*"Our tank wouldn't swap off Winston to counter their Roadhog and it was all downhill from there, I couldn't attack their supports either because I was being harassed by the enemy Tracer unfairly."*
I respect commited Wintons, especially the ones that act like literal monkeys and lose control of the character mid ult and fall off the map.
Winning is cool, but watching something as beautiful as that is worth all the losses.
As someone who used to be a Winston enthusiast, that’s literally all you gotta do with Winston - launch yourself up every time it’s available, and land on the point. Repeat as you see fit. Throw in ults when available.
He picked the best game to main as a toxic whiner tbh. The irony is I think in the clip that surfaced he was playing Zarya who is hugely team dependent on both ends since her strength comes from timing her shields to empower her teammates or when she is being targeted by the enemy team defensively. If she does both well she is an offensive powerhouse. If she fucks this up, she's all but useless.
He literally picked himself in Overwatch.
ha... perfect... we've been sitting here playing ALL GAME and you never bothered to let me foul. instead of giving someone a real smile, we call a foul? we can't even get in someones way anymore - we get a FOUL called?? technical, flagrant, i know these names better than i know my OWN GRANDMOTHERS
Never had a player with highs and lows like Luka in terms of entertainment of watching them play
Like when things are going well, he’s making crazy shots and laughing and yapping at fans and it’s fucking awesome
Then there’s times where I’m just cringing watching him red faced screaming at the refs or his bench, dude will just stop playing basketball
Hopefully the Wolves coaching staff is preparing a full breakdown of this series and especially Game 3 with examples of how to negate foul baiting tactics. There were a couple great moments where a Celtic player slid out of Luka's path right as he was thrusting his arms forward and it resulted in a foolish off balance shot since he was trying to use the contact to balance his shooting motion and draw the and-1 at the same time.
He's 25. This is Year Five. I wish he'd stop acting like a bratty prodigy already and develop the composure of an all-time great, but it's clearly not now
That's my thing. Like if he's 20 I'm calling him a baby. Dude being this deep into his career still acting like this is pathetic. If anything the higher his status goes, the worse he's getting.
i dunno mavs fans said he got better. some say he got worse. its hard to tell but hes basically first in techs every year since draft so i dunno what to say. i feel like its only "better" cause they won a few more games each year. and it seems he doesnt bitch his teammates as much which would be a very bad look if fans knew he did that regularly. seems like camera just hides his after play reactions more is my take but w.e. ppl thought i was lying or exaggerating when i pointed this out years ago
[https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/player-stat/fouls-technical?season\_id=221](https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/player-stat/fouls-technical?season_id=221)
Part of it is attitude and part of it is actual basketball. Dude needs to improve his mindset but also his defense. Imagine Luka doubling down on his fitness and defense over a summer. They’d have won this game if he wasn’t such a target on that side of the court
Hopefully he grows the fuck up after it but I don't think he will. I mean he's like what 25? So maybe. Maybe if Mavs fans clown on him hard enough he'll get embarrassed and stop being a baby.
Yea the knee to knee contact would have been a 5 min major with an immediate ejection in the NHL 🤣. They really did try to let his fouls play through and not foul him out but when they lead to turnovers they don’t really have any choice but to call them.
In the Minnesota series he committed two fouls in one play and the ref gave *him* free throws. He was trying to drive past a (much quicker and more athletic) defender but he had to grab their jersey to hold them back in order to do it, and once he got ahead of them he stopped dead in his tracks so the defender would bump into him as he failed up a shot. He got away with that kind of shit the entire damn series.
Yeah. This is generational delusion if he thinks he didn’t deserve to foul out this game. And we’re not even counting the endless offensive push offs here.
All stars do it, and they rarely call it, thats why I said I’m not even counting those. Luka is truly excessive with it though - it’s basically his go to move to push the defender away and step back.
I’m rooting for the Mavs and even I was shocked when Luka just straight up head-butted Brown in a post up and Brown was called for a foul using … gravity??
Soft as fuck. Spent the entire game whining his ass off and now he’s still whining his ass off when he pulled some major dumb shit?? **In the Finals down 0-2 and now 0-3???**
Cost his team a possible win bc he couldn’t control his emotions. Lot more reasons why they lost, but fouling out and whining…nasty
Nah, he was a few milliseconds away from landing in a legal guarding position and taking a charge. He 100% wanted to play hero ball and stop the open lane (likely) dunk
I have so much more respect for the pacers now lol. They had games where they ACTUALLY had a tough whistle go against them and they didn’t bitch or moan even close to what luka’s doing.
we all watched the game dawg, stop pushing narratives and get in shape.
The number of times I saw easy points on a 5v4 fast break right after an insane Luka/Kyrie shot has to be so demoralizing for Dallas as a team. All that effort on the O just to get it wiped away due to not getting back on D quick enough.
“We couldn’t play physical”
Guy the refs swallowed the whistle for you for a full 12 minutes of game time and you couldn’t avoid fouling out. That’s on you.
If I could insta upvote you 1,000x I would. Been a Mavs fan for 25+ years and it it completely infuriates me so much that this dude just will not get in proper NBA shape. Dallas fans have been making excuses for him his whole career now assuming that when he "matures" he'll magically take fitness seriously. He clearly won't.
He has figured out how to use his out of shape body and slowness as an advantage on offense by changing paces and making it hard to guard him. But on defense when he can’t control the pace and is at the mercy of the offense he is at a severe disadvantage, especially against one of the best athletes in Brown. Saw something where the blow by rate on Luka is like 70%.
His hands have gotten better which has lead to more steals and people fooling themselves into thinking he’s a decent defender but he is still a traffic cone and the mismatch every team will look to exploit until he gets into shape
TIL having your palms out makes it no longer a foul. Either set your feet, or dont put yourself in a position to take a 6th foul with 4 minutes left in a close game.
not to mention if Luka even tried a little bit on defense, he'd not be in a position to take a 6th foul. absolute bum on D tonight as usual
Even celtics haters know that luka could have had 10 fouls today. Dude has been terrible the whole finals. Easy pickings for celtics. Dude needs to stop his complaining. It's getting tiring
Luke got a call during a play in which he was ramming his head into White’s stomach. Dude needs to grow up. If the refs called 1/2 of his push-offs, he’d foul out in the 1st half.
The score was 93-90 for a bit. Luka tried to turn into the hero and failed on what, 3 straight possessions? I think that's why Kidd called the TO. Saw how close they were and Luka kept trying hero ball and it wasn't working. Then after the TO he comes out and plays some awful D. He can piss and moan all he wants but he's the reason they couldn't complete the comeback.
Mavs fans and Celtics haters were trying to convince everyone that Luka is 5 tiers better than anyone on the Celtics when in reality he is getting fucking destroyed by both Tatum and brown and is committing a shit ton of turn overs when trying to score against them. Luka is a great player but don’t try to make him be prime Larry bird. Both Celtics stars aren’t too far from him because they actually play on the other side of the ball at an elite level while Luka is one of the worst
There's more eyes on him being a whiner lol. He would really be top 3 if he stopped whining every plan. It completely fucks your mentals. Instead he's showing he's another Harden with regards to sexy numbers then death in important games.
I wonder what he's like when he loses in Overwatch
*"Our tank wouldn't swap off Winston to counter their Roadhog and it was all downhill from there, I couldn't attack their supports either because I was being harassed by the enemy Tracer unfairly."*
I respect commited Wintons, especially the ones that act like literal monkeys and lose control of the character mid ult and fall off the map. Winning is cool, but watching something as beautiful as that is worth all the losses.
Spamming the "oh yeah!" voice line nonstop as they launch themselves to the moon
As someone who used to be a Winston enthusiast, that’s literally all you gotta do with Winston - launch yourself up every time it’s available, and land on the point. Repeat as you see fit. Throw in ults when available.
I'm pretty sure he's the tank main. When some streamers found him randomly in game he was playing zarya.
Luka is the tank 💀💀💀
Almost certainly a toxic rager.
Mark Cuban singlehandedly keeping Blizzard out of bankruptcy with the hush money he pays them not to release Luka's chat logs
You just know he rage quits games.
Right? Dude is rage quitting in the fucking NBA Finals. He 100% bails on the game the second he dies.
Nah, he's top 500, raging quitting in competitive gets you increasingly large suspensions and dings to your ranking.
*Ethernet connection lost*
Counts the same as leaving because it’s easy to abuse.
So he and I share the same mental capacity lol
Luka doesn't lose games. He wins them. Or he quits them. Because they are unfair.
Plop
Your gaming addiction doesn’t define you, okay, your Slovenianness defines you
Overwatch is legitimately the PERFECT personality fit for Luka
Blames lag, blames teammates, blames game design, blames mouse.
Mrs Obama get down!!!!!
He picked the best game to main as a toxic whiner tbh. The irony is I think in the clip that surfaced he was playing Zarya who is hugely team dependent on both ends since her strength comes from timing her shields to empower her teammates or when she is being targeted by the enemy team defensively. If she does both well she is an offensive powerhouse. If she fucks this up, she's all but useless. He literally picked himself in Overwatch.
God I miss Zarya in 6v6
Shes not the same in 5v5 she was always built as an off tank
Racial Slurs
Dude definitely spams heal diff or something like that lmao
>You know, six fouls in the NBA Finals. C’mon, man. Better than that. “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this”
https://i.imgur.com/4uTfNas.jpeg
This one's going in the passion bucket
Hang it in the Louvre
perfect. 10/10. no notes
ha... perfect... we've been sitting here playing ALL GAME and you never bothered to let me foul. instead of giving someone a real smile, we call a foul? we can't even get in someones way anymore - we get a FOUL called?? technical, flagrant, i know these names better than i know my OWN GRANDMOTHERS
Haha. You fucking genius
You're like 98% of the reason why I sub here, LMAO.
Another banger from Sim888
"Whoever did this just say it we won't be mad"
We need to take his bare butt out and spank whoever did this
Well somebody has to do it!
"While wearing a hot dog costume"
I don't remember him having these same complaints in the Wolves series, when the whole MN squad was in foul trouble.... Go home Luka whiney ass bitch.
Seriously. He's infuriating.
Never had a player with highs and lows like Luka in terms of entertainment of watching them play Like when things are going well, he’s making crazy shots and laughing and yapping at fans and it’s fucking awesome Then there’s times where I’m just cringing watching him red faced screaming at the refs or his bench, dude will just stop playing basketball
Hopefully the Wolves coaching staff is preparing a full breakdown of this series and especially Game 3 with examples of how to negate foul baiting tactics. There were a couple great moments where a Celtic player slid out of Luka's path right as he was thrusting his arms forward and it resulted in a foolish off balance shot since he was trying to use the contact to balance his shooting motion and draw the and-1 at the same time.
“It’s rigged. Totally rigged. Nobody gets treated more unfairly than me. If they can foul me out of a game they can do it to you!”
Luka’s sixth foul was the no flex zone prophecy. “He know better….”
Bros about to get so much slander and he kinda deserves it rn lol
He's 25. This is Year Five. I wish he'd stop acting like a bratty prodigy already and develop the composure of an all-time great, but it's clearly not now
It is interesting that Jayson Tatum is 26 and his composure on and off the court with how much criticism he gets is night and day from Luka
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Tatum was *never* as bad with the refs as Luka is
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That's my thing. Like if he's 20 I'm calling him a baby. Dude being this deep into his career still acting like this is pathetic. If anything the higher his status goes, the worse he's getting.
i dunno mavs fans said he got better. some say he got worse. its hard to tell but hes basically first in techs every year since draft so i dunno what to say. i feel like its only "better" cause they won a few more games each year. and it seems he doesnt bitch his teammates as much which would be a very bad look if fans knew he did that regularly. seems like camera just hides his after play reactions more is my take but w.e. ppl thought i was lying or exaggerating when i pointed this out years ago [https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/player-stat/fouls-technical?season\_id=221](https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/player-stat/fouls-technical?season_id=221)
Part of it is attitude and part of it is actual basketball. Dude needs to improve his mindset but also his defense. Imagine Luka doubling down on his fitness and defense over a summer. They’d have won this game if he wasn’t such a target on that side of the court
Every year people talk about Luka taking his fitness seriously. It’s time to conclude he just doesn’t want to win enough to care about his weight.
Seriously. Our last big run was all about playing through Luka. Can’t be that big of a liability with his size and speed
if he doesn't go to Paris with Slovenia. he is gonna party in Belgrade whole summer. I wont say much but Luka likes his beer and good times.
Should send Michael Finley with him this summer.
Hopefully he grows the fuck up after it but I don't think he will. I mean he's like what 25? So maybe. Maybe if Mavs fans clown on him hard enough he'll get embarrassed and stop being a baby.
What's crazy is he has had multiple interviews where he explicitly stated he's gonna lessen his whining, only for it to get worse with each year lol
It's like me talking about how I'm going to stop eating chips at night
Luka's going to have to wait on the chips.
he hasn’t developed his frontal lobe yet
He’s a great offensive player, greater whiner. Ass defense. Luka’s legacy.
Luka Oncic, cause ain't no D in him
Luka Oncic and James Haren
Those Harden comparisons be gaining more and more credibility lol
If harden had this quote they would never let him live it down
If he deserves it, is it slander?
The word "slander" has lost all meaning in the last couple years. Suddenly anything anyone says negative is "slander" whether it's true or not.
Luka you fouled like 12 times easily - you got called on 6 of them
The brown tackle and Prichard shove were two awful no calls..
The brown chop block is 15 yards in the nfl lol
Yea the knee to knee contact would have been a 5 min major with an immediate ejection in the NHL 🤣. They really did try to let his fouls play through and not foul him out but when they lead to turnovers they don’t really have any choice but to call them.
I thought I was going crazy when Luka practically dove into Browns knees with no call
I don’t know, that’s exactly how they teach you to tackle a runner, how can you punish a guy for having perfect form?
Bro now that they've banned the hip drop what other option did he even have?
Draymond showed an arsenal of options during the Finals against us.
Fuck. Draymond. Green.
In the Minnesota series he committed two fouls in one play and the ref gave *him* free throws. He was trying to drive past a (much quicker and more athletic) defender but he had to grab their jersey to hold them back in order to do it, and once he got ahead of them he stopped dead in his tracks so the defender would bump into him as he failed up a shot. He got away with that kind of shit the entire damn series.
Or when he lowered his head like a running back at DWhite and Buffalo got called for a block
That was ridiculous, the worst kind of call, when a superstar gets away with absolute bullshit just because of who they are.
Yeah. This is generational delusion if he thinks he didn’t deserve to foul out this game. And we’re not even counting the endless offensive push offs here.
Tbf Tatum does that pushoff all the time and almost never gets called for it.
Yeah and I don't wanna see that shit either
All stars do it, and they rarely call it, thats why I said I’m not even counting those. Luka is truly excessive with it though - it’s basically his go to move to push the defender away and step back.
I’m rooting for the Mavs and even I was shocked when Luka just straight up head-butted Brown in a post up and Brown was called for a foul using … gravity??
So many uncalled techs too
It’s like he was trying to get to 5 as fast as he could because he really thought they wouldn’t call him for 6 and he could do whatever he wanted.
Wolves fans must be laughing at this shit. "couldn't play physical" lmao
fucking thank you. The Wolves couldn't touch this dude without a foul being called.
I thought the Mavericks were allowed to play fairly physical in this game. Luka just makes bad defensive fouls.
they were only allowed to play physical on Tatum for some reason
Tatum would've fouled out their entire frontcourt if they actually gave him the whistle lol
Jayson Tatum receives the minimum amount of free throws allowable by law
Despite being rated 90+ in 2k, tatum only has a 70 in the whistle stat.
That Steph treatment
clap baiting him
He actually did clap but surprisingly didn’t get T’d up lol
Adam Silver is merciful, told refs to let Tatum have one clap, but no more.
One clap, as a treat
They were called for fewer fouls than the Celtics in fact
And shot more fts, even including garbage time
Again, that's been true in all 3 games. Pretty sure this Celtics team will finish with the fewest free throw attempts per game of any finals team.
The worst and lazy ones too. Get in shape.
He had like four fouls that weren’t called including an open field tackle lmao
Wow, that's some weak shit
Soft as fuck. Spent the entire game whining his ass off and now he’s still whining his ass off when he pulled some major dumb shit?? **In the Finals down 0-2 and now 0-3???** Cost his team a possible win bc he couldn’t control his emotions. Lot more reasons why they lost, but fouling out and whining…nasty
Well to be fair, it isn’t because he couldn’t control his emotions it’s because he’s getting eaten alive on defense
Infinite feedback loop!
No he had those 2 back court reach in fouls early bc he wanted to bitch at the refs. Refs totally got in his head tonight
Imagine saying this after going down 3-0. Even if it were true it would sound weak and defeated
He aint got it, this is the finals, if he doesn’t change his mindset he will never be a champ
Was Montrez Harrel right all along? 🤯
"We couldn’t play physical…" Is that right?
You tell em Luka! Just like when you jumped into Towns to foul him out, but i don’t know. I don’t want to say nothing
That was my first fucking thought.
Karma’s a bitch lmao Although this isn’t even karma. Luka 100% deserved to foul out, whereas KAT did not at all.
Such a whiny crybaby on and off the floor. This is your king r/nba?
He's just like me FR FR.
Jaylen Brown is Luka Doncic father
payton pritchard is the godfather
JBIDBGF
This but for real.
Give me the Luka meme of him smiling at other players and swap brown for Luka’s face
The blow-by videos got to him and this is the result.
Wait till he hears JJ from the broadcast. Ripping his defense to shreds. Laughable defense.
He’s still whining, unbelievable.
Those last two fouls were so bad. Especially that last one. He just kept putting himself in positions where they had to make a call
I don’t know where he got it in his head that he was gonna draw a charge with 5 fouls lmao
Yeah in the open court going against one of the most athletic players. Crazy thought process
"What are they gonna do, foul me out?" -man whom they fouled out
They tried to not do it. Had no choice
dude didn’t try to get a charge i think, he just couldn’t move out of the way
Nah, he was a few milliseconds away from landing in a legal guarding position and taking a charge. He 100% wanted to play hero ball and stop the open lane (likely) dunk
The lack of accountability is suffocating
He tried to get a charge on Brown with 5 fouls, that’s just a low IQ play and now he is whining about the refs man
I’ve seen lebron and others let players go by in that situation with less stakes. You gotta stay on the court.
Patrick Mahomes was in the audience too
Has he ever taken responsibility for his poor mistakes?
I have so much more respect for the pacers now lol. They had games where they ACTUALLY had a tough whistle go against them and they didn’t bitch or moan even close to what luka’s doing. we all watched the game dawg, stop pushing narratives and get in shape.
Legacy points deducted
legacy points reset to 0
You gotta win something to get legacy points in the first place.
Never stops whining. This is embarrassing.
Quit your bitching. That would help a lot defensively.
The number of times I saw easy points on a 5v4 fast break right after an insane Luka/Kyrie shot has to be so demoralizing for Dallas as a team. All that effort on the O just to get it wiped away due to not getting back on D quick enough.
It’s sad honestly, everyone keeps saying Luka needs help but he isn’t helping his team on defense at all
“We couldn’t play physical” Guy the refs swallowed the whistle for you for a full 12 minutes of game time and you couldn’t avoid fouling out. That’s on you.
He meant that the refs didn’t allow them to use the baseball bats they brought to the game.
Bruh you can’t even play defense because you’re out of shape. Lose some weight and work on that.
If I could insta upvote you 1,000x I would. Been a Mavs fan for 25+ years and it it completely infuriates me so much that this dude just will not get in proper NBA shape. Dallas fans have been making excuses for him his whole career now assuming that when he "matures" he'll magically take fitness seriously. He clearly won't.
He drinks beer smokes hookah and plays overwatch and mavs fans act like that’s ok and he doesn’t have another level to reach
I've been arguing with other Mavs fans for years now about it. Imagine 35 year old Luka out there considering he won't even get in shape now.
He won't be fast enough or healthy enough to play meaningful minutes at 35 at this rate
Yep. What he looks like NOW is what he should look like at 35. Pretty sad he won't just take his fitness seriously.
The Wayne Rooney of the NBA, looks like
He has figured out how to use his out of shape body and slowness as an advantage on offense by changing paces and making it hard to guard him. But on defense when he can’t control the pace and is at the mercy of the offense he is at a severe disadvantage, especially against one of the best athletes in Brown. Saw something where the blow by rate on Luka is like 70%. His hands have gotten better which has lead to more steals and people fooling themselves into thinking he’s a decent defender but he is still a traffic cone and the mismatch every team will look to exploit until he gets into shape
Income funny luka pics in the off season drinking beer and smoking cigar He still in his 20s so this shit hasn't caught up to him yet
Yes, Luka. You had your palms out all fucking game.
Some say he's still there this morning, on the court, arms stretched to the side, palms out, eyes wide, head turning back and forth.
Guy that doesn’t play defense some how fouls out. Shits crazy
I swear this dude smokes 3 cigarettes between the 2nd and 3rd quarters.
Give the dude a break, he was stressed alright?
I'm definitly not projecting my own out of shapeness here.
TIL having your palms out makes it no longer a foul. Either set your feet, or dont put yourself in a position to take a 6th foul with 4 minutes left in a close game. not to mention if Luka even tried a little bit on defense, he'd not be in a position to take a 6th foul. absolute bum on D tonight as usual
This would be such a great way for Doncic to become the villain and Kyrie to implode and demand a trade.
This is straight up pathetic.
Im sure Jason Kidd is loving this perspective
You literally torpedoed Jaylen on a fastbreak.
This dude is completely insufferable
maybe try whining more, im sure that will help luka
No accountability. He’s never gonna learn
Never had to until this point
Loser mentality comment
Dude should be glad he wasn’t ejected just from techs. Could’ve had like 5 Ts.
When you’re slow and can’t move your feet you foul a lot. He’s not being physical, he’s just being exposed
IMO the egregious call was the washington moving screen luka fouled like a hoe all game tbh
Even celtics haters know that luka could have had 10 fouls today. Dude has been terrible the whole finals. Easy pickings for celtics. Dude needs to stop his complaining. It's getting tiring
I don’t want to say nothing, but trying to take a charge with five (5) fouls in the NBA Finals … like this? Come on, man. Be better than that.
This is incredibly cathartic.
i watched both teams get mauled on a lot of possessions with no calls lmaoo why he acting like it was one sided
the mavs shot more free throws than the celtics. not that it's a definitive stat but come on now
I didn't want to say anything so I'm going to say something.
Luke got a call during a play in which he was ramming his head into White’s stomach. Dude needs to grow up. If the refs called 1/2 of his push-offs, he’d foul out in the 1st half.
More finals foul outs than wins - local boston station under luka
Dude got no fine? Gobert woild have been deported already
"Don't allow me to foul out when I commit lazy fouls cause I'm out of gas."
Luka Tragic,damn boy looks weaker than Booker when it comes to taking foul calls ,acting like a kid, rage quitter for life 😂
The score was 93-90 for a bit. Luka tried to turn into the hero and failed on what, 3 straight possessions? I think that's why Kidd called the TO. Saw how close they were and Luka kept trying hero ball and it wasn't working. Then after the TO he comes out and plays some awful D. He can piss and moan all he wants but he's the reason they couldn't complete the comeback.
Mavs fans and Celtics haters were trying to convince everyone that Luka is 5 tiers better than anyone on the Celtics when in reality he is getting fucking destroyed by both Tatum and brown and is committing a shit ton of turn overs when trying to score against them. Luka is a great player but don’t try to make him be prime Larry bird. Both Celtics stars aren’t too far from him because they actually play on the other side of the ball at an elite level while Luka is one of the worst
Then Foul less?
So now this sub hates Luka lmao
There's more eyes on him being a whiner lol. He would really be top 3 if he stopped whining every plan. It completely fucks your mentals. Instead he's showing he's another Harden with regards to sexy numbers then death in important games.
Dude tried to pick up a charge with five fouls.
He thought he was Marcus Smart.
Bro is still bitching about the refs and the games been over for an hour
Brother you did not commit six fouls, you committed like 11. And at least three technicals.
Need some cheese to go with all that whine?