01-18-2021, 04:05 PM
(01-18-2021, 03:26 PM)burekemde Wrote: I do agree, and it is important to ask this question. Would he and the team be better off Luka stopping this?
I totally agree we would be better. And Luka.
The only thing that comes to my mind, why he should continue with this is following. This could be in essence a part of him and his game. To be expressive. What if he stopped with that and was half the player he is now doing that? That would not be better for Luka, and for the team.
He comes from Europe, where that is inherent part of life, sports, family relations, everything. You express yourself quickly and in sports you complain to the refs, its like, everyone does it. More or less, with quiet a difference definitely. It can become part of who you are and how you play. If it is tennis, you have players throwing the racket. If it is football, it is complaining to the refs. If its basketball, it is complaining to the refs.
Would Luka be better and more productive if he could do like Tim Duncan, just keeping all emotions inside? Absolutely, a lot better. Can he do it and play like that without getting significantly less good? Not so sure about this.
I'll buy this reasoning to some extent. My interest is in making him and his team more effective. It is certainly possible complaining is too ingrained in who he is (like cutting Sampson's hair). Take away his hair and Sampson isn't the same. But as it is the lords of the Philistines seem to have it in for Luka. It feels like they are trying to break him. I'm not sure which is worse, that or a haircut.
It would be interesting to have a time machine and see if 25 year old Luka is still like this or becomes more selective in his complaining.