Luka Dončić is incredible, but he has a long way to go.
is a classic headline from The Onion and if a person wanted to they could sub out most high-profile sports pundits tasked with creating 10-15 hours of content per week as the subject. Because the sweet spot is to say something you really believe but also have it be so surprising and thought-provoking that others cannot help but engage with it — even if their contribution is to suggest logging off forever.
Yes, Bird had a fantastic group around him with the dynastic Boston Celtics. But no one would ever ague that he wasn't always carrying the load or that he didn't get the absolute most out of his teammates. We have not seen Dončić do that yet. Not even once. Hell, the Dallas Mavericks may not make it out of the Western Conference finals, let alone prevail in the NBA Finals so he can hoist his first trophy.
There's no question that, on aggregate, today's players are more athletic and more skilled. Independent of results, sure, perhaps Luka is better than Larry Bird. Yet there's something really telling about Parsons saying championship . Bird is winning, not 1-0 but 3-0. I'd be very confident that he'll maintain that lead over Luka. If not then, yes, it'll be time to revisit the conversation.
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