Gil’s Arena podcast hosts Gilbert Arenas, Kenyon Martin and Rashad MacKent often bring up topics that cause a lot of buzz.
This time was no exception. Mavericks star Luka Doncic is unanimously considered a top 5 player in the entire NBA. However, Martin asked a provocative question – is the Slovenian hardly the best player in his team?
“He finished fourth in the MVP vote, but in my opinion he’s not the best basketball player on his team,” Martin said, implying that Kyrie Irving is the best player on the Mavericks.
In a five-on-five sport, the former power forward chose the one-on-one game as his yardstick.
“Put him against Kyrie. He plays up to 11 points, he might not even get to the ball. If Kyrie starts the game with the ball, Doncic won’t get to it. Luka can’t cover the damn camera stand,” Martin quipped.
Doncic may miss several games early this season due to injury, as the Mavericks reported before the final test match that there is currently no specific timeline for Doncic’s recovery from the injury. Doncic himself also explained during the World Cup that he already struggled with the same injury last season, which also plagued him in the ranks of the Slovenian national team.
2023-10-23 08:15:53
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