What makes his so hard to guard is that he knows how to score with the guard in front of him. He bullies the smaller guards and beats bigger defenders with his footwork.
Footwork comes from playing soccer. I had a high school friend who played football so well (soccer for the yanks) , he played like Messi to me (similar ball dribbling skill with foot), and oh boy how he schooled "us" (who played high school basketball) and were much taller than him. We were perplexed how he got to the basket and weaved through us. Now i see Luka, who has similar footwork and played a lot of football + basketball. Deadly combo. Similar to Steve Nash.
im surprised at the amount of no calls that he gets in the post. i guess he's too big for some of these guys so the refs try to give them some kind of advantage lmao
If anything they should be calling carrying on his ass .. giannis and harden travel Luka and Poole be carrying.. no whistle on them thou . That’s what makes the nba not watchable
Combined with the modern offensive skillset which is the step back 3 and proficiency in the pick and roll. This is the reason why Luka is an unstoppable force on offense.
That’s what I like to call the Dirk special. I remember seeing Dirk do this all the time every time posting up creating a double this is what made The mavs special. u had no choice but to double dirk every time and he would always pass out to terry,kidd ,Harris and Marion at times made his 3s . There’s nothing wrong with playing bully ball more n finding the open mad when they double. Lukas a better passer the dirk so it shouldn’t be hard for him to make the right pass
Defensive guards should not be guarding him, it should be defensive forwards. Though the likes of Smart or Jrue can still make Luka uncomfortable, he can still bully ball them.
