Luka Doncic Says He’s Lost His Smile On the Court, Twitter Blames Kyrie

Luka Doncic says he hasn’t been pleased on the courtroom like he was — and whereas he is publicly citing private issues … Twitter appears to be blaming Kyrie Irving.

The Dallas Mavericks PG talked to the press Friday night time after the staff’s loss to the Charlotte Hornets — which truly spurred boos from the dwelling crowd … amounting to a considerably ugly scene in American Airlines Center. HC Jason Kidd stated it was deserved.

There’s quite a lot of criticism about the Mavs’ lack of effort on this recreation … particularly from their two large stars — Luka and Kyrie — who have not been gelling that properly since KR got here on.

When requested if that is as annoyed as he is been, Luka answered candidly … saying sure, after which happening to elucidate that he looks like his perspective towards the recreation has modified of late — particularly, he is merely not as excited to play and has successfully misplaced his love of basketball.

Reporters requested him to elaborate — as that appears like a transparent reference to Kyrie, as he seems to be the one large change in the Mavs group currently — and Luka pivoted.

He stated he was coping with stuff off the courtroom, and prompt that is what’s inflicting the points in his recreation. The Internet, nevertheless, wasn’t shopping for that … and jumped to the conclusion Luka was, in reality, expressing thinly-veiled frustration about his new teammate.

Kyrie additionally spoke the media, and was defiant when requested about the followers booing … saying they’re greater than welcome to come back on down and play in the event that they assume they’re up for it.

Eventually, he talked about the transition to the Mavs and the way bumpy it has been — the staff is at the moment out of playoff rivalry — and he additionally stated it has been tough getting adjusted.

KR was quoted as saying … “[W]e’re still feeling each other out in a way of getting used to each other’s efforts and attitudes and temperament. And that’s a real thing. That’s a human thing. That’s a human element. Whether people believe it in basketball or not, there’s a very fine line between winning basketball games and everyone being on the same page and losing basketball games and things splintering and pointing fingers.”