12-05-2019, 05:34 PM
About Luka from Igor Kokoskov from his exclusive interview for index.hr, translated by Google:
About Luka from Igor Kokoskov from his exclusive interview for index.hr, translated by Google:
From what planet did Luka Doncic fall?
Until yesterday, we talked about Luka as an upcoming player, today we talk about him as one of the NBA's best players. The basketball he plays at the age of 20 puts him in the position of one of the most dominant players of today, and the fascinating speed at which all this has taken place is especially fascinating. It no longer makes sense to talk about his potential, Luka has grown such a narrative. His game is mesmerizing. He is just as dangerous about the basket of a rival as he is in a fantastic way to play the team and make his team-mate better than he might be. Today, Luka is perhaps the most versatile player in the world.
Isn't it a bit surreal for a kid who comes to the NBA league from the age of 19 to become a legitimate candidate for MVP of the strongest league in the world at the age of 20?
Of course it is, but Luka is the type of man who has responded incredibly to every challenge thrown before him, and by that I mean the speed of his reaction. As a kid he went to Real and immediately fought for a place in the first team. Then he decided to get into serious rotation, so he did it in record time. That wasn't enough for him either, so he became the team leader and then the best player in Europe and MVP of the Euroleague Final Four. Then he was the leader of the Slovenian national team, which became the champion of Europe. Europe then became too tight for his talent, he decided to come to the NBA and became rookie of the year, and in his second season he is a serious contender for the league's best player. Do you know what is the best thing about everything? Luka is still growing, developing, and he knows that there is still much room for progress. Every day he is working on himself, he is improving and with each passing day, every next game he will be an even better player. I know this all sounds unreal, but Luka is an unreal player, so what he does today doesn't surprise me at all. He was never an ordinary player. Human gets scared when he remembers his age, but the fact is that he is still growing as a player and a person and no one knows at which point he will reach his limit. At the moment, we can only enjoy the basketball he plays.
Some say it's great that he ended up in Dallas because there is room for him to impose himself so young as a leader and decision maker, and some find it a pity he is not in a club that can contend for the title. What do you think?
Luka is in a fantastic situation because everything Dallas does is not spontaneous and every decision made by the club has its own reasons why. Dallas systematically brought him in, they wanted him, and the great thing about Luka was that he could play with Nowitzki one season, which conveyed him the qualities of a leader. At 19, Luke has learned to be a leader in an NBA team, a man who takes matters into his own hands when the game breaks, which is invaluable to a young player. Proving that his decision to come to Dallas was excellent, his status as one of the league's best players. Luka, on the other hand, has such an adaptation ability and so much talent that if happened to go to a stronger multi-star club in the locker room, I am sure he would have found his place there as well.
When Doncic came to the NBA last year, you were the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, the club that made the first draft pick, but instead, Arizona State University star DeAndre Ayton was selected. Why?
Unfortunately, I cannot answer this question because of a professional codex, but when you have already asked me, I will tell you that I sleep peacefully.
About Luka from Igor Kokoskov from his exclusive interview for index.hr, translated by Google:
From what planet did Luka Doncic fall?
Until yesterday, we talked about Luka as an upcoming player, today we talk about him as one of the NBA's best players. The basketball he plays at the age of 20 puts him in the position of one of the most dominant players of today, and the fascinating speed at which all this has taken place is especially fascinating. It no longer makes sense to talk about his potential, Luka has grown such a narrative. His game is mesmerizing. He is just as dangerous about the basket of a rival as he is in a fantastic way to play the team and make his team-mate better than he might be. Today, Luka is perhaps the most versatile player in the world.
Isn't it a bit surreal for a kid who comes to the NBA league from the age of 19 to become a legitimate candidate for MVP of the strongest league in the world at the age of 20?
Of course it is, but Luka is the type of man who has responded incredibly to every challenge thrown before him, and by that I mean the speed of his reaction. As a kid he went to Real and immediately fought for a place in the first team. Then he decided to get into serious rotation, so he did it in record time. That wasn't enough for him either, so he became the team leader and then the best player in Europe and MVP of the Euroleague Final Four. Then he was the leader of the Slovenian national team, which became the champion of Europe. Europe then became too tight for his talent, he decided to come to the NBA and became rookie of the year, and in his second season he is a serious contender for the league's best player. Do you know what is the best thing about everything? Luka is still growing, developing, and he knows that there is still much room for progress. Every day he is working on himself, he is improving and with each passing day, every next game he will be an even better player. I know this all sounds unreal, but Luka is an unreal player, so what he does today doesn't surprise me at all. He was never an ordinary player. Human gets scared when he remembers his age, but the fact is that he is still growing as a player and a person and no one knows at which point he will reach his limit. At the moment, we can only enjoy the basketball he plays.
Some say it's great that he ended up in Dallas because there is room for him to impose himself so young as a leader and decision maker, and some find it a pity he is not in a club that can contend for the title. What do you think?
Luka is in a fantastic situation because everything Dallas does is not spontaneous and every decision made by the club has its own reasons why. Dallas systematically brought him in, they wanted him, and the great thing about Luka was that he could play with Nowitzki one season, which conveyed him the qualities of a leader. At 19, Luke has learned to be a leader in an NBA team, a man who takes matters into his own hands when the game breaks, which is invaluable to a young player. Proving that his decision to come to Dallas was excellent, his status as one of the league's best players. Luka, on the other hand, has such an adaptation ability and so much talent that if happened to go to a stronger multi-star club in the locker room, I am sure he would have found his place there as well.
When Doncic came to the NBA last year, you were the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, the club that made the first draft pick, but instead, Arizona State University star DeAndre Ayton was selected. Why?
Unfortunately, I cannot answer this question because of a professional codex, but when you have already asked me, I will tell you that I sleep peacefully.