Trae Young Explains Why the Luka Doncic & Kyrie Irving Duo Works for the Mavs | From the Point 

Key words “ he allows Luka to be Luka “

I think the biggest misconception about Kyrie is that he's super ball dominant

When will this narrative about Kyrie being ball dominant go away

other than what trae said, the reality and facts that you can see on the floor = 1. Kyrie isnt ball dominant, he is a very great Off ball player in fact. He is also have the rare ability to catch the ball in the paint and score as a small guard. similar to lets say josh hart/gary payton II. Im not talking driving inside and finishing as a guard, but getting a pass inside the paint and finishes. 2.for how great his ahndle is, he doesnt over dribble. At all. when people say kyrie handles is his best trait, bro what about his footwork and touches? he doesnt play the "lul defender into sleep" ball. He attacks efficiently. He plays like he is a 6'6 shooting guard.

Everytime I come across a Trae Young video he's talking about Luka!

I always find it funny when people think Kyrie is ball dominant

Kyrie isn't ball dominant. I think that is a big misconception. He's basically a pg/sg hybrid and can step into both at any time and be effective.

one more thing - Luka be humble and shows respect and then Kyrie can respect back and give 110% back

Talk about how you and Dejounte dont work next😂

Trae sounds like Walt jr

Lukai lets go

Trae doesnt deserve a lot of the hate he gets from mainly us Mavs fans. Its damn near similar to how we do Booker. And i dont know why. I get the Booker insults but Trae has always shown love to Luka. Look at a lot of the all star games. If anything we should thank him for being who is because hes the reason we have Luka in the first place. Give him a break lol

This is wildly different than when KP got there. Kyrie and Luka worked cause Kyrie was willing to work with Luka. You cant always impose your will on something. Thats exactly what kyrie did. Luka wants the ball in his hands, sure but when youre on the bench its kyrie time. Youre gassed in the 2nd half, lemme cook in the 2nd half. Oh yeah it also helps kyrie is so skilled and a great shooter and leader. KP wasnt doing any of that. Add to that, that he was always injured. He was wildly inconsisten on 3. When hes in the post, he couldnt punish the mismatch. So how do you work with someone like that?

"These are two very ball dominant gaurds" -- definitely not true of Kyrie. In his younger days, he put on a lot of dribbles and moves to get to the basket and he was 90% thinking "I'm definitely going to shoot this ball." However, if you've listened to how he's intentionally been evolving his game, and watched it a bit, you'd know that even when he was already considered elite / super star, he's been critiquing himself for taking way too many moves and being inefficient. And he certifiably wants to win, whatever he has to do. I didn't watch him much in Boston, but starting from the Nets, it was clear he didn't have to be the initiating point of attack and he was solid off ball while improving it. Luka + Kyrie works because Kyrie is such a complete basketball player and has long understood, "Being a major point scorer isn't the best or only way to impact a win" and at the same time, he's not afraid of such moments. Dallas works because it's not a basketballl market where too many basketball-dumb people say dumb things about a result or what he does. That's what you'd get if you were in LA or NYC. Luka is a great teammate because, he is #1 so in theory "blame" (though this is really a media problem) goes to him for losing big games and the media + Luka relationship dynamic is entirely different than media+Kyrie when things are going tough; and it's mostly an issue with the media. Media has less of an excuse to push into irrelevant topics with Kyrie Irving in his current position. I also think the Mavericks as an organization care about Kyrie more and will appropriately handle the press doing stuff like that, whereas in Brooklyn, it seemed like Joe Tsai most certainly intentionally drove to media to do what they did.

Trae need to get on the Mavs asap and run the second unit like boss.

kyrie's ball usage is almost half of luka especially when luka is on the court and he has shortened his time from catch and shoot by a lot which is why its working booker could make similar changes if he wants to work with durant

I hate the media. Ky is not only one of the most talented basketball players ever but he is incredibly selfless and an amazing teammate. Dude leads by example and has taken every guard under his wing on the Dallas team. All of them speak his praises. The team would die for that man. The media just painted him in some bs light that isn’t true.

If I was ever going to tear up during a sporting event it would be when Luka and Kyrie were hugging at the end of a game. That shit was cool as hell and when these two are clicking nobody is safe…. The Mavs are a threat this year but Nico ain’t even done…..

facts cause if Kai was the first option all the way at the point in his career , he’d be around 30+ ppg the last 2-3 season .. of course every good team needs more than 1 star but I’m just saying if he wasn’t sharing it with a ball dominant Luka who’s team he joined (sp I understand) .. he’d be a top 5 scorer , I think .. at least in the past couple years ..

Probably the best explanation of why it's working.

I disagree kyrie isn’t ball dominant he plays off the ball and doesn’t effect his game at all

Trae getting a full beard now means I need to catch up

Trae go to spurs and show how to average 20+assist per game with wembanyama

Please someone remind me WHEN TF Kyrie was not about basketball?!? The last 5 years: 1) His injuries prevented him from playing 2) The vaccine mafia PREVENTED him from playing 3) His personal opinions about: Jews, Flat Earth, etc SHOULD HAVE ZERO effect on his availability, but somehow NBA STILL punished him P.S. He got smoke from media and stupid fans for all the above P.S.2 The times the league "allowed" him to play(ON AND OFF), he brought it EVERY night! P.S.3. He is the real 2016 FMVP and at EXACTLY the same level overall as Steph and Magic...but we got top75 Damian and Westbrook!🖕

I’m waiting for him to explain it

Who is Jonathan Ham??

Luka is like lebron to kyrie 🎯

dude said Kai is "ball dominant " wtf

TRAES BEARD??? I NEVER NOTICED HIM WITH THAT???

I thought that duo wouldn't work tbh. It seemed like 2 start point guards on the same team with very different personalities and backgrounds. Glad I was wrong

Yeah…drop those hints about putting players around you while you’re playing with washed centers, g leaguers, and underachieving, inconsistent high draft picks they keep hoping will improve.

Join Scotty Barnes and RJ in the 6ix bro

I am surprised to see trae finally being humble as he acted too overconfident if not arrogant in his rookie campaign

Kyire isn’t ball dominant he is a great catch and shooter and a closer

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I think we have another 3 maybe 4 seasons of a prime-like scoring kyrie (25+ ppg) .. which would make his prime oretty long & valuable .. it’s wild he’s not a ‘top 75’ all time player LOL they hate him it’s obvious but sickening .. he’s easily a top 3 overall most skilled scorer ever ..

Yeah. They both got an unselfish mentality, that’s what makes it work.

unfortunately.........they will be in trouble when facing Nuggets later....simply because Dallas is way down there when comes to Rebounds. Nuggets players are big and tall and can shoot too....

If steph is the pg king den kyrie is da people's champ! Same analogy 4 kobe n A.I. or jayz n jada. Sum will hav all da accolades n othas will hav a certain swag or IT factor!

Never saw kyrie as a ball dominant playe

basically this is the same with Bron and Kyrie, just let luka do his thing for 1-3 qrt then give it to Kyrie in clutch moments

Trae: Kai allows Luka to be Luka Also Trae: Why can’t Murray and I do this shit?

Cuz Kyrie can play off ball

When tf Trae get a beard????

You think if the Atlanta Hawks could find a time machine they would've kept Luka Doncic instead trading him to Dallas Mavericks on Draft night in 2018 for Trae Young?

Got it, Kyrie is the perfect "Robin" who can be "NightWing" at times dropping 40

Because kyrie been around the best players in the world. When he was a rookie/2/3rd year. Like cmon. Why wouldn’t he noticed that Luka also one of those guys. & be in tune

Kyrie is a legend I don't care what people say the guy is amazing.

Mark Cuban if you watching this post get the big man form Purdue Send him to a large one for 2 years Hakeem the dream two summers and you got a winner

I swear him and bron would of won multiple chips if ky had this maturity back then

Trae not sure about them leggings bruh damn

I mean I mean I mean

I get what Trey’s saying, but it’s like every other word is “Luka” 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Why trae young dejounte murray don't work

Getting stats but loosing: LeBron "what can i do, i have x and y and z"; Luka: "i let my teammates down, i need to be better". Just saying. LeBron is just lucky his body is so other worldly that he could get 4 chips. If he had a MJ or Kobe mentality he would've won probably 6-10 chips by now instead of 4

Give me KAI in 4 against any team! Period

Kyrie is not a superstar and I’d argue he never was. He has always been an elite scorer but not a player you could build a 3bn franchise around. He’s finally understanding his role as a very close second player on the team like he was with LeBron. I hope he wins some more rings for his own legacy

Trae Young looking like he took a shower. Do ya thang, Trae. Ninja usually look like Pau Gasol in double overtime.

Bruh got a beard transplant

Luka isn't a real ball hog bruh. He switches up all the time based on what the defense gives him. If people actually watched Mavs games they would understand exactly what I'm talking about.

Maybe you and Dejounte should take some notes instead of being stat padding ball hogs

why does a 6 year player does hasnt done shit have a platform to talk about other players lmao

Trae sound like my 5 year old

Kai is misunderstood, rather mischaracterized, within the media and casual fans.

Come to Dallas Trae, you know all the comparisons would end if you just came to Dallas. If you can’t beat’em, join’em

Kyrie is not ball dominant

when u think abt it luka is what lebron was for kyrie. just not athletic

lol it doesn’t work

Clippers in 6. They don’t need kawhi then got 2 without him.

How bout you stop talking about Luka and work on your game and get better so you can be in the playoffs Trae young 💯

He allows luka to be luka? Luka is him 😤. Luka got all bragging rights luka destroy kyrie harden and durant when they were in Brooklyn

Doncic is a constant cry baby. I won't watch a Dallas game.

Trae snow bunny young has bias toward Luka. We all understand why

How come Trae has a podcast, bruh is stutering every 3 words.

Kyrie is not ball dominant