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  • a week ago, we were losing our collective minds over local legend.

  • After that incredible 40 point triple double on a sprained ankle with an overtime buzzer beater to beat the Clippers and even the Siri's well, the 21 year old seems to have an unlimited future as an amalgamation of some of the game's biggest modern day stars and a talent evocative of the duo who put the modern day, eh, NBA on the map.

  • One of them was called Legend as well.

  • With more.

  • Here's Tim MacMahon.

  • He's ready to take over this league.

  • I know we think he's good, but he's better than that.

  • Look up everybody who Luca donkeys does some things that we've never seen before.

  • Like, say, putting the exclamation point, I'm becoming the youngest player to have a 40 point triple double in the playoffs.

  • Here's Michael at the foul line of shot audio.

  • He joins Michael Jordan as the only players to have a 40 point game in the playoffs with making balloons.

  • Buzzer beater pulls up three point dance your Wednesday at 21 down became the youngest player to hit a game winning buzzer beater in the postseason, but such greatness and sports tends to inspire comparison.

  • In Lucas case, he's often linked to legends from past generations and current M V P candidates, who already consider him appear his ability to make plays only for himself.

  • For his teammates, it's a beautiful thing to watch his coach, Rick Carlisle, see shades of former Celtics teammate Larry Bird and Lucas game.

  • That's a popular comp.

  • A lot of people see similar savvy scoring ability and competitive charisma.

  • Johnson also reminds folks and birds old rival Magic Johnson Ah, a point guard in a powerful word body, a creative passer who sees plays before they develop, um, entertainer with a flare for the dramatic.

  • Luca grew up overseas, analyzing LeBron James, the Onley player who stats at such a young age.

  • Compared to the Maverick Stars production so far, James script authority don't It doesn't dunk like LeBron, but he controls the game the same way as the pilot of the offense.

  • Don Churches also studied James Harden, another big, powerful playmaker, Nasty James Harden.

  • He's borrowed from the beards, footwork for step back jumpers and, yes, his bag of tricks to get to the free throw line fixed behind the back pass counted and one.

  • And naturally, there are comparisons to Dirk Nowitzki, the best Euro MBA import ever who passed the towards Don change in Dallas.

  • His boss, Mark Cuban, wants us to let Luka blaze his own tap, but his early steps bring the mind some of the best in the game's history.

  • Hey has been nearly unstoppable this postseason despite playing on the injured ankle, his 29.6 points per game average on pace to be the second highest mark in a single postseason in franchise history.

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