(02-22-2022, 05:37 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: My man, you're missing the point. Luka himself said he let himself go during that (Edit: offseason, not sure if it was 4 months or 2 or 10, just know he "let himself go" for a period of time in the offseason) 4 months. Does that mean he misinterpreted it himself? Should he go back to letting himself go in the offseason? He said when he started eating chicken (because he doesn't like seafood) rice and vegetables he had more energy and healed faster. That means he had less energy and didn't heal as fast before, right? I'm not sure what you're arguing anymore honestly.
I'm not arguing that what you refer to (regarding diet) - this has most likely has been there to a smaller degree and that is also what Luka acknowledged. I argue rather instead that the significance of the diet has been completely overblown in media and by some fans, even to the extreme point where Luka was called fat. Instead, the main factors for Lukas numbers increasing during year has been the injuries and the tired legs from Olympics and not having an offseason. Much smaller effect is the diet, yes, which was acknowledged. The former however (injuries and COVID and tired legs from Olympics) were misused by certain people in order to incorrectly reinforce the effect of the latter (diet).
Few fans have suggested a link between the two, thus bad diet maybe causing the ankle injury etc., which can't be ruled out, but also far from can be proven, and this is not likely at all. The most likely effect is that the tired legs from Olympics has caused Luka to take it easy in beginning of the season, and work him self up when he got some rest. This is completely normal if you ask me. The key is that Luka keeps himself fresh for playoffs and late season, where momentum carries over to the playoff basketball. Luka is doing all the right things.