The meddling Luka Doncic in the Twilight Zone

Yesterday, when there was the Greatest Brigadier Generals, Kostas Papadakis celebrated in “Triponto” – in the broader sense – and the great… Michalis Iordanidis, as Michael Jordan once said and wrote! Following the same logic, Luka Doncic celebrated on October 18, but with the momentum he’s taken, I dare say he celebrates every day.

Every day, as they say in his Dallas village!

I wasn’t suddenly overwhelmed by the capsule for the so-called, but indeed its achievements to date are celebratory and amount to a premature but more or less likely prediction. Bagasas may become the first European to become the top scorer in NBA history.

The Staff of Embiid

He certainly won’t be the first non-American, as he was beaten last year by Cameroonian Joel Embiid (30.6), who survived stiff competition against Giannis Antetokounmpo (29.9), and LeBron, who retired early and didn’t make it up made the list, passing equal-performing passers (28.4) Doncic and Tre Young.

To prove me wrong, the Morfonian from Ljubljana might be an option, but he might not even be the first European to possibly win the title! I’m writing this because Max Zaslovsky, the 1947-48 season’s top scorer for the Chicago Stags, was the son of Russian immigrants, but he was born in Brooklyn, so he won’t be caught as an exception to the rule.

Embiid, yes, even with his clothes.

The Primacy of Jordan and the Opposition of Giannis

Jordan was also top scorer ten times, beating Wilt Chamberlain (with seven titles) and George Gervin, Kevin Durant, Allen Iverson (with four), followed by James Harden, Neil Johnston and Bob (with three). McAdoo and George Macon.

Like the other day in Milwaukee, tonight in Oklahoma City the Thunder and the Bucks will face each other, this time with the presence of Giannis Antetokounmpo, absent from the previous game.

This matchup marks the matchup of two of this season’s top six scorers: The Greek Freak is third with an average of 31.8 points (but with less playing time than the rest of the club) and Cy Gilgeous-Alexander is sixth with 30.8 points .

Kevin Durant is fifth with 31.0, fourth is Donovan Mitchell with 31.2, second is Steph Curry with 32.6 and first is the European champions with Real Madrid and the national team Slovenia with 36.0.

The debate with Young and Kobe’s onslaught

The “Younh Phenom,” as he was dubbed in his first NBA season, stormed the NBA like a bull in a glass shop in 2018, and as the debate unfolded and pundits argued over whether he was the right pick at No. 3, whether he Wrong was done about DeAndre Ayton and Marvin Bagley and whether the Mavericks’ decision to nab him in the same night’s trade with Trae Young was wise.

Four and a half years later, Doncic was neither crowned champion nor named MVP, but heck, in his 23 years, neither Giannis nor LeBron nor the… Nameless One had won a title!

Only Kobe was in a hurry and took the throne at 22, but unfortunately he was always in a hurry and in everything … He was in a hurry to play in the NBA, he was in a hurry to reap titles, he was in a hurry to leave life.

The Nine Thirty and Chamberlain

On Monday night against the Nets, who defeated the Mavericks extremis 96-94, Doncic scored 36 points, continuing his streak and extending his streak to nine 30-pointers in as many games.

In turn, he “wrote” 35 – 32 – 37 – 41 – 31 – 44 – 33 – 35 – 36 and thanks to that crescendo he’s joined the legendary Wilt Chamberlain in the same set with the most thirty starts in a season .

Early in the 1959-60 season, the ‘Big Dipper’ hit eight straight threes, but three years later he finished them and… spoiled them from the start at 23! In the 1961–62 season, the retired Chamberlain scored more than 30 points in 65 games, while the second-longest streak (by another player) belongs to James Harden with 32 consecutive 30-pointers in the 2002–03 season.

Next on this list are Kobe Bryant at 16 (2002-03), Tracy McGrady at 14 (2002-03), Moses Malone at 13 (1981-82), Kevin Durant at 12 (2013-14), Shaquille O’Neal at 11 (2000-01), Michael Jordan at 11 (1986-87) and Steph Curry also at 11 (2020-21).

The Libido of the “Big Dipper”

There’s a detail here that also bodes well for the vanity Doncic might cultivate to become top scorer: Of the above nine, six have been top scorers this season, while Bryant, Malone and Neal missed out.

At the peak of his (sic) libido in the 1961-62 season, when he already accomplished the feat in the Warriors’ matchup against the Knicks, he averaged 50.4 points! In the following season, his performance dropped sharply and he only averaged 44.8!

When it comes to 30-point streaks, “Wilt The Stilt” owns four of the longest five at 65, 31, 25, and 20, while Harden comes in at 32. Of the seven seasons that Chamberlain has been top scorer, he averaged over 36 points in five (50.4, 44.8, 38.4, 37.6 and 36.9).

When Jordan sucked

He was truly unstoppable and a nightmare for every team, every defence, every manager and every opponent. The last time he scored more than 36 points (36.9) was in the 1963/64 season, when he suckled his mother’s milk, which was supposed to follow in his footsteps…

The next player to finish a season at this level was Jordan with 37.1 in 1986-87. It was another 32 years before Harden passed her in the 2018–19 season with a 36.1. And in the middle of the night Doncic comes!