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

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT61m0BxQZE

I didnt watch this video, just the front image. Knowing Luka from early on and his game, my view is that getting too muscular would hurt his game a lot. Its no wonder that players relying too much on physical ability, tend to forget the focus on skill, this was emphasized lately by an expert i forgot who it was, but it is so true. Thats why some of the most physical freaks never develop any skills, because in most situations in a game they tend to rely on being stronger, rather than smarter and better at the game. Skill is infinitely more important. Yes, Luka cant limp and be injured to be effective, we have seen early in season when injured what happens. And yes being even stronger/more fit than normal can and will have benefits in certain games and situations. But it can also have major disadvantages. And like I said, spending the offseason playing basketball is the major reason Lukas skills have evolved and he added many skill aspects to his game such as mid range game, fadaway, improving FTs, decreasing complaining to refs, improved his defense a lot, and many other tactical aspects that he has improved so much at since joining the NBA. He is so much better than in his rookie year, and this also shows by regular playoff and WCF appearance. Spending more time in gym and playing less basketball and developing skillsets, would with high chance decrease all of those developed skills. There is a very very fine balance between gym and improving the skillset, and the one extreme you suggest is not the way to go. Luka is doing the right thing, he added skills that no other player did at that speed of these 4 years. His body is all fine, he is far stronger now, and he will get more muscles as he gets older, but not with the extreme Hulk speed that you are dreaming of. Skills first. As smart and intelligent and skilled player Luka is this will keep him in the game far longer than anyone else. Its the beauty of Lukas game, that he beats with skillset.

When I think of the entire GSW series, we were not beaten on speed, nor on physicality (other than Powell vs their Center). We were beaten on skillset, we were beaten on scheme, bbIQ. Simply put, they had more skilled players than us, and it wasnt even close. Luka however, was the most skilled player in that series. We need as a team build around two of our most skilled players, which are Luka and Brunson, and add more skilled players so they can flourish even more.