12-02-2022, 01:23 PM
(12-02-2022, 01:15 PM)F Gump Wrote: He sees the higher and higher usage rate by Luka as who Luka is.
The organization may feel strongly that this is how Luka (and his agent) wants them to play and so they have no choice unless they want Luka to bail on them. Luka cares about his stats, he truly does and that has been obvious his whole career. I do not think Luka (and his agent) are interested in Luka not being the absolute center of everything offensively.
The Mavs could pick this battle against Luka if they wanted and maybe that would be best. But in fairness to them (the IIC, "Idiots In Charge") I do think Luka has strong desires on this front even if he would not say so publicly.