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Luka Dončić ripping officiating is not a good look, Celtics are just too good | NBA | THE HERD



Luka Dončić ripping officiating is not a good look, Celtics are just too good | NBA | THE HERD

one of the things I love about Super Bowls uh World Cups NBA Finals they’re pressurised situations okay and in pressurized situations in sports or in life the truth comes out every dad’s a good little league Dad when his kids winning and hitting home runs but what about when the umpiring is terrible and he strikes out the truth comes out add a little pressure to life and sports the truth comes out and the truth is when I compared Luca to Carmelo Anthony it sort of looks like it doesn’t it a very flawed Star right better than Carmelo but a very flawed star all the deficiencies for Luca are coming out in the finals number one he never stops complaining to refs it hurts his team he’s on the floor complaining there go the Celtics down to the other end it happened twice last night another thing he’s been awful defensively in this series awful in fact there is data and video that illustrates he’s maybe the worst defensive player in the finals in a decade and like all great scores when fit hits the Shan he becomes ISO ball guy and doesn’t play well with others the Mavs only had 15 assists last night they’re almost getting doubled in this series in assists so Luke is an all-time talent but he’s not a late bloomer he was an all-time Talent at 15 years old he has been lauded he has been woried and when you’re great at 15 until now at 25 he’s already been a five-time all-nba guy first team that’s more than Steph is he now amable to change is he adaptable um because To Be A Champion Michael Jordan figured this out you got to look yourself in the mirror I mean Michael Jordan looked himself in the mirror and said I can score 60 and not win titles or trust my teammates Phil Jackson talked him into trusting his teammates Michael became a champion LeBron James was physically Elite his first day in the league he had to eventually the Spurs wouldn’t guard him in the finals from the perimeter he had to learn to shoot a three and add layers to his game so it just wasn’t about his physical superiority I mean I’m I’m watching Luca unravel last night get flustered melt down you can’t do that against the Celtics Celtics are smart Horford and brown and Tatum and Drew holiday they’ll get into head this is a veteran team and they were toying with the younger Mavericks last night they were toying with them and by the way it’s completely fair I don’t care how good your regular season is I don’t care how good your playoffs are if you melt down in the finals it will stick with with you until you win a finals Magic Johnson had an awful finals he was called tragic Johnson in 1984 he had to eventually win for that to disappear LeBron James terrified to have the basketball against Dallas ridiculed mocked laughed at until he won the next year and this is going to stick to Luca and it should fairly awful defensively I mean totally disengaged defensively constantly melting down with the officials not really engaging other teammates swept by the Celtics that’s going to stick to him I mean when you when you got five fouls and you’re trying to draw a charge and you’re a bad defensive player like what are you doing this is going to stick to Luca it should stick to Luca pressurized situations in sports business and life unveil the truth by the way Kyrie can score but he wasn’t very good defensively last night either you are seeing a deep mature Smart Boston team toy with Dallas and their ions the Celtics are picking on Luca their game plan was clearly make him work on the defensive end he’ll unravel force him to work on the defensive end he will eventually quit he’ll get frustrated he’ll complain to the refs that Boston game plan they figured it out it is working perfectly attack him make him work he’ll turn into ISO ball guy complain about fouls and unravel and that’s what you’re seeing so let’s talk about the Celtics they’re actually bad for the NBA’s broadcasting Partners they’ve won 10 straight games uh they’re 15- two in the playoffs the only time you see network Executives really freak out is with sweeps the hockey series for ESPN’s to love and the Celtics are flying through the playoffs you got to get to six games to make money Boston’s bad for business and they’re just too deep not to win a championship but I’ve said they’re too historically strange to be a dynasty I mean they can struggle at home in the playoffs their number one guy in the last two series isn’t their number one guy in the last two series it’s funny in the NFL you can win just one Super Bowl just one and be Legends the legion of boom the 85 Bears all you have to do is win one you get a name you’re right identified that’s not the way the NBA works in the 70s in the NBA the the entire decade is reduced despite great players because you all these teams won just a single Championship I mean the Denver Nuggets win a championship best player in the league get bounced this year in the playoffs they’re like yesterday’s news they’re like a startup website yeah that 10 years ago that was a big deal I mean in basketball all the stories all the Legends are about decades and eras if I say 70s NBA you’re thinking Blazers and Sonics if I say you know 80s NBA oh it’s the Celtics and the the Lakers Dynasty if I say 90s NBA oh that’s the Jordan 2000s NBA oh that’s the Lakers and and Kobe and Shaq NBA we talk about the NBA in decades in the NFL you could just win one time I mean see win a Super Bowl legion of boom everybody knows what it means 85 Bears they’re still celebrating that in Chicago doesn’t work that way in the NBA so are this are these Celtics the 80s Celtics were they’re going to be a dynasty for like 10 years or they like the kg Paul Pierce Ray Allen Rondo Celtics where they won but they’re not League defining Just moment in time they crushed they got one you don’t talk about him we don’t talk about him what are they going to be I think something that needs to be discussed is that the Celtics I’ve always said aggressive wins in sports and when you combine aggressive with really smart that’s when you can get into dynasties all right so the Celtics did something that was very interesting they stole porzingis they stole Derek white and they stole Drew holiday how they do it because their general manager Brad Stevens a very smart guy took advantage of three tanking teams Portland San Antonio right and Washington and before the new CBA you know clicked in which makes it hard to do what they’re doing they took advantage of it now the the Celtics now have eight players who can all shoot who can all dribble who can all switch defensively who can all pass nobody else in the league has like five they have eight so they took advantage of three tanking teams San Antonio Washington and Portland and stole holiday and Derek white and porzingis and coupled them with two really good players Jason Tatum and brown the NBA is trying to avoid what the Celtics are doing they don’t want you to have like six really good players with the new CBA and the second apron they don’t want this stuff they they want you to be like Oklahoma City draft develop you stay put you grow your fans love you they don’t want like Allstar Allstar Allstar tanking take that guy you watch Boston Dallas just doesn’t have the players they just don’t match up on either end of the floor I mean Boston is now toying with Luca’s emotions and their game plan was attack him he’ll unravel it’s exact to Luca so I think Denver would have been a much better matchup but um I mean what I’m watching is Smart Plus aggressive added to a really good duo in a moment in time looks much better than the rest of the NBA three nothing Dallas is surprisingly favored in uh game four I’d like to see Dallas you know pick a game out of this thing because I I I do love their story their GM their coach Luca I like the story of Dallas a rookie from Dukes playing well uh but if Boston is an absolute I mean really Boston these games have all been blowouts if not four Dallas Boston had a little quick dry spell in the first game in the third quarter and a little quick dry spell in the second game in the third quarter and had a really bad fourth quarter for most of it last night they’ve had bad quarters but if you if you took the 12 quarters so far it does feel like like nine of them Boston has clearly been the better team uh and so I I think we’re going to have a champion and uh going to happen pretty quickly hi everybody it’s me Uncle Colin subscribe here to get the latest from the herd including exclusive behind the scenes videos and more wherever you may be however you may be watching thanks again for making us part of your day

The Dallas Mavericks drop to 0-3 after a 106-99 loss to the Boston Celtics. They held off the Mavs’ 21-point fourth-quarter rally. Kyrie Irving scored 35 points, while Luka Dončić had 27 but fouled out with just over four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Luka also ripped the officiating and demanded them to “be better.” Colin Cowherd explains how Luka resembles Carmelo Anthony but not in a good way. He also breaks down Boston’s dominance and discusses whether a quick Finals is good for the NBA or not.

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32 Comments

  1. Luka is an elite offensive players but his defense is beyond pathetic. Time and time again Boston players walk around Luka as if he is wearing cement boots and its weird to see a so called sports analyst and former NBA player not trash him on the defensive end. Not to mention his perpetual complaints of being fouled which frequently causes him not to get back on defense as he argues with the refs.

  2. yea but derrick white wasnt derrick white in san antonio, porzingus was a shell of himself at the end of his time in new york, only one we knew would be LIKE THAT was jrue, and everyone else on roster was drafted, so we really cant say everyone was 'acquired' via trade. in okc, if everyone turns into a star, will THAT become a problem? despite all getting drafted? these new guys coming in are becoming more and more athletic, more skilled, so what exactly do you want teams to look like

  3. Luka habitually whining and making stupid turnovers and playing zero defense is Jason Kidd's fault for coddling Luka's spoiled child behavior for far too long. That is on Coach Kidd 100%. Period. Full stop.

  4. I was pulling for the Celtics but I have to say that the officiating in this series has been completely lopsided..i think that if the game was called equally then this might be a whole different conversation

  5. I'm not a fan of dallas, ima warrior fan for the record. yeah we saw that Boston is a playoff built team and a better team in these series, but let's not be blind for all the missed calls and bias calls by the officials. you saw it all on the last play when White gave a foul and raise his hand on the ref, but the ref just play blind and dumb. Luka has a point in complaining to the missed calls since game 1., just like they did to the Warriors vs Raptors finals series . they did it again these series on mavs, i feel sorry for all the mavs fans out there

  6. Colin, “the rookie from Duke” is not playing well. He scored a total of 4 points before game 3. He’s been awful

  7. "We don't talk about the 08 Celtics…"

    ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT COLIN? ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

  8. Here are some simple statistics for all the dummies (Windy included). In the game 3 of this finals, while Luka was on the floor (38 minutes) Dallas was up +9. While Luka was out on the bench (10 minutes) Dallas was down -16.

    Now tell me again that Luka’s defense should be the main topic for today’s basketball conversation.

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