You know what’s fun? A sports moment so unbelievable it leaves you giggling like a big ol’ dummy.
You know what’s even more fun? When said giggling is not, in fact, idiotic because Actual NBA Stars are just as dumbfounded as the rest of us.
Luka Doncic delivers a lot of those—to us in Dallas, as well as Paul George (the Clippers’ eight-time NBA All-Star wing) and Tyrese Haliburton (the Pacers’ 23-year-old All-Star point guard who was the apple of the Mavericks’ eye during the 2021 NBA Draft). George recently had Haliburton on his podcast, Podcast P, and the subject eventually turned to Doncic, who they in no way, shape, or form pretend to understand:
For those needing a refresher, the pass Haliburton is referring to was this one, which will go down as one of the best passes in league history:
The takeaway, beyond appreciating Doncic’s seemingly panoptic court vision—“Luka sees shit that’s like, bro, how?” George sighed—is not to feel bad the next time you try and fail to piece together something spectacular he does on the court. His peers don’t get it, either.
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