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NBA stats: 31.0 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 9.0 apg, 1.7 spg, 47.0 FG% in 84 video games
Accolades: All-NBA 1st Workforce, All-Star, Western Convention Finals MVP
Dallas Mavericks famous person Luka Doncic wasn’t in a position to take part in the newest Olympics, as Slovenia didn’t qualify for the occasion. However he did have an unimaginable 2023-24 NBA season, one which noticed him earn 1st Workforce All-NBA and All-Star honors.
He had his most profitable NBA season from a group perspective, too, as Doncic led the Mavericks all the way in which to the 2024 NBA Finals, the place Dallas finally fell in 5 video games. Doncic even earned Western Convention Finals MVP after downing Minnesota in 5 video games, with the Slovenian phenom averaging 32.4 factors, 9.6 rebounds and eight.2 assists on 43.4 % capturing from three within the collection.
We named Doncic our Playoffs MVP for 2024 although Dallas didn’t win the championship, and the way might we not? In spite of everything, Doncic led all the 2024 playoffs in complete factors, rebounds, assists and even steals, firmly placing on a superhero-level efficiency to even get the Mavericks to the Finals.
As such, even with out an Olympic or NBA Cup run to talk of, it was nonetheless a comparatively straightforward option to rank Doncic because the second-best participant of 2024. There was no disgrace in Doncic and Slovenia lacking the Olympics, both, as they have been finally eradicated within the semifinal of the Olympic qualifying match, so near qualification for the celebrated occasion, falling to Greece and Giannis Antetokounmpo 96-68. Doncic had 23 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists within the loss to Greece, although his 10 turnovers have been killer for Slovenia’s probabilities that day.
Questions do stay on Doncic’s health degree, and his current calf damage that may pressure him to take a seat out a substantial stretch of 2024-25 is perhaps attributed to that. But when Doncic does someday get his health to an elite place, be careful.
