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Originally Posted by Asian62150
Not picking on you, but a lot of ppl say this about various players, especially Luka. Winning a title in professional sports as the main guy is extremely difficult and it is far from guaranteed.
I'd say the odds of Luka winning a title while he's the #1 option are under 50% (I have no way of actually calculating this). But the following factors are at play:
But OKC is good (and young)
Rockets are good (and young)
Celtics are in their prime
Cavs are good (and young)
Denver still has a championship nucleus
Spurs are on the rise
Minny just beat the Lakers pretty soundly
Mavs are formidable if they can stay healthy
LeBron will be a year further from his prime
And of course Luka has not put in the work necessary to take his game to the next level and also take care of his body.
Most of us in this thread hope he changes, but he's going to be entering year 8 so until we see the change, it's a better bet that he's going to be who he's shown himself to be thus far.
I enjoy watching him play because he does some incredible things out there and I hope he wins a title as the guy. But imo the odds are against him as it stands right now.
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The #1 reason I hated the trade was it basically is a reset, start from scratch for Luka now. I still believe in him..but it got that much harder.