The Dawn of Luka Doncic

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🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Luka Doncic is having an electric second season in the NBA. He's even in the running for the MVP at just 20 years old. But what makes last season's Rookie of the Year so dominant on the court - and why did the skeptics underestimate him? NBA Draft analyst Mike Schmitz joins Mina Kimes to examine Luka's career so far, and what his ascent means for the rest of the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now it's Luca. Deep three over four!
0:04.0	Luca!
0:06.0	Luca Magic!
0:08.0	He's just 20 years old, and he's barely played a full NBA season.
0:15.0	But Luca Donchich is already dominating the league.
0:19.0	Everyone should have seen this coming.
0:21.6	But while Luca excelled in Europe as a teenager,
0:24.6	ahead of the draft,
0:25.6	there were doubts about whether his skills would translate
0:28.6	to the American game.
0:30.6	Today, why the skeptics were wrong,
0:34.6	and how Luca's taking his game to New Heights.
0:38.9	I'm Minikimes. It's Wednesday, December 4th.
0:42.3	This is ESPN Daily, presented by Indeed.
0:50.2	All right, Mike, how's it going?
0:52.8	Good. How are you? I'm good. So, Luca Donchich, won Rookie of the Year last season.
1:00.2	But even with that accolade, I don't think people expected him to take such a rapid leap to becoming an MVP caliber player.
1:08.6	Now, two years ago, you wrote a story about him. The title was there's
1:14.1	never been an NBA draft prospect like Luca Donchich. So you were early on him, but even you have
1:19.6	to be surprised by what's happened. We've never seen this from a 20-year-old kid averaging almost
1:24.6	30, 10 and 10, and his team is winning, too. They're in the top
1:29.1	four or five of the Western Conference. What he's doing is unprecedented. Mike Schmitz covers the
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