02-13-2023, 02:51 PM
(02-13-2023, 02:44 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: The book was literally and so recently written on what not to do with your NBA infant megastar and we are ignoring it completely!
Agree, but on the other hand, just giving in to him on some things is only part of what went wrong in Cleveland. A big part, sure, but not all of it. And, just like we can't assume the situations will be perfect mirrors, these individual people (Luka, LeBron, others) are different, too.
For example, as loathe as I was (still am, really) to mortgage the future on the Kyrie trade, I cannot deny the energy that has been injected into the franchise in the short time since. I see clearly that this season is going to be positively impacted in a significant way due to that decision.
If Luka wants to play big minutes, whether it's the less than ideal motivation of winning the scoring title, it's just that he thinks it's the best way for the team to win or something in-between, that's what they kind of have to do to have his head focused on performing, and not on how he's being used. If that's where this is coming from (probably is) then I think you just have to wait for lowing his minutes to be his idea, kind of.
But, if it is Kidd running him into the ground, Nick Nurse style, which is possible, I agree - stupid approach.