Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[F Gump]

It's interesting you use Larry Bird as a Luka comparison.  Bird won MVP in his 27-29 seasons, and was top 3 the following two.  I would be perfectly fine bitching about Luka's conditioning while watching him compete for MVPs during all of his extension years.

Luka is in his 7th season. By comparison, Bird won his 3rd MVP in his 7th season, and in his 1st 9 seasons he was never lower than 4th (including 3 wins, and 4 2nds). FWIW he also made 3 All-Defense teams and finished as high as 3rd for DPOY one year. No one ever bitched about Bird's conditioning - far from it. Bird averaged over 3000 minutes per season for his first 9 seasons, averaging about 80 games per season and about 39 mpg, while playing at that MVP level.

If Luka is going to have that kind of career, he's way behind.