Lakers News: Writer Considers Luka Doncic A Mashup Of 2 LA Hall Of Fame Guards

An interesting combo.

It's no secret that Dallas Mavericks All-Star guard Luka Doncic has gotten off to one of the hottest starts to any career in NBA history, even surpassing the likes of All-Star Los Angeles Lakers small forward LeBron James in the stat sheets for the first few seasons of his career. 

Dallas has a generational star on their hands with their point guard and some analysts have some interesting comparisons for the All-NBA talent this early into his journey on the hardwood. 

"While there's an obvious Dončić/Magic comp given their respective size and playmaking abilities, Johnson never displayed Dončić's pure scoring or isolation skills. To form a more perfect comparison, we need to combine Johnson and Bryant together. Johnson's career scoring mark of 19.5 points per game is a far cry from Dončić, however, a player who just put up 32.4 points in his age-22 season. This is where Bryant's part of the comp comes in. Dončić and Bryant are/were both masters of iso ball, taking opponents off the dribble while finding a creative way to put the ball in the basket. This could mean taking an in-your-face three, a fadeaway jumper or even throwing a dunk down in traffic."

via Greg Swartz, Bleacher Report

Truly a do it all MVP caliber talent, Doncic has set the league on fire since emerging from the 2018 draft out of Slovenia. 

Playing with Real Madrid before being taken third overall out of his class, Doncic was traded for Trae Young from the Hawks to the Mavs in a deal that's worked out in both teams' favor. 

With insane court vision and scoring prowess to boot, both of these Lakers greats make sense to us in comparing someone like Doncic to legends of the past. 

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