They're LYING TO YOU about the Lakers and it's SO OBVIOUS..

All right, man. Media, what are we doing

here? The narratives are getting crazy

at this point really about Luca Donuch,

but even about the Lakers yet, they

simply don't want to admit that they're

a good team, that Luca Donuch is in fact

a top three MVP candidate, and that they

both should be given more credit than

they are in fact giving them. Yes, the

national media, everyone from Chris

Haynes who publicly came out and said

that Luca should not be an MVP

candidate, [music] Rachel Nicholls, many

more prominent media members

discrediting Luca Donuch and

discrediting the Lakers even after the

great month of March they had. I mean,

sure, if it was still only a one or two

game sample, then I would agree with

them. At [music] that point, they would

not have proven enough to make the

arguments that they're a good team. That

Luca Dona should be in the top three, if

not the number one MVP candidate after

the month of March. But like I said,

we're talking about an entire month

here. Not only that, but a 17 game

sample. Not only [music] that, but

really, they've been trending up for

over a month now. And at this point, the

narratives are not going away. They're

only coming back stronger with many

pushing against both Luca Donic and the

Lakers. So why is that? In my opinion,

it's simply an agenda at this point.

It's not due to stats or actual numbers

or data because they would disagree with

what they're saying. Again, everything

from the Lakers and why they claim that

they're not a good team. Whether it's

their defense, like many continually

claim that they are not good at, even

after being a top 10 defense during the

month of March, even after being top

five in points per game off turnovers,

top six in steals per game, top six in

blocks per game, and really transforming

their defense into a respectable, if not

legitimately good defense. That's

narrative number one that I don't really

get why people are still trying to push,

but that's a big part of it. But most

importantly for Luca Donuch, this is

really the big one in my opinion. I

mean, I don't know if people don't like

him because he's a liker now or what,

but the narratives are getting a bit out

of control. Yes, you can make the

argument that Sheay or Nicole Yokic

could be ahead of him, but [music] you

can make the argument that they're not

in the same conversation, at least not

in my opinion, which I don't think is a

crazy opinion. And the fact that many

are saying that Luca should not even be

ahead of Jaylen Brown, let alone in the

discussion with him for MVP behind both

Joic or SGA is absolutely ridiculous in

my opinion. I mean whether you want to

point to the numbers, whether you want

to compare them directly. I mean

comparing Luca Donic to Jaylen Brown,

which is not really a real comparison in

my opinion, whether you want to point to

the offense, the points per game,

rebounds per game, assists per game,

Luca hasn't beat by a wide margin. Even

going to the defense, looking at the

advanced metrics, or even the basic

metrics, Luca hasn't beat here, pointing

to steals per game, deflections, blocks,

defensive rebounds, defended field goal

attempts, pretty much everything. Luca

does have him beat by quite a large

margin. [music] And no, that's not me

saying that he's a better defender

significantly than Jaylen Brown. But if

it comes down to numbers, which is what

the MVP conversation does tend to be

based off of that in pretty much team

record, then you would have to point to

Luca Donuch. And with both teams being

top three seeds, with both teams being

pretty much being at the same spot, I

don't get why you would pick Jaylen

Brown definitively over Luca Donuch if

not for pushing an agenda.

And you know, comparison aside here, not

even factoring in Jaylen Brown, simply

looking at Luca Donuch and the narrative

that he does not play defense. I mean,

what games are these people watching at

this point? Or let me correct that. I

don't think they're even watching the

games. [music] Yes, you can probably

pick out clips that he's not playing

defense or maybe does not run back on

defense, but you can do that for every

NBA player. If you actually watch the

games, if you watch the entire thing and

evaluate him based off that, then

evaluate him based off the numbers,

which again they claim to do and will

ultimately do, he is actually a pretty

good defender, especially during the

past month. But not even doing that,

looking at the entire season here, Luca

is currently in the 98th percentile in

steals per game, in the 89th percentile

in stop percentage, in the 96th

percentile in offensive fouls drawn per

game, in the 82nd percentile in blocks,

in the 98th percentile in force

turnovers per game, the 95th percentile

in deflections, [music] and simply put

is a whole lot better than many claim he

is on defense, not just offense.

So yeah, definitely is making an impact.

Not a bad impact, but a very good impact

on defense. No, not saying that he's an

A+ in elite defender by any means, but

he definitely is a lot better than many

claim, especially if you're trying to

make the argument that he plays no

defense at all. That's simply not true.

I mean, how can you play no defense and

still somehow be top 10 in steals per

game, top 10 in block shots per game as

a guard, and top 10 in charges drawn?

The fact is, you couldn't. If you're not

playing defense, if you're not running

back on defense, let alone rarely if

ever committing, that's not going to

happen. [music]

So, I apologize for going on the rant

here as, you know, I think they're

simply pushing a narrative, not even

trying to make a factual statement, let

alone with any real credibility, but I

think it's simply ridiculous at this

point. At the end of the day, this award

does matter. It might not matter that

much to Luca or maybe doesn't want to

make it seem like it does, but the fact

that he might never win an MVP. Putting

up these kind of numbers and making this

kind of impact is absolutely insane to

me. Not even after a month in which he

average over 37 points per game, eight

rebounds per game, seven assists per

game, and shot 49% for the field, 39%

from three, and helped lead his team to

a 15-2 record throughout March. A team

in which many said was a definitive

first zone exit. a team that many said

was flatout trash. If they were that bad

and if Luca Donuch was not that good,

how could that even be possible? It

obviously couldn't. Again, they're

trying to push an agenda. They're trying

to probably stick to their opinion about

the team that they made earlier. Don't

want to give up. Don't want to change

their mind about it. So, they're

sticking to it even without any credible

data to support their argument.

And guess what? Big coincidence here,

but I'd say probably 90% of them happen

to be from the East Coast or originally

were from the East Coast. And I'm simply

shooting here, but I'd say probably 50%

of those happen to be Celtic fans or

probably were at one time, even if they

don't want to admit it. I mean, hey,

credit to them. They're putting up a

hating masterclass right now. They're

sticking to it. They're not going

against what they originally said.

They're finding any and every way

possible to stick to it. hating on the

Lakers, not crediting them, not

crediting Luca Donuch even after the

great month he had, even after the

historical numbers he put up. I mean, I

think one of only 10 players ever to

have 600 plus points in a single month.

Yeah, that's obviously pretty good. The

15-2 record is obviously pretty good. I

mean, if the Lakers were currently at

bottom eight seed or around that range,