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

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At this point, is Luka an empty stats guy just like RW? Is he more comparable to JH? Both of those guys have accomplished more than him in their careers (RW made the playoffs with a horrible team after JH and KD left and JH has helped Houston make noise in the playoffs even) they are also older, so had more time to accomplish what they did.

Luka isn't an empty stats guy, at least not in the extreme way that people try to apply to other players. You don't completely change the outlook for a franchise in one season the way Luka has by being an empty stats guy. He DOES have a long way to go, imo, to be truly ready to LEAD a team to the next level. 

Having said that, I think the empty stats label is laughable when applied to Harden, too, and even a bit unfair as a describer for Westbrook. Maybe old Westbrook, but not young Westbrook. He was a problem. He just never learned to shoot, and the game has evolved to the point where it's damn near impossible to affect the kind of change in the game he's expected to without that skill (this is something Luka needs to improve before it's too late, imo).