05-27-2024, 11:14 AM
(05-27-2024, 11:04 AM)Knutsen Wrote: I think you have to be at least as strong and big as Luka, but without being slower and less mobile than him. Then you need the combination of being very disciplined and smart while being aggressive and edgy at the same time. A combination of these four traits is rare, that‘s why I came up with a young Draymond Green.
McDaniels for example is not strong enough and not aggressive enough to annoy Luka, so he checks only 2 of 4 boxes.
Dort is not smart enough for me and isn’t big enough, so he also checks only 2 of 4 boxes.
If you merge McDaniels and Dort you have the perfect defender - and that guy would look a lot like Green to me, I don’t know.
The two best guys I’ve ever seen guard him are Ben Simmons (Before he went crazy) and Andrew Wiggins (because Dallas caught them during his rare instances of caring about basketball). I feel like Aaron Gordon is pretty close to perfect for guarding Luka, too, but can’t remember a match up to point to where I’ve seen it work.