@@bnsz8704 I see that you mix athleticism and muscular definition, so for you too, as I wrote to many people here on RU-vid, I will write the definition of "athlete". '' Athlete is a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina.'' So, Luka is an athlete, but he doesn't have the muscular definition that, dare I say, black players have. As for Steven, the man was and remains a racist... He is a plant, he does as his bosses tell him, a few days ago he called to vote for Kamala Harris. Sports journalist, professional, at war on Twitter with the New Orleans Pelicans. The cure for him is Jason Whitlock.
"Hate him because he is white" is what you said. So it's okay for all my black NBA players playing for team Nigeria or Cameroon during the Olympics against the USA where they get paid US dollars and you and the rest of the American NBA fans wont have a problem with that correct? If so delete ur damn comment.
@@AwesomeGwhat is a their target demographic please inform me? I’m sure like every major corporation or major market in this country their demographic includes if not centers around suburban 18-54yr olds in America and globally.
ESPN needs to diversify their broadcasting talents. I feel like 85% of the talking heads are black and their clear racial biases are kicking into every conversation
Perkins is a perfect example of that. The man trashes white players every chance he gets. But I don’t take him seriously. He can barely form a sentence so I highly doubt he’s actually thought anything through.
Luka and Jokic have damaged the press story by saying that today's players are better because they are more athletic, in basketball the most important thing is skills
@@ninjaaitoolsimagine Jordan, Bird, and Magic at their prime playing in a league that calls fouls for open layups, 48 steps are allowed, carrying the basketball to their next game is allowed, and creating super stacked teams. They would all beat the individual scoring record held by Wilt.
AAU has ruined American players. The euro players will probably dominate for the foreseeable future. American players have zero fundamentals and have no idea how to play defense and it’s only getting worse.
But Smith listed Jokic as the best player in the league. He hates Luka specifically, not white players generally (although hating Luka specifically is totally insane).
Stephen A. Smith hates Luka Doncic, but Stephen A. Smith’s supposedly surrogate “little brother”, Allen Iverson, loves Luka Doncic and said that Luka Doncic is the player that most reminds AI of himself on the court.
Which on the other hand also is full of delusion. dont get me wrong, both AI and Luka are great players, but now that Luka started playing average defense, they have absolutely nothing in common anymore.
He doesn't like Luka cus luka is white. Simple, just like when perkins says jokic was gonna win mvp again cus of his colour. Hold all people to the same accountability
@saikatkar4452 That's my point, perkins played the race card and because everyone wanna be oppressed nowadays they went with it and embid won mvp the year jokic should have won
I’m black and most black folk are not like Stephen a smith, me and everyone I know love luka and love Jokic and do not discredit their greatness I think ESPN has a divisive agenda because if you did not know any black folk you would think we share Stephen a opinion
Or overrated jordan with his laughable 63 pts vs unathletic danny ainge. Btw jordan never sniffed 70 or plus. I take Admiral over MJ cause he can score 70 but also rebound 15 block 5 etc.
@@leonkennedy5862nice try deranged but Admiral won mvp alone, dpoy, led nba in rebounds points blocks. Duncan has nothing from that. Never led nba once in any stat, has never carry team without multiple HOF, and lost gold vs luis scola and guy who carries him Manu Ginobili. Duncan never carries anything not to mention choke when steve kerr and horry saved him with all 3s all clutch. Bonus. Tim donaghy ref said : i rigged every duncan rings.
@@leonkennedy5862 whats the matter deranged u cant show me gold medal? Admiral 32 pts in finals 1996 won gold for usa, Duncan ejected cause luis scola humiliated him 2004. Show me duncan 1 time lead nba in any stat? He cant dunk, score, jump, run. Admiral ladt finals 2003 vs New Jersey 17 rebounds , 5 blocks 15 pts thats better stat than duncan prime year. Duncan last game in careee 2 pts few rebounds. Admiral last game in finals billion blocks rebounds.
Stephen A. dislikes europeans or white players, compared to Americans or "brothers". He was super quick to jump on the Embiid's bandwagon last year. He'd have Shai or Tatum as MVP over Jokic (he said so the other day). I remember him taking Morant over Luka in a debate. If they're white and European, he won't like them
How many segments does SAS start off with "as a black man"? Hes not gonna praise a white player in this blm and woke era. Thats why jokic was snubbed for mvp last year. Lots of these athletes and analysts think with their skin color not their brain. This makes me sick since its the racism they so dearly cry about
I'm a Denver fan but honestly didn't have a problem with Embiid winning it last year. Embiid had a very good regular season. I was much more pleased with the Nuggets winning a title and Jokic winning that MVP.
History would completely disagree with Jokic getting snubbed based on his skin color. So all the other snubs were also skin color? What? So voter fatigue for everyone else but Jokic its skin color? Makes sense
why would last year's clearly racially motivated 'snub' only be viable if all other snubs were racially motivated.. that is such a logical fallacy it's sad it came from an adult, you can do better.
Jalen Brunson is an All-Star in the league based on his footwork and skills -- he isn't much of an athlete. Bird won the 3-point shooting contest 3 years in a row -- he would be putting up 10 or 12 of them a game in this league. He would have an easier time scoring in the current NBA.
"As a black man" just tells me you are some woke loser who feels the need to blurt out credentials. Its way overplayed, get over your skin color. Unless you are telling me black people are indeed all of one hive mind.. its meaningless. I am curious though, are all black people of one hive mind? I really can't tell anymore SAS starts topics with "as a black man", so maybe its true?
I agree. I'm kind of shocked that Giannis is being ignored and I'm a Denver fan. I have SGA, Luka, Giannis, Jokic and Embiid in the MVP race before Joel got hurt.
Shai is winning the MVP for all the reasons you are all saying. Jokic doesn’t have 3 MVPs because of ESPN already. And he won’t have 4 this year because of them. It’s easy to see that the Shai agenda started getting pushed as soon as it was official that Embid wasnt going to hit the 65 game mark
Poor Stephen A, the best 4 current players are all international (Luka, Nikola, Giannis, Embiid) and just when he thought he had someone in SGA it turns out he's Canadian 🤣
@@ForeverRolling96 he’s not top 5, how’s that make me a hater? oh no I have him ranked lower than you, I must be some unhinged maniac, relax bro & get something rolled
The NBA doesn't like defense anymore. His stats are inflated. It's pretty easy to average 30pts when the entire game is pushing offense more than ever.
Luka Donćic is easily a top 10 player in the NBA and he plays better in the playoffs. The dude is averaging damn near close to 40 points in elimination games
@@Kings0424 Hes 1st in points, 3rd in assists, 7th in steals and 19th in rebounds. Theres literally no one in the league on that all round level. There are 2-4 other candidates with great statlines on better teams though, but i dont believe their team success means they are a more valuable player.
@@ennuiii Theyre 36-28 and have won 10 of their last 15?? Theyre winning. Luka got an even worse team to the Conference finals less than 2 years ago? And In Lukas first 5 years in the league he beats Lebrons first 5 years in 15 of the 23 statistical categories friend.
Like it or not, Luka and Jokic will dominate in NBA for years. Their basketball IQ, offensive abilites and controlling the game is just so powerful and can't be stopped.
Luka Doncic is not a two-way player, hides on defense, defends the worst player on defense, and has a low team reading. Get your wins up and not your box scores up. In regards to a 70+ point game, it was a 1 to 2 possession game. If you’re going to have 70 points game, make sure it’s a blowout. if not, it’s a disgrace and clear statpadding
Luka average almost 9.8 assists 9 rebounds vs hardens 7.5 assists and 6,6 rebs, Luka also 34,6 points on less shooting attempts and better % and less 3point attemps wile being most double teamed player in the nba by far, Luka also get less free throws from refs , but Harden had 2 crazy seasons for sure
Do you guys remember 2018? A bunch of "NBA Analyst" were saying that Luka was not good enough for the league, that he was not explosive, that he was slow, not athletic enough, a future bench warmer, not a future All-Star, overrated, not special and that DeAndre Ayton was going to be the superior rookie and player that season... From the very beginning ESPN and others shown a disposition to belittle Luka, a guy that was playing against men's in Europe being a child, and not only playing good, he won the ACB Best Young Player Award and EuroLeague MVP, only a moron could come out with that criteria about a young player that got that type of achievements at such a young age...
They don’t like any foreigners period, Giannis is getting almost no coverage at all and he’s having a historically great season too. Mans numbers have not fallen off since his MVP year and no one is talking about him
The disrespect is absolutely disgusting, because I was watching ESPN last Saturday and the first topic was who was going to be the face of the NBA after kd, lebron, and Steph Curry retire and on ESPN not one single person mention Luka doncic, everyone was talking about Jayson tatum, Anthony edwards, S.G.A from Oklahoma City.. no one wants to give anyone like Nikola jokic or Luka doncic any credit because they don't like the fact that they're foreign an absolutely dominating American basketball but it makes it even worse for them that they're doing it and they're white.. you look at the numbers in the stats and the accomplishments of Luka doncic at his age and I'm telling you right now ESPN would be all over him if he was black.. it's pathetic
As a European former basketball player i can only acknowledge that Doncic is a self-centered individualistic player who does not make his teammates better and is-more interested in making his stats .. No wonder Dallas is not a top notch team ! Doncic is the exact opposite of a Jimmy Butler type of tough team conscious player .
Excatly. People want to lump him in with jokic because they're both European and theuy're friends. they are NOT similar value players. Luka is just a white version of James harden or Russ, but taller. Hell, James Harden went further with a worse team for a few years.
This is Luka's playoff seeding history 2019- missed playoffs 2020- 7 seed 2021- 5 seed 2022- 4 seed 2023 - missed playoffs 2024- currently the 8 seed Miss me with this Luka doesn't get credit nonsense. He's glazed by the fans. He's glazed by the announcers. There's a handful of people in the media that don't glaze him. Because he hasn't won squat. He had 1 good playoff run so far. Cry me a freakin river about Luka not getting credit lol.
Another crow, squaking. It's not about where you are seeded, it's how far you go in the playoffs, and Luka sent Booker and durant and many other great player home in the playoffs, and he is more clutch than Jayson Tatum who has won squat also.Do some recearch.
I am from Croatia near border with Serbia. From my house I have as "neighbours" Cro Cop 25km, Jokic, 40 km in Serbia, Vida, passed Sinisa Mihajlovic 10 km and many more sports succesful guys. Imagine being around this type of people. Kids are going to look upon them and try to do same. Region did not see war for 30+ years. Life is getting better and better here. Counting all former Yugoslavia countries. Serbia for example is now good in basketball, tennis, football, waterpolo. Same goes for Croatia. Croatia Foorbal bronze medal and waterpolo gold medal. Everyone play multiple sports here. From karate, to chess. I tell you in the next 5 to 10 years you will have even more great sportsman in sports. Jokic and Doncic are just start of new modern sports in the region.
@@spiritualatom2535 people hate LeBron because he's never at fault according to the national media. With Jokic and Doncic, it's almost purely based on their nationality/skin color.
WSSU didn't even make it to the playoffs when Stephen A Smith was PG there. WSSU had a playoff drought when he was there. Honestly, why do we care what he thinks? If I wanted to listen to a WSSU grad talk about basketball, then I'll ask Earl "The Pearl" Monroe. 💯
SAS lost all credibility for me. Bad takes after bad takes. I’m listening to JJ’s pod and the current NBA players. Those guys at ESPN like SAS or Shannon don’t know basketball and worse, they don’t watch games.
Stephen a smith saying “I doubt I’m wrong “ is one of the most ironic statements of all time, man literally failed to predict the nba champion 10 years in a row when it was always easily predictable
I LITERALLY STOPPED WATCHING NETWORKS THAT SHOWCASE steve smith... a puny voice and a puny nudge in ratings for his network...He better come around or find a new contract. THESE CLOWNS DO THIS SO OFTEN! DOUBLE DOWN! WRONG!!
Asking Stephen A. about scoring is a tremendous listen…I mean when you average 1.5 pts. during your college days is about as good a person as you could find to talk about scoring…he’s a giant! 😂🤣😂🤣
I think SAS can actually see the bigger picture - stars like Luka, Jokic, Giannis etc are just as marketable worldwide as US-born players are. The NBA knows that’s where the new money is: China, Europe, even Africa. Those markets don’t care where you’re from. ESPN’s audience however is 100% USA, and they give a massive crap about whether a player is US born or not because they think their audience does too. They think about their viewers chanting ‘U.S.A! U.S.A!’ And they know they need a home-grown hero to sell to their patriotic audience. Doesn’t work if the best players are pasty Europeans. As I say, the LEAGUE doesn’t care - they sell jerseys and TV rights globally. It’s just SAS and ESPN that have a xenophobic problem…
I don't understand why there's even a debate about it. People compare him to Bird. Luka has a completely different style than Bird, they each have their original style.
I think Luka would be a great fit for one of the faces of the league once the old guard retires. He's young but already a super star player and has a fun personality. It's ridiculous that the talking heads have such an apparent agenda against him.
ESPN might be the most racist sports network I know. I gotta give a shoutout to Kendrick Perkins cuz he’s actually been respecting doncic, jokic, and other non-black stars more recently, but everyone else is just a morally reprehensible shadow of a human being
I agree with you on just about everything ecept Luka. He is a stat padder and his team is not great because of him. He sets a bad tone by not giving two way effort and yelling at teammates for doing the same. Guy scored 73 points in a close game, can't even get a big win with that type of performance. Can't cry "he need help" the Lebron special lol because every player that left him recently are doing good on better seeded teams. He drags down team play and is all about stat padding. You'd call this out on any other player. Luka is not Jokic, look at how their stats impact winning and it's night and day difference. Jokic even did better than being an 8 seed with two starters out for a whole season couple years ago.
it`s amazing to me, that people are just realising how good Luka is. I mean, do you not have eyes? The media and fan boys are so busy pushing their fantasy agendas and favourite players, no one takes a second to really realise what the dude is doing... I mean, give props, where props are due, not asking dor anything else...
Luka is the man. There are a good amount of high level players in the nba these days (even considering the shit defense), I don’t understand people down playing any of the top guys like SGA, Jokic, Gianis, Luka.... Kawai, Embiid and AD when they aren’t hurt, even Trae Young. Those guys are all really really good; and it’s evident when you just watch them play a bit. How anyone could talk bad about Luka is just disgusting to reality. As far as “who is the best” we’ll we will see which teams are the best in the playoffs, as long as the zebras don’t put their hooves on the scales too hard. Until then; who cares about who is best in the regular season? These cats can all play, obviously.
Sadly, until luka wins something in the NBA he will always be looked as just good. He needs to win an MVP title and get himself a ring before its too late
I swear to God, there are black people out there that just can’t respect good players it’s not a skin colour. It’s the passion and what you put into your craftsmanship they hate on anyone who isn’t Lebrun, curry, Jordan basically if they ain’t black they are disrespecting the game, like I said, talent doesn’t have a skin colour to it
