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

[burekemde]

It's possible. Hell, anything is possible in this player empowerment era. 

But, my gut is with @"DanSchwartzgan" on this. I feel like he sticks it out to the end of this deal to get his super max contract and then finds an escape route. 

And just so you don't think I'm trying to give the Mavs a break, I'm currently about 80% sure he's in another uniform a couple of seasons after signing that deal.

Luka is staying here in Dallas, as long as the team wants him. 99.999% sure about this, I followed him since the beginning of his career. Luka is not a player that runs away from trouble, nor is he the player that doesn't stand up to challenges. On the court and off the court, these things are connected. Everything in his past since the beginning of his career, points towards this being the clear answer.

That being said, he is not a passive player if I can use that expression. He is a player that wants and is impacting his teammates, as well as coaches. He looks as basketball in holistic manner, and that all is connected, from coaches to players etc. and to improve his game he also has inputs to the rest of the team, but same time hi is amenable to input to his game as well, he listens. We see it in many different ways, including body language and also verbally with coaches. And this is awesome. Watching the Netflix documentary about Jordan, this is exactly what Michael did as well. Not everyone like it, probably most players and coaches, and some fans may not like, but it is the absolute right thing to do. In any work place, organisation, not only sports, we need to improve one another top down and the other way around. The key is that the same person same time also needs to have the ability to take inputs also in the other direction, and also take advice and not only give advice. Which is exactly what Luka is doing. He improved so many parts of his game and took towards the suggestions how to improve his game. He is a leader, and will be vocal about when he sees where the team can improve.

Luka is staying a Maverick until the team trades him. But Mavs don't know this luckely. Luka will tell his opinions, when he feels that they may improve the team.