HALLELUKA: Luka Clinches All-NBA 1st team. 4th in 5 years

[Kammrath]

To cite this measure and say "there's the problem" seems to ignore all the other factors that go into a successful team effort. As I've had to remind myself over the years, correlation is not causation. 

I, too, was encouraged by Luka's performance against BOS. It felt more like what we have come to expect from Luka. Maybe we're just spoiled, but everyone wants to feel the Luka Magic™

Thanks for your comments.

1) I was never claiming to look at Luka individually and say "there's the problem." I was looking at Luka's lineups and saying "there's maybe the biggest problem for the Mavs right now." There is a big difference between the two. I am not laying everything at Luka's feet, but because as the superstar he carries the biggest load, he also bears a lot of the responsibility for better or worse. As I have summarized elsewhere I think the issues are a combination of a) Luka being out of shape, b) Luka shooting poorly, c) Luka being lazy as a team defender, and d) Luka's teammates missing tons of wide open looks. 

2) Yes, my earliest comments on this subject really had to do with my own grieving and mourning of the fact that Luka hasn't lived up to my "he will end his career in the MJ/Lebron conversation" expectations. Those were my expectations and probably unfair to Luka.