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Originally Posted by JustJay
Luka was just picked the best player in the entire NBA under 25.
I'm pretty sure Patrick Maholmes won that honor in NFL and everybody wants to play with him, but no one seems to care less about playing with Luka. I think it's some kind of stigma with the Dallas Mavericks we won a championship no one but fans and Lebron haters cared, there's also that Luka is usually highest usage in the league stars don't want to watch someone else take over the game. We're pretty much screwed unless you're happy with 2nd round exists at best. Don't expect us back in the Conference Finals with this roster.
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That's an extremely pessimistic take. Frankly I think our roster is better than the one last year- although the rest of the West got better too, so I don't necessarily expect us to make the conference finals again either.
Personally I don't think our lack of free agent success has anything to with Luka's usage rate or a "stigma" about the Mavs. I think it's the simple fact that there are only three actual free agent destination cities in the NBA- New York, LA, and Miami. That's it. You don't see free agents lining up to go to Philly or Chicago or Houston either. Look at Cleveland. They had Lebron for 11 years and they could never attract anyone either.
And you can't compare the NFL to the NBA. You just can't. Of course everyone wants to play with a great QB. That doesn't translate in basketball. This isn't a Luka thing. It's a basketball thing. Every fan wants to think that other players are just dying to play with their superstar, but that's just not true. "Get to play with such and such" is hardly ever the motivating factor that fans seem to think it is.