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Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED
He’s gonna need to learn to catch and shoot more in this offense. He was so used to being the focal point of the team in Dallas that he was able to create his own chances. He’s playing with Lebron now so he’s gonna be getting a lot more open looks for him to catch and shoot. He’s gonna need to learn to be more efficient as the #2 guy now.
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Why?
He'll be the #1 guy next year.
This is an 'icing on the cake' season. I mean if he can get better as a '1b' on the fly as this season progresses -- fine, whatever.
Long-term, what he's going to be asked to do in LA isn't substantially different than what he was being asked to do in Dallas.
I'm not sure there's anything he 'needs' to do this season. The 2025 playoffs are found money for LAL. They were largely an afterthought a month ago -- now they have a strange punchers chance. And the only way that will come to fruition is if Luka TAKES the #1 role from Lebron and runs with it.
I wouldn't bet on it happening -- but it could.