Richard Jefferson Scoffs At Idea of Luka Doncic "Not Contributing To Winning" For Dallas Mavericks 

How could anyone on planet earth think that Luka doesn't impact winning? Might literally be the dumbest take in the history of sports

Im sorry but Brunson took from Lukas bag. Don't get me wrong i like Brunson he ex mavs but if u watch him, you see Luka and this aint a diss.

Who the f twitted that about Luka? So their argument about Luka not contributing to winning comes in a post season where hes clearly injured yet when he was one of the best in the post season just 2 years ago this guy who twitted that was no where to be seen. Just pathetic

Did this dude seriously put Jalen Brunson ahead of Luka 😑😂 that would be a no.

PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford are getiing paid now with Luka

This so frustrating, luka meant to kill these playoffs instead he’s injured and being a shell of himself now all of a sudden hes trash

Lmfao, their facial reactions say everything at 0:27

The reason Joker's on/off is so high is because when he goes to the bench at the start of the 2nd quarter, so does Murray, KCP, Porter, and Gordon (or several of them). So it's not Joker's on/off, it's the starting five's on/off. Jokic is hugely important, but it's a team of guys just slightly below all-star level so without him they can play close but their bench is thin so they get 4-6 minute stretches with guys far below that level. Murray/KCP/MPJ/Gordon/Jokic vs Jackson/Braun/Watson/Holiday/Strauther. Yeah, I'm thinking that's a pretty big on/off. Luka by himself can cause a massive dropoff because he is such a big scorer and great passer (like Jokic) and although Kyrie is good as well, he missed a lot of games early so when Luka sat there was literally no offense happening.

Only way Luka can quiet this noise is to win

Nice breakdown, RJ!

The on off number are such a pathetic stat. It's so lineup dependent it's crazy. Mike Malone takes most of the starters off when he takes jokic off, that's why the on off are so big. Yet Luka a lot of the time plays with 3 to 4 bench players. Basing your argument on on/off is pathetic.

Most of PJs buckets are assists by Luka.

Luka was +11.9 in on/off differential this season 96th percentile. Last year +7.3 for 82nd percentile. They should have looked it up before they entertained this nonsenee

Aint no way this dude saying brunson affects winning more thab Luka. Also brinson is 28 he is not young 😂

LUKA was ROBBED of MVP title!!!

We have the same record as Knicks lol

The on off numbers don’t mean shit and show media don’t know shit about basketball. Reason luka on off numbers aren’t as good cos they stager Kyrie. Jokic on off numbers are great cos they played full bench lineups

The nuggets starters sit out together usually

So someone, somewhere, actually wasn't clear if Luka impacts winning for dallas or not?

Luka carried the team when almost total lineup is injured He is fighting with whole body injured for his team Look at cavs their players cant play with a single injury

On and off well Luka is leading rhe playoffs in on and off when the lineups are tight. Wonder why😂😂

I'm back after the Mavs just won Game 6 to answer the question. YES, Luka contributes to winning.

Luka is a top 3 player in the NBA. Does he impact winning? I think that’s the easiest questions ever answered, if you think its a debate or challenging question. You need to watch NBA basketball, and not RU-vid highlights and believing what everyone is saying.

SO WHAT YALL HAVE TO SAY NOW

Advanced stats are useful but noisy. They are indirect measurements trying to tease out winning impact from observational data. Points and wins are directly measured.

Lmao brunson learned from luka. Dont think brunson would be as good as he is right noe if he had not come up with luka. Dont get me wrong, brunson would still develope great but you see lukas style all up and down his game

Does this Mavs team remind you of the finals Cavs teams?

Luka will be in 2 of the last 3 conference finals how is this even a question. He’s the most accomplished player under 25 years old in the league right now but he’s always unfairly barred by a standard compared to players like Jokic/Giannis when Jokic didn’t even make the playoffs until his 4th or 5th year while Luka made it his second year carrying a horrible roster. Ridiculous narrative

Uhh I dont think Luka was the one saying "dont give me a real center, dwight is fine". Thats a long standing mistake of the previous Gm and owner. Nico in his second year got them 2 viable centers and look how the defense has become a strength of the team.

1:43 because u media people dont even know what on/off means his on/off gets skewed cause he plays staggered minutes with kyrie 99% of the time and had a massive variety of inconcistent lineups throughout the season If u look at his on/off in the playoffs…its actually been amongst the top in the league 😱😱 What changed? Literally they just stopped staggering his minutes, almost like its very easy to manipulate the stat if u remove context

Bill Simmons been a salty hater....damn the Ringer

as a Mavs fan & follow/look at decent amount of twitter mavs fans, some are this dumb/negative on our own team sadly lol

How much of the game is Luka off the court for? How long do they have to hold on for, 8 minutes???

Donovan don't have a KI next to him, but Mitchell isn't a Luka, so what's the point?

Non of lukas teams so far in the nba have been playoff worthy This is the first team he has had that on a roster basis looks like they deserve to be in the playoffs and he has already been to a conference finals Embiid has yet to make a conference final Also putting Brunson over luka in terms of impact is insane

Jalen Brunson is 27

#GOMAVS

This is what recency bias looks like

following the logic - then you can also say Steve Nash doesn't impact winning and everyone else who hasn't won a ring

then SGA does not impact winning ever , Embiid does not impact winning too, tatum does not impact winning with this logic no one impacts winning exept people who have rings. even Maxi Kleber impacts game when he play good

Luka should have been MVP but ON/OFF and Kitchen Sink Win Shares ruined it

That's not a Dallas Mavs fan.

lol JB over Luka? The world is getting crazy.

Why would you even entertain this question yikes whoever you are

Video lost all credibility soon as he put brunson over luka when even brunson said luka is better 😂

Luka gonna win the NBA Championship 🎯

One bad game and all 🦎Luka haters come out and show their state of mind and best reply for luku will be game 5 and then all will be "yea luka is good player but,... GSA MVP..." again!

Then trade luka if you dont believe on him what a stupid argument

Did AI impact winning?

Mavs fan be saying the dumbest shit about their star. Please trade him to the lakers 😂

No one in their right mind doesn’t think Luka impacts winning, if they do then they don’t know basketball And did he really say Brunson lol I wish we could play in the trash eastern conference

Stop taklikg about it. It's like trying to fix Shaqs freethrows. You can"t.

This is such a dumb take lmao

Wtf haha

Obviously only jefferson knows the topic...other two is pathetic!

Kyrie the goat

First 6 years MJ, Lebron, Steph, KD, jokic, Giannis, shaq ALL “winnig players” had 2 or less conf final appearances. Luka also have 2, but people have this “not winning” like he hasn't shown he can win. You want him to win with starting lineup of dinwiddie-Bullock-Wood-Dwight. Come on bro 😭😭😭

There was also a Thinking Basketball video on this topic last month. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dZfufGaRhHg.htmlsi=t49frD_jEijeHbEF

Im a big fan of Luka but.... Zion Doncic Williamson needs to lay off the food man. He's on pace to look like Peter Griffin in a couple years.

As someone who has watched every minute of all 93 mavericks games this year… he does not impact winning nearly as much as you would think. The team often times (not always) looks a lot better on both ends when he sits. As much as on/off numbers can be misleading, the eye test agrees with them. When he’s not out there the ball moves so beautifully and people play much harder on defense. It doesn’t mean he’s not great, but to me it’s clear that he causes a lot of issues ALONG with all the great things he brings.

Kryie is better than luka these media people are hilarious