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Originally Posted by rats60
He was the best player in the Finals winning Finals MVP. He was also 12th in the NBA in win shares as a rookie, so a huge contributor all season long while playing out of position at shooting guard.
Two years later at 23, Magic won his second championship and he was unquestionably the best player on the team. He led the team in win shares, 5th in the NBA, while almost averaging a triple double for the season. He also led in NBA in VORP.
There is no need to make excuses for guys. They can win championships at any age and if they don't it is their fault, not some excuse they aren't old enough. The time to win is now for Luka.
Tim Duncan won his first at 22 and Larry Bird won his first at 24. Let me guess, they weren't the best player on their teams so they don't count either.
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Your just arguing points I'm not even trying to make.
I've just pointed out that Magic and Duncan did it at a young age and you are just regurgitating that. Everyone knows Magic won FMVP his rookie year and I didn't deny that.
But you're just nitpicking details and making unfounded assumptions. All I'm doing is making a point that it's okay if Luka doesn't win a title when he's 24, or 25, or even 26.
Now if we're sitting here 5 years from now and Luka's closing in on 30 with no title in sight, then we'll have to start considering that he's probably not the guy a lot of us thought he would be. The clock doesn't really start ticking for Luka for a while yet.