BOSTON – Luka Donu010diu0107 has been framed in the same picture as Denver MVP Nikola Jokic.
His liftoffs are not explosive. He won’t blow by defenders. He’s not particularly athletic on the surface.
To which he says: “I’m athletic in different ways. Not everything is jumping and running fast.”
He’s right.
From the neck up, he’s more nimble than anybody else in the NBA. When it comes to strength and smarts about putting his defender in a weakened position, he excels. And Donu010diu0107 has supreme touch.
How do you think he makes all those crazy trick shots and seems to have a feathery release that results in a soft shot when it nestles into the net, which it often does.