Will Luka Dončić’s 'case of the flops' cost the Mavs the NBA championship tonight?



The Dallas Mavericks have now lost three consecutive games to the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA finals. If Boston wins tonight, the hopes of an NBA championship, which hasn’t happened since 2011, are dashed for Mavs fans.

NBA sports writer Brian Windhorst pointed at the Mav’s all-star point guard, Luka Dončić, as the reason the team has not prevailed against the Celtics.

“His defensive performance is unacceptable. He is a hole on the court ... [The Celtics] are ahead in this series because they have attacked [Dončić] defensively,” Windhorst reported, adding that Dončić is also “costing the team because of how he treats the officials.”

Windhorst even went as far as saying that Dončić is “the reason why the Mavericks are not going to win” the series.

“There were some uncalled fouls in that game that could’ve gone Luka’s way,” says Blaze Media’s sports expert Jason Whitlock. However, he also acknowledges that the superstar is guilty of “flopping,” “[baiting the referees],” and “trying to draw all these fouls.”

“Luka Dončić has an acute case of the flops,” he says, playing a clip of the athlete’s dramatic tumbles from the last game.

Jay Skapinac, the voice behind Skap Attack agrees.

“Luka came into the series with a lot of shine on him,” he tells Jason. “It looked like he was getting ready to insinuate himself into that best player in the world type conversation in my estimation.”

However, in light of the last three games, “there is no denying that Luca has been absolutely pitiful throughout the course of this series.”

What’s strange is that “many would take a look at just the raw box score and say 30 points per game, nine rebounds a game, six assists, two and a half steals, 47% and think what a great series this guy's playing.”

According to Jay, however, Luka is “unmitigated trash whenever it matters most in the fourth quarters,” which is evidenced by the fact that he’s shot “three of 15 in the fourth quarters” of the last three matches and was “loafing up and down the court on defense.”

“This guy is the European LeBron James,” he criticizes.

To hear the rest of the conversation and predictions for tonight’s match, watch the clip below.


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Retired player suggests racist idea to 'fix' the NBA



Retired NBA player Gilbert Arenas has a solution to fix the NBA’s lack of defense — and it involves racism.

“I know what they can do. Get rid of all the Europeans,” Arenas said on his podcast, "Gils Arena."

“They have no athleticism, right? They have no speed, no jumping ability, they are a liability on defense.”

“They didn’t soften the rules for the Americans, they softened the rules to open it up international,” Arenas continued, adding, “This is not our league, this is not the American South, this is the Euro style.”

Steve Kim believes Arenas has unwittingly gone “MAGA.”

He notes that it’s basically the same thing as “the replacement theory” since “he’s blaming the immigrants.”

Whitlock agrees, seeing Arenas’ take as fairly racist and full of misinformation, but he does admit there are “tiny kernels of truth there.”

“Tiny kernels of truth in terms of the NBA wanted to extend its international reach. That was their whole big plan for ‘we’re going to overtake the NFL, we’re going to be the international game, they’re going to love us in China, they’re going to love us here,’” Whitlock explains, adding that the NBA is suffering “the consequences of globalism.”

“Now, the chickens are coming home to roost, and it’s not an American game,” he adds.

To hear more, watch the clip below.


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Black ESPN host tears into NBA star who targeted white player with racial slur: 'B**** a** white boy'



ESPN host Jay Williams unloaded on NBA player Montrezl Harrell Saturday after the Los Angeles Clippers' power forward targeted Luka Doncic, one of the NBA's top players, with a racially-charged comment.

What happened?

During a Friday playoff game between the Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks, Harrell and Doncic got into a scuffle, causing Harrell to call Doncic a "b**** a** white boy."

From USA Today:

Harrell and Doncic got into a scuffle after the two players tripped each other at the Clippers' defense end, and Harrell ended up on the court. Doncic told Harrell: "Stop flopping man." That didn't sit well with Harrell, who had to be separated from Doncic. After Harrell scored on Doncic later in the game, he appeared to hurl a racially-charged insult at Doncic.
Clippers player Montrezl Harrell called Mavericks player Luka Doncic a "b*tch a** white boy" during an NBA playoff… https://t.co/lWkcxdsvW9
— Robby Starbuck (@Robby Starbuck)1598067474.0

What did Williams say?

In a lengthy response posted to Twitter, Williams slammed Harrell and highlighted the hypocrisy surrounding the reaction to Harrell's comments, or more accurately, the lack thereof.

I am no lip-reader, but d**n Trez. D**n Montrezl. I can only imagine if Luka Doncic had said something like that to you and it got caught on tape. I can only imagine during Black Lives Matter how much of a big deal that would have been, considering today's climate and state. It would've been a massive story. Luka would've lost all credibility in this space. Everybody would've been commenting on it. People would've asked LeBron [James] about it. People would've asked Kawhi [Leonard] about it. Everyone would've had some kind of statement about it.

But it's not that big of a story because Trez said it to a caucasian person. It should be a big story because it's not acceptable man. Look, I'm a hooper. I talk trash. I cuss people out. We can get into the nuances of whether that's right or wrong, too. But what you said, when involving race in it? And I've heard people say this back in the day that basketball scenarios and playing hoops in the inner cities. I still didn't find it acceptable then. I don't find it acceptable now, especially when cameras are on you 24/7. Get lost in your battle, man. But don't get lost in saying things like that.

"We don't need that in today's game, especially with everything that we're fighting for as it related to equality," Williams went on to say. "Not acceptable. Not acceptable.

Regarding the @dallasmavs @LAClippers game last night & the words we all know that came out of Montrez Harrell’s mo… https://t.co/g8IygnIE9N
— Jay Williams (@Jay Williams)1598127319.0