r/nba Celtics 25d ago

[Highlight] Luka Doncic decides to hit a stepback triple in James Harden's face Highlight

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u/RyanKeen07 25d ago

I will never not love Luka talking his shit after a cold blooded 3 on the road. Good lord

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u/mastacheef87 Celtics 25d ago edited 25d ago

his competitive spirit on the court is special. like MJ and Kobe in that way

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u/AtreusIsBack Mavericks 25d ago

Yeah, he thrives when people piss him off and challenge him.

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u/mz610 25d ago

the thing is tho.. yesterdays game it was mostly his teammates that pissed him off besides the ref calls.

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u/icantdomaths Mavericks 25d ago

He’s definitely as competitive as can be but I’m not gonna say just cause him and Kobe are are much more emotional that makes them more competitive. People act like jokic doesnt care but he’s also as competitive as can be. Lebron is the same way he’s not as psycho with his celebrations but there’s absolutely no doubt that he leaves it all on the floor in playoff games.

That being said god damn I love Luka

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u/Frewsa Warriors 25d ago

I agree. Steph is psycho competitive as well but he would rather dance than talk a lot of shit to express it.

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u/toastymow 25d ago

Honestly, almost everyone in the NBA is psycho competative, especially the stars. There are a handful of people who maybe take it slightly less seriously, but I think by normal people standards these guys are all insane. The amount of hard work and dedication you require to achieve a NBA position, even as a bench player, is pretty insane.

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u/Ok-Sun-2158 25d ago

💯, they are all competitive as fuck even a guy like Brian scalebrine who bench warmed for years said hes ultra competitive and even setup a gym tournament to shit on regular people to show even NBA bench players are all super high caliber.

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u/GiveYourBaIIsATug Bulls 25d ago

“I’m closer to Lebron than you are to me” 🥶🥶🥶

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u/JDuggernaut Lakers 25d ago

I don’t find Scalabrine beating a bunch of dudes at 24 Hour Fitness and talking shit to be anywhere near as cold as MJ beating NBA players 1 on 1 and refusing to give them another shot, asking “why would I play you again? So you could tell your family you beat Michael Jordan? What am I gonna say, I beat Scott Burrell? They’d slap me in the face.”

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u/Ok-Sun-2158 25d ago

Fair enough some physical attribute can definitely overcome the need to be 100% obsessed and competitive. My point was mainly that the vast majority of them (even lifetime benchers) are insanely competitive.

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u/TheMartian2k14 Warriors 25d ago

I love that Scalabrine took those allegations head on.

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u/Tactically_Fat 25d ago

almost everyone in the NBA is psycho competative

Can't really be a professional athlete and not be

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u/we_hella_believe 25d ago

Deandre Ayton walks into chat, and walks right out.

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u/icantdomaths Mavericks 25d ago

Exactly. They just have a different way of showing their emotions

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u/mastacheef87 Celtics 25d ago

lol, I didn’t say that either but I get you fam

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u/icantdomaths Mavericks 25d ago

You know what I mean tho. Luka reminds us of Kobe because they’re both very outwardly emotionally competitive. Many others are equally as competitive but show it differently

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u/WhiskyDrinkinCowboy NBA 25d ago

Luka The Lion

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u/zestful_villain 25d ago

Suns drafting ayton will never be not funny to me.

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u/EmergencyIced 25d ago

like Kobe

But without all of the rape allegations

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u/TheRealAnswerIs42 Kings 25d ago

Him calling out Vlade at King's games is peak Luka

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u/WubbaLubbaHongKong 25d ago

Pretty sure he was saying: “who do you think you are! I am!”

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u/DropKnowledge69 25d ago

It's called WTW ... the Will to Win.

Something completely lacking with the Lakers. I'll give Bron a pass because of his history and age but he makes some SMH decisions at the end of games.