Former three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas has excessive hopes for Dallas famous person Luka Doncic this upcoming season.
Doncic has been an MVP frontrunner for the previous few seasons, however hasn’t but gained a trophy.
Now that Klay Thompson is on his staff, Arenas thinks now’s Luka’s finest probability to take out the award.
“I don’t need to put this sort of stress on him,” Arenas stated on Gil’s Enviornment not too long ago. “I’d be shocked if he don’t common a triple-double. In case you had been averaging that many assists with what you had and now you’ve bought a man who can catch and shoot so a few of your assists will come with out even any effort. It’s best to common a triple-double. And he’ll in all probability be the primary candidate for MVP. He’s going to do one thing that hasn’t been completed for a number of years and that’s common a triple-double.”
Even with out Thompson as his teammate, Luka averaged 33.9 factors, 9.2 rebounds and 9.8 assists per recreation throughout 70 appearances within the 2023-24 common season.
He completed third in MVP voting behind Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Doncic was additionally the principle contributing issue to the Mavs’ title run, pushing them to the Finals for the primary time since 2011.
At solely 25 years of age, it could appear Luka is but to achieve his ceiling within the NBA, so with a sharp-shooter like Thompson on his aspect allotting assists, there’s no motive Doncic’s stats can’t enhance.
The one two gamers in NBA historical past to have ever averaged a triple double are Oscar Robertson in 1962 and Russell Westbrook in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
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