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Less is more: Luka, Carlisle, Nelson all agree superstar must become less ‘ball dominant’

This is an immediate-results generation.

Nobody wants to hear about the positive steps taken in the three years since Luka Donu010diu0107 became part of the Mavericks’ world – and there have been a lot of them.

Fans want to win now. And that’s certainly a reasonable request when a team has someone that just about everybody agrees is one of the top five basketball players on the planet.

But here are some raw facts:

Michael Jordan came into the NBA in 1984. He made the playoffs his first three seasons and lost in the first round each time, despite outrageous scoring averages.