The lead he’s built is remarkable given the potency of this freshman class, When it may be premature to declare Luka Doncic this season’s Rookie of the Year.
The 20-year-old is keeping company. Today, if the campaign closed, he’d join Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson as the only two rookies to average 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists. He blown optimistic projections about his abilities out of the water. The Dallas Mavericks, though, did not stop at the same unicorn. They rolled the dice onto another ahead of the deadline, landing 7’3″ shot-blocker and three-point sniper Kristaps Porzingis. Sure, he’s coming off an ACL tear and will not play this season, before heading down, but he do stuff.
Pairing Doncic and Porzingis together gives Dallas its blueprint for the Nowitzki era, and the ceiling is currently high enough to turn that plan.
“Dallas currently has two players under the age of 25 who are the best two players on a tournament team,” The Ringer’s Jonathan Tjarks wrote. “Just about every team in the league would kill for that chance.”
The Mavs also created spending money and their pick could be kept by a fortunate bounce of a few balls . Even while factoring in the risks a free agent this offseason, Dallas’ future seems bright.

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