(01-26-2021, 04:18 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Serious question: With as much vague talk we've gotten from Carlisle and others about "team basketball," "moving the ball" and "unselfish play," I'm wondering if some of it is directed at Doncic. I mean, it COULD be all about the others not stopping the ball, and there have been plenty of examples of several people doing so, but I wonder if a big part of the problem has simply been that THIS group isn't quite as happy to just watch Luka do his thing as last year's group was.
For the Denver game, it was Luka who definitely stopped moving the ball, he just started doing a lot of isos in the paint. I've seen him wave off KP before in a game.
Finally, in this past Denver game, I recall being a bit surprised on the play where Luka grabbed the rebound and then passed it the length of the floor to THJ for the easy dunk. I recall the camera showed Luka signalling to THJ nice play, but THJ wouldn't hardly even look at him. Conventionally you give the hat tip gesture to the assist guy, but THJ did not acknowledge anything. I remember thinking this was really strange, before I read these interesting comments about a possible backstory, here.
THJ not acknowledging Luka assist