GAME 7: MIA (6-1) @ DAL (4-3) | 110-125 Loss

[hakeemfaan]

That is not how you interpret those numbers. Those are incorrect conclusions. The numbers are not saying what you just said.

In his respective role, WCS has been very successful this season with helping the team outscore the opponent. In his respective role, Luka has been very unsuccessful this season in helping the team outscore the opponent. That does not mean you can switch their roles and get the same result.

It is a fact that DAL is getting outscored significantly in seven games when Luka plays. That doesn't mean Luka should be benched and someone else would do better. Again, those would be lazy and false conclusions that the numbers are not saying. But it does mean that the team's best player in his current role is not resulting in outscoring the opponent. This almost never happened with Dirk, and it happens with Luka at an alarming rate so far in his early career.

I think you need to re-examine the numbers then. This is not KAT or LaVine . This guy has taken this franchise to two straight playoffs in a conference that is much tougher than most of Dirk’s years here.  The cast around him has a huge dropoff after him.  He has also balled in the playoffs when defenses take it up a notch and he had to go twice against a very good defensive team. So if the numbers say the team is consistently getting out scored with Luka on the court, then something is wrong with those numbers. 

This from one of the biggest Dirk fanboys and one who has been pretty critical of Luka, but c’mon.