Logan Murdock

We got the stats on that for him.

He has played really, really well.

I think it's two things.

One, the roster just isn't great around him.

There's a big to speak of, but he doesn't want to play within the confines of the offense that they need him to do.

He doesn't want to play the role that they need him to play.

Then you have an aging LeBron and all these things.

Then you have Austin Reeves who's been injured.

Where do you fall on the criticism of Luka Doncic?

And is it kind of overblown this week or is it right where it needs to be for what his season has been so far?

Yeah, I mean, I think, I mean, and there's precedent for even Rob Palenka building around the margins for LeBron in order to get time for a stretch run.

Like, I think about 23 when, you know, they traded for Rui Hachimura and, you know, they just, they made moves going down the stretch.

There just haven't been those types of moves at the deadline.

I think another thing that would be scary for me at this point, and I'll leave it at this,

With Luka, when he was with the Mavs,

it was one of those things where you would have that fear that no matter who was on Lucas roster, he's going to bring them up to heights that they've never seen, or he's going to elevate this team.

He hasn't really elevated this Lakers team in the way that we thought that, that he was supposed to, right.

Or at least, you know, recent history would suggest he should write roster be damned.

You put the ball in Lucas hands, he is going to elevate.

And that's why we, you know, we, there was always a take, maybe he's better than,