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Originally Posted by tjforce
Jordan went through this
LeBron went through this
Luka is going through it and is just 22 years old.
He has time to figure it out. One way or another he needs to get more out of his teammates or do more himself (like Jordan scoring 37 ppg) to get to an MVP/Playoff winning level. I'm not counting him out.
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True. But, what no fan really wants to say is that they're worried about Luka's mentality. Jordan and Lebron both had terrible teams and early struggles, but they also had a winner's mentality. Does Luka? Honestly, it's probably too early to tell, however, I'm a big believer in the best way to predict future success is to look at past behavior (I'm a teacher so I have to explain this to kids all of the time). And right now, Luka appears to be okay being a great, talented player while not giving much more than he currently is. I'd be concerned about his grit, determination, resilience, and perseverance because those intangibles are what ultimately determines success. When you're at his level, parsing team stats, his efficiency, etc. is useless. His ultimate success - or lack thereof - will be due to who he wants to be and how much mental motivation he is willing and able to summon.