06-22-2021, 02:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-22-2021, 02:51 PM by HanspardsShowerVoice.)
(06-22-2021, 12:08 PM)burekemde Wrote: Absolutely this. Most players and coaches and experts around the league will tell you Luka is on another level than Ayton and Young. Yet their teams have become way better due to the other decision on the other 4 positions and benches and drafting etc.
On other hand Suns and Hawks, if they dont win the title, the reason for it will mainly be that they did not drafted Luka. That is going to he be the only difference and mistake they made that prevented the title.
I think the Suns/Booker vs. Mavs/Luka comparison is a worthwhile one to follow through on ... but let's to a real Apples to Apples comparison
The Suns are 3 seasons longer into their building process around Booker than the Mavs are with Luka.
The Suns winning percentage with Booker vs. Mavs with Luka...
Booker Year 1: 28%
Booker Year 2: 29%
Booker Year 3: 26%
Booker Year 4: 23%
Booker Year 5: 47%
Booker Year 6: 71%
Luka Year 1: 46%
Luka Year 2: 57%
Luka Year 3: 58%
The Suns built a young foundation around Booker, because they pretty much sucked for 5 years straight after they drafted Booker and stockpiled lottery picks where they surrounded Booker with Ayton, Cam Johnson and Bridges (and went through the normal success rate on lottery picks with the Josh Jackson and Dragan Bender whiffs). Then with that young foundation in place and feeling they were ready to the big high risk trade bringing in Chris Paul to put them over the top. But this didn't happen until the Suns were in their 5th year with Booker
On the otherhand, Luka was so good so fast that the Mavs rebuilding timeline was sped up by 2-4 years. Drafting in the lottery wasn't feasible by Luka's 2nd year, and it pushed the timeline up where the Mavs were making their high risk gambles by Luka's 2nd year when they traded for KP to try to put the Mavs in title contention by Luka's 3rd year.
This is why I bring up that Luka has been an absolute miracle for the Mavs, but it also pushed up the Mavs rebuilding timeline to such a degree that they haven't been able to build around him in a conventional manner.