2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

But is Ja really better? 

Luka is without a doubt a better player than Ja. But one of my favorite sayings when I used to play was "hard work beats talent if talent don't work hard."

No.


Ja is not a better player than Luka. But he has performed better than Luka for the first couple of months. And again this has to go with our expectations. Luka's excellence has raised our expectations, perhaps to an unreasonable level. He hasn't reached those this year, thus it looks like he's underperforming (all the while putting up 25/9/9). Further, Luka was the favorite for MVP this year. Thats the level the media and most fans expected Luka to play at. He did not for various reasons.

I have no doubt Luka is going to continue to exceed Morant in every category, and I am actually glad he got snubbed because like others have said hopefully this lights his competitive fire for the rest of the regular season.

Also starters don't matter anymore since the NBA keeps doing this inane schoolyard captain nonsense. Luka will almost assuredly be an all-star anyways. That's why I'm not pressed.