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Does Luka make his teammates better or not?

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 It is common knowledge that players seem to attract more hate as they become more successful. It happens with many NBA greats. LeBron James receives hate for “taking his talents to South Beach”. Steph Curry is consistently penalized by NBA writers and fans for never earning Finals MVP honors, and James Harden gets discredited for his unorthodox style of 1-on-1 play. As Luka Doncic’s young career starts to look increasingly more impressive, it seems that he is responsible for turning more basketball fans into “haters”.      A usual misconception about Luka is that he “doesn’t make his teammates better” or collects “empty stats”. I have seen several NBA “analysts”, fans, scouts, and others make an assessment that in summary, Luka is not a winning basketball player due to these observations.       This lazy analysis is a far-reaching myth. For starters, we know that there are individuals out there that like to examine a player’s strengths and weaknesses based on Bleacher Report highlight