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Luka Doncic is having a season from another planet. The Slovenian point guard keeps turning up monster nights. He dropped 60 on Miami recently. He’s carrying the Lakers’ offense on his back. The box-score numbers are ridiculous. His overall influence shapes the team’s success. Yet the media hype is faint. Pundits barely mention him among MVP contenders. He’s suffering a clear recognition shortfall in this award race.
JJ Redick steps in
JJ Redick has called out the snub publicly. The coach has defended his point guard’s case flat-out. He puts the Slovenian among the league’s absolute elite. Redick keeps coming back to his player’s ripple effect — how Luka raises everyone around him. The team hands him the ball at the end of tight games without thinking. Redick insists Luka belongs in the final MVP conversation. He even had a dig at why the media are leaving him out.
Attitude toward refs under fire
Redick flagged the tense relationship between Luka and the refs. Those habitual complaints from the Slovenian, he said, have dented his popularity with voters. It’s a clear perception bias by the media. Luka doesn’t care about that noise. He won’t talk about his standing in the MVP race. He says voting’s for the journalists. The guard wants to focus on team results. The MVP question is still open. Whatever voters think, he’s making it hard to ignore him through the rest of the regular season.
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