Mavs’ Luka Doncic Becomes First Player Since LeBron James to Post These Numbers

Luka Doncic turns 25 years old this month, and the Dallas Mavericks superstar is in a pace we haven’t seen since LeBron James.

Dalton Trigg | Feb 11, 2024

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Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic is in the midst of an MVP-caliber season, as he's averaging 34.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 9.4 assists while shooting 49.1 percent overall and 38.0 percent from deep, which is a career-high mark.

Every time you turn around, it seems like Doncic is either breaking NBA records or doing something we haven't seen in many years. The four-time All-NBA First-Teamer turns 25 years old this month, and he's tallied 10,653 points, 3,220 rebounds and 3,056 assists in his young career.

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The only other player in league history to match or exceed those numbers before turning 25 is LeBron James, who did so while playing 130 more games than Doncic. The only other player in league history to match or exceed those numbers in 375 career games is Oscar Robertson.

Doncic has been overlooked as a serious MVP candidate for most of the season thanks in large part to the Mavs’ injury issues. However, after getting Kyrie Irving back from a thumb injury and executing trades for P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford, the Mavs are riding a four-game win streak with a solid chance to have it reach six games before the All-Star break.

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If the Mavs, who have the third-easiest schedule for the remainder of the season, can continue to build on their 30-23 record, not only will they scale up the Western Conference standings, but Doncic could become the MVP favorite.

Published Feb 11, 2024

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.