Victor Wembanyama made us forget about Luka Doncic being amazing and now we appearance silly

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Don’t lie — you forgot about Luka Doncic Wednesday night, too, didn’t you?

We all tuned in to watch the Victor Wembanayma program. And, I indicate, of course, we did. Didn’t every animal in the Pride Lands come to Pride Rock to see Simba for the veryfirst time?

If this was The Lion King, though, Luka Doncic would definitely be playing the function of Scar. Because, listen, guy. That’s a man right there who ain’t prepared to provide up his area in line for the throne.

It won’t be too lotsof times that Luka Doncic plays basketball however isn’t the star of the program. Wednesday night was one of those coupleof times, however he took it anyhow.

Luka Magic was alive, . He tossed all the lobs to Derrick Lively II. He developed the Mavericks’ last 11 points and endedup the videogame with 33 points, 14 rebounds and 10 helps. Then he cursed on nationwide tv and described to us that that’s simply the method he talks in Slovenia.

In the words of Stephen A. Smith, that’s a baaaaaad guy.

It’s simple to forget that simply a coupleof years ago he brought all of the golden kid vibes that have now been bestowed to Wembanyama. The Mavericks weren’t great last year. Truth be informed, they may not be really great this year thinkingabout how they simply hadahardtime versus these Spurs. The issues with their lineup stay the verysame inspiteof including an additional elite ball handler in Kyrie Irving.

But, listen. As long as they’ve got Luka? The Mavs are going to have a shot. Let Gregg Popovich inform it.

Gregg Popovich on Luka Doncic’s efficiency: “It was average.” 🙃 pic.twitter.com/3b38b0NbKh

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“It was a hall-of-fame efficiency like he does nearly every night. It was excellent,” he stated. And, yeah, I couldn’t concur more, Pop.

Thanks for whatever, Dusty Baker

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Astros head coach Dusty Baker formally revealed his retirement on Wednesday to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. I felt so lotsof feelings hearing that news.

I’m pleased for Dusty since he shouldhave to trip off into the sunset after such an fantastic profession and, truly, an extraordinary baseball life general. But the videogame is definitely going to missouton him.

I understand most individuals appearance at Dusty for his failures. Baker has had plenty of gut-wrenching playoff losses, consistingof the 2002 World Series with the Giants and the 2021 World Series with the Astros. There are plenty of heartbreaking minutes sprayed in inbetween there, too.

Some individuals unbelievably concern Baker’s proven Hall of Fame qualifications duetothefactthat of them. But that’s rubbish.

The book opens and closes here: Baker is one of simply 12 supervisors in MLB history to win 2,000 videogames or more. He’s likewise the just Black supervisor in league history to achieve that. That right there is a one-way ticket to Cooperstown. Full stop.

Dusty, you’re a legend, guy. Thank you for your time.