Luka needs to lose weight or else his career gonna be riddled with injuries. He left the game against wolves on a non contact injury.
I thought the league was making a mistake relying on 2 end of the line stars on kind of middling teams in LeBron and Steph to be the Xmas prime time game but - those guys turned back the clock
It's partly his weight, but I think it is probably his overall workout design where he doesn't prepare to overdo it in the gym so on the court it doesn't feel like it 100% but more like 80-90% of strain.
But he disappeared during clutch time and allowed his team to blow the lead. He is good and definitely promising for his age. I just feel he get way overhyped over a lot of other players in the league. Lebron, Durant and Steph can turn back the clock once in awhile, sure but they aren't gonna. carry league for the next 5-10 years. League seems to putting all their "star" media power behind Wemby, Jokic, Luka, and Giannis instead of spreading it out more.
I mean, the guy's a top 10 player in the NBA by year 2, will win DPOY due to blocks alone and physically unique to watch - that's pretty much meeting all the hype. Yeah he missed some 3s today at the end but - that's like the kind of criteria you apply when you're trying to decide Embiid v Jokic for MVP, for a second year 20yo
