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

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Shouldn't this thought extend to KP then? He had a 6 block night recently.

Yes, 6 blocks in a game against a player much smaller than him who had very little in his bag. 6 blocks against a team that was completely unable to get KP out of the paint, which would have forced him to cover ground that he can't cover in order to get to those blocks. 

That game would've been encouraging if I thought any other team would play directly into his strengths like that. What we've actually seen (from every other team) is that teams target KP and his poor lateral movement as the keystone of their entire offensive approach against the Mavs. 

I hope he improves, but I'm way past betting on it.

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KP's issues on defense I feel stem more on foundational stuff rather than lack of effort. 

This. 

I don't think KP's issues on defense recently are comparable to Luka's. Whether you think KP's problems are temporary or not, it's clear that they're due, at least in part, to physical limitation. 

Luka's recent improvements prove that his are not. That was kind of my original point regarding Luka.