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

[ItsGoTime]

@"Kammrath" and @"ItsGoTime", you're both right, of course. 

However, the reason Luka's turnovers are so high lately is (mostly) because teams are playing him to pass, not to shoot. They're sitting on the corners, for example, and playing lots of his favorite passing lanes as well as some of his go-to scoring moves (without having to commit multiple defenders). 

I think you can make a great argument that most of the turnovers are simply times when he should have shot instead of passed. The bottom line for me is that to get to the next level, he needs to make more of his shots. That might seem obvious and not necessary to state, but the point is that I'm not sure the answer is for him to limit his attempts. That will probably make him more efficient, but I don't think the offense is ready to function yet if he simply allows himself to be a non-factor on too many possessions.

This literally leads into what I was saying from the beginning. Luka was able to make those cross-court passes cause the league rarely saw it before. Now that teams have seen it, they are adapting. HE NEEDS TO ADAPT NOW. Stop throwing that pass (as much) and figure out different ways to get your team involved. I have been suggesting 1 change he can make in multiple posts. I hardly think lowering his shots to say 18 pg where he completely cuts out the long 3 with 18 secs on the clock (if that is because he’s tired, throw it to SD or JB), along with a few other poor decision shots he takes.