If You Have An Explanation As To How Luka Doncic Made This Pass, Please Reply

Been a tough go of it for the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic lately. That Kyrie Irving trade has backfired to the point that the Mavs are flirting with missing the playoffs. The basketball fit between these guys seems like a fantasy world on paper, but they haven't figured it out on the court yet with any kind of consistency.

So please, Kyrie, stop fucking around (he won't), get your shit together (he won't) and don't torpedo yet another locker room and/or murder (figuratively) another head coach. Because then we won't be able to see Luka do things like this in the playoffs.

But hey, the Mavs just beat the hell out of the Pacers tonight to snap a four-game skid, so maybe the Kyrie-Luka tandem is turning a corner!! 

Then again...

Back to the play that is the subject of this blog. I've seen a lot of sweet passes in my decade or so covering sports professionally. As a big fan of NBA all-time leading scorer LeBron James' phenomenal passing ability, there have been some sick-ass times. Thousands of articles I've written about some kind of basketball highlight. To the point where you can get sort of numb and unmoved by most amazing plays you see.

…Then something like this comes along and you remember the thrill of watching basketball at its highest level. For all his whining to officials and whatever holes you want to poke in his defensive prowess, Luka offsets all that for me and then some with how downright absurd he can be as a playmaker. He plays the game with so much passion, yet with fewer than zero fucks given at the same time.

Damn near any other player getting trapped by a double team in the corner like that is frantically scanning for the ref to call timeout. Luka saw an opportunity to rifle a ridiculous, cross-court feed right into the shooting pocket of Jaden Hardy. Thank goodness he didn't miss that trey. Can't tell you how many times Prime LeBron would do something like this on the Cavs and his predominantly hapless supporting cast would chuck fucking bricks.

Sorry to feature LeBron in here so prominently. I know a lot of commenters, unless they're censored from saying so, would label this as "dick riding" or what have you. Ready for me to tie this all together altogether? Hey Luka, call LeBron and see if you can get any tips on how to deal with Kyrie's perpetual nonsense.

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