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Just amazing.  I think there have been several other really good pieces to that trade.   J Williams too, I believe.

Presti is really good at his job, but I think he would even say that he wasn't expecting this.    Last year entering the playoffs, I thought there was a clear difference between Luka and SGA.  SGA really impressed me in that series against us.  He has gone up a notch this year.   I think peak, in shape Luka is the better player, but it has been almost a year since we have seen that Luka...despite leading this team to the finals last year.

I agree that Luka needs to get in optimum condition for that to happen. That's on him. You can tell SGA is highly motivated to be one of the best in the league, and it shows in his game. Every year it seems he adds something to his bag. He had 40 pts in 29 mins, and sat the 4th qtr. I only remember prime Klay Thompson and Kobe Bryant doing anything similar.