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Originally Posted by Budapest Maverick
Luka is a very good athlete, actually, you will be surprised DWS. He has elite level coordination and good lateral speed, it's just that he is not vertically explosive, but since he has a surprisingly big reach for a Euro guard, even that won't be much of a problem. The second half of the season he was slower than he usually is, he was very tired in 2018 because he played basically non-stop in the last 2 years. I expect him to be much "springier" this fall.
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I saw some vid clips a while back before we drafted him that showed some of his better defensive plays. Obviously the foot work is sub-par but he has decent hands defensively similar to Kidd and Dirk. Seems to have pretty strong hands which isn't so surprising and seemed to get his hands on a lot of passes...probably great anticipation skills.
Certainly won't be an elite defender but I don't think he will be a defensive liability that some seem to think he will be.