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Mavs Star Luka Doncic Scoring at Michael Jordan Pace; Titles, MVPs to Follow?

Luka Doncic continues to do things we haven't seen in the NBA in many years, and hopefully, for the Dallas Mavericks, that will eventually translate into the franchise's second championship.
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Mavs Star Luka Doncic Scoring at Michael Jordan Pace; Titles, MVPs to Follow?
Mavs Star Luka Doncic Scoring at Michael Jordan Pace; Titles, MVPs to Follow?

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Luka Doncic has accomplished so much in such a short period of time that sometimes it's easy to forget that he's only 24 years old and in just his sixth season in the NBA.

The Dallas Mavericks superstar is in the midst of a career-best season, averaging 34.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 9.4 assists while shooting 48.8 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from 3-point range. He's coming off a weekend where he posted a 73-point game against the Atlanta Hawks and averaged a 50-point triple-double in the two-game stretch – something no other player in league history has accomplished.

Out of all the accomplishments and comparisons, though, Doncic being able to do things we haven't seen since Michael Jordan might be the most impressive. With his latest scoring outburst, Doncic (37) now has the most 40-point games before turning 25 years old since Jordan (52).

Obviously Jordan had the defensive accolades that Doncic might never end up with, but when it comes to scoring, Doncic is right there with the player who most people view as the greatest of all time. Now the question is, can Doncic take the next step and have all of his statistical accomplishments translate to winning multiple championships and MVPs?

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That might depend on how the Mavs' front office go about filling in the roster holes around Doncic. As good as Jordan was, he didn't win his six NBA championships until he was surrounded by key players like Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Horace Grant and others. With the NBA trade deadline less than two weeks away, we'll see if Dallas can take the next step in upgrading it's frontcourt around Doncic and Kyrie Irving.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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