{"id":412705,"date":"2022-12-04T11:13:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=412705"},"modified":"2022-12-04T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:13:28","slug":"lebron-james-former-teammates-kendrick-perkins-massive-luka-doncic-truth-bombs-wont-be-liked-by-dallas-mavericks-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/lebron-james-former-teammates-kendrick-perkins-massive-luka-doncic-truth-bombs-wont-be-liked-by-dallas-mavericks-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James&#8217; Former Teammate&#8217;s Massive Luka Doncic Truth Bombs Won&#8217;t be Liked By Dallas Mavericks Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic is the front-runner to win the NBA award in 2023 after a strong start to his 2022\u20132023 season. Kendrick Perkins, an NBA champion, doesn&#8217;t think the Dallas Mavericks guard belongs in the MVP discussion. If you examine the statistics, Luka Doncic of the Mavericks is clearly the NBA MVP frontrunner. He has done a little bit of everything for Dallas this season with averages of 33.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 8.6 assists on 50.5% shooting.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewy7ySFTz_U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard, Luka Doncic has been balling hard. With each of his recent performances, the Mavericks guard has been writing his name among the all-time greats. The 23-year-old is the only player since Wilt Chamberlain to have at least 30 points in his first nine games of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"REVEALED: Aaron Rodgers\u2019 4-Word Message For Anthony Davis Ahead of 44-Point Performance Against Milwaukee Bucks\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/revealed-aaron-rodgers-4-word-message-for-anthony-davis-ahead-of-44-point-performance-against-milwaukee-bucks\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">REVEALED: Aaron Rodgers\u2019 4-Word Message For Anthony Davis Ahead of 44-Point Performance Against Milwaukee Bucks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Kendrick Perkins isn&#8217;t convinced by Luka Doncic hype train<\/h2>\n<p>Because of the Mavericks&#8217; positioning in the Western Conference standings, Perkins has consistently dropped Doncic from his list of the top five MVP contenders. He reaffirmed his position on &#8220;NBA Today,&#8221; this time asking all the &#8220;Doncic for MVP&#8221; supporters a question.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I know Richard Jefferson is probably somewhere watching this right now,&#8221;<\/em> Perkins <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/1598056036652433410?s=20&amp;t=4yyJyypECfV3TgESh9Y9bQ\">said<\/a>. <em>&#8220;But he has been on my tail for the last couple of days about me not having Luka in my top-five MVP conversation. You go down to Detroit without Cade Cunningham and you lose this game last night.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luka Doncic is NOT a top-five MVP candidate according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KendrickPerkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KendrickPerkins<\/a> \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Last time I checked&#8230; your team has to have success and be up in the top tier as well.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tb1bNzw2CO\">pic.twitter.com\/Tb1bNzw2CO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/1598056036652433410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;See, here is the problem. I&#8217;m not hating on Luka. I think he is an unbelievable talent, he&#8217;s an awesome talent, he&#8217;s a showbox, he&#8217;s everything, and more. But when we talk about the MVP conversation, your record can&#8217;t be 10-11. You can&#8217;t be sitting at the No. 11 spot in the Western Conference.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luka Doncic is 23 years old. <\/p>\n<p>Dirk Nowitzki played 20 years, all for the Mavs, and is the NBA\u2019s 6th all time leading scorer. <\/p>\n<p>Luka Doncic and Dirk Nowitzki now have the same number of career 40 point games!!!<\/p>\n<p>Doesn\u2019t seem possible, but it is.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; nick wright (@getnickwright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/getnickwright\/status\/1597788593669668866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Luka Doncic is the league&#8217;s top scorer, averaging 33.5 PPG, 8.8 RPG, and 8.6 APG while shooting 50.5% from the field. Unfortunately, the Mavericks haven&#8217;t been able to benefit from their superstar&#8217;s incredible run; they now have a 10-10 record and are just above the +500 level.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carry the hell on\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bLEWSWHIza\">pic.twitter.com\/bLEWSWHIza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KendrickPerkins\/status\/1597661379984515072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The biggest issue with Luka is perhaps how dependent on having the ball in his hands for him to be effective. 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Kendrick Perkins, an NBA champion, doesn&#8217;t think the Dallas Mavericks guard belongs in the MVP discussion. If you examine the statistics, Luka Doncic of the Mavericks is clearly the NBA MVP frontrunner. He has done [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":388564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,91,51],"tags":[2052,16,369],"class_list":["post-412705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-cavaliers","category-dallas-mavericks","category-nba","tag-kendrick-perkins","tag-lebron-james","tag-luka-doncic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}