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re: Luka Doncic...the next face of the league!

Posted on 6/3/21 at 8:04 am to
Posted by Boomshockalocka
Member since Feb 2004
59706 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 8:04 am to
That is actually what makes James the best.

Luka possesses an elite ability to go from 60 to 0, something you might use during a step-back or a crossover,” Eric Leidersdorf, Director of Biomechanics at P3 Applied Sports Science, explains in this video. “Luka possesses the ability to create a significant amount of force during the eccentric or deceleration phase of a counter-movement jump. This is a quality integral to change of direction performance.”

Doncic has been visiting P3, a high-tech training facility in Santa Barbara, California, at least once a year since he was 15 years old. P3 has amassed a huge amount of data on NBA players, as they’d evaluated 58% of the players who were on this season’s opening-night rosters. Last November, they shared this graphic highlighting how Doncic’s eccentric force output and eccentric rate of force development—two key metrics of deceleration—compared to James Harden, another player who baffles defenses with his ability to quickly slam on the brakes:

While Harden ranks in the 99th percentile of P3’s NBA database for both eccentric force output and eccentric rate of force development, Doncic isn’t far behind, ranking in the 92nd and 93rd percentiles, respectively.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
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Posted on 6/3/21 at 8:16 am to
Luka>>>>>>>>>>>Harden.
Posted by RogerTempleton
Austin
Member since Nov 2014
3035 posts
Posted on 6/3/21 at 1:13 pm to
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That is actually what makes James the best.



Athleticism is of a similar profile, but what makes Luka better than James is his ability to take it to another level in the playoffs. Harden has had so many playoff failures and big game choke jobs.
This post was edited on 6/3/21 at 1:14 pm
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