mavs fan this is tough to watch. I wish he could be 100%. I’m sure he does too. This is the unforgiving part about American Basketball. Fouls are earned not giving. Luka is right he is getting fouled. The NBA is a league of fouls TBH you just have to earn it. You don’t get a foul called because it’s a foul. Luka will learn and understood that after this series. I just appreciate him leaving it all out on the floor. I love seeing passion from this guy he’s wants to win for his team. I’d be more upset if he wasn’t fighting for fouls. This is exactly what I wanna see outta him! Tatum was just like Luka in his first finals appearance. Luka is ahead of schedule. Excited for our future.
Typical comments, when Dallas is losing, Luka is the worst, when Dallas is winning Luka is the best. Some (especially our beloved Slovenian trolls) have the audacity to say he isn’t even responsible for winning those games, that he is lucky he has Kyrie. And I am not saying Kyrie isn’t important for Dallas, he is, and I love his game very much, but trolls will be trolls and Luka will always be at fault/not good enough no matter what. Every game the narrative changes as well, and I can’t take this criticism or praise from reporters seriously. Overall, Luka is one of the best, if not the best basketball player, of this generation. But seriously, you can train every day and be a professional basketball player (or whichever sports you’re into), but if you have a mental block, that shit will wear you down completely. Luka shows his frustrations even more, when things aren’t going his way, he isn’t in the finals with his heart, he is injured and I am sure he is pissed as hell during the game. I truly hope he gets over his hump and becomes a cool killer and not someone who wears emotions on his sleeve. Tough thing to do, but at least if he tones the bitching down to 50%, it is an improvement. 😀
This team is tired it gave all its energy to win the Western Conference, they have been together for a few months and they have come this far, that shit is impressive! Let the Celtics sweep us, let Luka complain even more the next game, I don’t care, because I hope it creates this frustration and beef with the Celtics and that next year Dallas has an answer for them and they beat them, especially during the games in Boston. I actually hope all other teams from both the West and the East team up and start beating the Celtics, so they don’t make it into the finals for years to come and won’t create this momentum of a Dynasty. That would be *chef’s kiss*. Not that I don’t like the Celtics, they are a fantastic team, but their fans are infuriating. And just because of that I want them to win only this title and then leave for about 10 years. 😀
The fact that this trash gets upvoted here. Sickening. This fanbase has no loyalty. The second he has a bad game he’s treated like he’s hitler.
Nobody ever shits on bad players. If an athlete gets a ton of media hate it’s because they are phenomenal players and also because hate/negativity gets more clicks than anything uplifting.