“Luka Doncic is like Larry Bird on steroids to me, Larry 2.2”: 4-time NBA champion has high praise for Mavericks superstar following his 2 straight All-NBA First Teams

John Salley believes that Luka Doncic will lead a new wave of basketball. He expressed his confidence in the Mavs superstar in a recent interview.

Dallas Mavericks fans are a lucky bunch. They’ve gotten to witness a championship win in their city in addition to Dirk Nowitzki’s whole career. And in the last year of Dirk’s NBA career, they acquired a worthy successor to their German sniper.

Luka Magic is a brand of basketball that is becoming increasingly visible and popular across NBA fandoms. Doncic has quite literally put the league on notice with his performances over the past 2 seasons.

There is perhaps not a single NBA asset more valuable than Doncic at the moment. LeBron James is old, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry are injury-prone, and Giannis has faced problems against a wall in the playoffs in the past.

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Luka, meanwhile, has put the LA Clippers on blast for two separate first round series. His numbers from this year’s playoffs make for outrageous reading – the Slovenian sensation averaged damn near a 35-point triple-double by himself.

The sky is indeed the limit for him, as a lot of NBA experts are wont to say. And it seems that a certain outspoken 4-time NBA champion has joined their ranks as well.

4-time NBA champion has high praise for Luka Doncic, calls him Larry Bird on steroids

John Salley made his name as a defensive force in the NBA for 13 seasons. He’s faced the likes of Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and of course, Michael Jordan in his prime.

This is a man who knows what he’s talking about when it comes to NBA-level basketball. And Salley has given Luka Doncic possibly the highest honor any white basketball player can ever get – Larry Bird comparisons.

He cut across Vlad while talking about the top 5 players in the world to give Luka the props he feels Luka deserves:

“Really, it should be 3 European players (in the top 5 players), because my man from Dallas is one of the best players. He’s like Larry Bird on steroids to me. Or a Larry Bird 2.2”

Salley has his reasons for giving the Mavericks superstar the heady praise that he just got. After all, Luka is the first 22-year-old in league history be voted into 2 straight All-NBA First Teams as a guard.

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