There seems no issue here at all. Lukas play is just really bad news for the Luka haters out there. I even heard serious suggestions of trading Luka. Glad that is all sorted out, I don't hear these suggestions any longer, seems as no coincidence.
Bottom line is if you play at Olympics without offseason carrying such load for the team as Luka did, you will have a slower start to the season guaranteed, especially when you are 22 and you need rest and take it easy afterwards. And especially if the rest of the team doesn't convert the shots at all. On top of that injuries and COVID. It is fully normal that Lukas numbers are going up now. I will say it again as I said early in season, this is by far best Luka to date. It is fully expected if he has no offseason that his numbers will go up later during the season as he recovers from no offseason. Bad news for Mavs is that Luka cares a lot about the national team, unlike let's say Jokic. Hence, meaning it will be account to numerous offseason that Luka will carry that load and have essentially no offseason. The good news is that beginning of season is not quiet as important as late regular seasons where momentum carries over to the playoffs. He will be in great shape after the national team games, but have very tired legs early in seasons, which will carry over in fresh legs later in the season. This is exactly what we see.
Bottom line is if you play at Olympics without offseason carrying such load for the team as Luka did, you will have a slower start to the season guaranteed, especially when you are 22 and you need rest and take it easy afterwards. And especially if the rest of the team doesn't convert the shots at all. On top of that injuries and COVID. It is fully normal that Lukas numbers are going up now. I will say it again as I said early in season, this is by far best Luka to date. It is fully expected if he has no offseason that his numbers will go up later during the season as he recovers from no offseason. Bad news for Mavs is that Luka cares a lot about the national team, unlike let's say Jokic. Hence, meaning it will be account to numerous offseason that Luka will carry that load and have essentially no offseason. The good news is that beginning of season is not quiet as important as late regular seasons where momentum carries over to the playoffs. He will be in great shape after the national team games, but have very tired legs early in seasons, which will carry over in fresh legs later in the season. This is exactly what we see.
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