When A 17 Year Old Luka Doncic Had To Guard MVP Westbrook

this is russell westbrook in october of 2016. his record-breaking mvp season you know the one where he led the league in scoring broke the record for the most triple-doubles in a season and solidified his spot as a certified superstar and here is his match-up on that night a relatively unknown 17 year old luka doncic now luca was far from your ordinary 17 year old hooper he was already a six foot six inch international champion on an accelerated path to the nba but luca had never seen anyone quite like westbrook in just 18 minutes westbrook goes for 18 3-4 luca on the other hand didn't do so well a tough matchup for a kid who was still trying to earn minutes but just a couple years later the same kid who was outmatched by westbrook would give the former mvp and his team one of the toughest nights of his entire career after facing the toughest match-up of his young career luca put together one of the most impressive 18-month stretches in european basketball history in just a year and a half doncic earned a liga acb mvp two liga acb championships two euro league rising star awards all euro league first team euro league mvp and became a euroleague champion and at this point it was safe to say that the frail 17 year old from 2016 had become arguably the best nba prospect in the entire world unfortunately for westbrook he had to find this out the hard way think about it when you call your own foul oh there you go luca with the fancy handles and shooting another step back turnovers committed by dallas there's luca on the [Music] finds luca westbrook up on him into the shot clock pump a three-pointer yes sir just two years after their first meeting luca doncic gives russ 25 and 7 in a comeback victory against the thunder and this time russ was the one struggling to make things happen finishing with only 9 points on 18 shooting well well well how the turntables but the kid from slovenia was far from finished with his revenge tour because just one year later luca leveled up a game again awful turn ready step back foul step back three again luca homestead gentlemen four wins as luca launches it and it's luca who slipped around harden out there with three fouls slowly gone down luca the ball and luca takes it right to the basket again back into the the ball game picked it up trying to beat everyone down the floor and it will stay on the court again he's got mclemore trying to catch him in just their fourth ever matchup luka doncic dropped a 40-point double double on westbrook in a double-digit blowout a game that no one could have predicted in 2016 the kid who couldn't keep up with the league's mvp now looking like the league mvp balling on the man he couldn't stop just three years ago in russell westbrook's prolific 12-year nba career in the 966 total career games russ has played in lucas 41 point bomb is the 10th highest scoring total any guard has ever scored against westbrook and his team and it only took him three years to rise to the occasion but luca is not the first player to meet and play against an nba star long before he stepped foot in the nba back in 2013 a 16 year old devin booker challenged a prime andre iguodala to a friendly match of 21 at the time booker was ranked as the 18th best recruit in the country within his class and just wrapped up his junior year in high school andre iguodala was an nba all-star so of course booker is playing it cool but the kid was eager to show off his bag immediately booker gets into his moves and hits iguodala with a few jumpers now iggy is guarding book as if he doesn't want to break a sweat in his polo but as booker begins to hit more shots it becomes clear that iggy's competitive nature is kicking in and in a matter of minutes iguodala shows devon booker that even as a top recruit there is a monumental gap between him and an nba vet boy if you don't good good good he's heating up oh my god oh my god he on x games so an nba all-star cooked a 16 year old no real surprise here but not even devin booker could predict what was to follow for the next seven years because after getting drafted to the nba less than two years after this one-on-one devin booker would go on to outplay andre iguodala in seven of their nine match-ups including one of the best games in his early career got the switch with cousin stepping out stepping back booker this is going to be tough stuff dude [Applause] in the final five [Music] in just their eighth ever match-up devin booker dropped a 37 point triple double on iguodala and the warriors one of many reminders that he had evolved from the young inexperienced 16 year old that got worked by the former all-star but no up-and-coming talent met more nba players growing up than trae young throughout his teenage years trey had the pleasure of meeting the nba's best players time and time again like kyrie irving who he dropped 26 points on as a rookie and damien lillard who he snapped his picture with back in 2013 and then outscored him with a 35 point game in his second season in the league here's a picture of baby tray with blake griffin who he dropped 30 points on as a 20 year old and then there's this throwback of trae young with julius randle now julius and trey do not guard each other when their teams play but to say that trey torches randall and company every time they play each other would be a massive understatement because this season trey scored 41 points on randall and his squad wait did i say scored i meant to say trey young averaged 41 points on randall in his squad 41 points per game the small unintimidating child who just wanted a picture with julius has now spent the last two seasons treating him and his team like the local ymca club team this is unbelievable if you told julius randle 5 years ago that the kid who asked for a picture with him would average a 40 piece on him he would assume that you escaped from some insane asylum and so would i but although the odds are slim someone out there is bound to become the next nba star it may be someone watching this video right now but the odds of them getting the opportunity to meet and even play against their future opponents years before they even become an nba prospect and then go on to give these players buckets is extremely unlikely a kid from halfway across the world a 16 year old high school junior and a severely undersized point guard who felt lucky enough just to snag some pictures you truly never know who's next up hope you all enjoyed and as always until next time you

Channel: JxmyHighroller

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Keywords: LeBron James, LA Lakers, House of Highlights, ESPN, NBA highlights, Zion Williamson, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jimmy Highroller, Lamelo Ball, Kobe Bryant, Stephen A Smith, NBA trash talk, Michael Jordan highlights, NBA playoffs, Buzzer Beaters, Highest Vertical jump, Michael Jordan best plays, NBA returning, Kobe Bryant's best game, Jamal Murray, Donovan Mitchell, NBA Bubble, NBA Playoffs, Clippers, Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers, Nikola Jokic, Miami Heat, Shannon Sharp

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Length: 9min 37sec (577 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 17 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/UnableComb]

He looked like a legit NBA player that just happened to miss some shots that game, i couldn't believe anyone was questioning him on draft day.

[u/NDogeDog]

Real Madrid actually won this game too lol.

[u/ThorsBlammer]

wtf is this video nobody wanna see this shit, just post the highlights