Michael Cooper Dubbed Luka Doncic A Lazy And Slow Player: “Doesn’t Hustle Back On Defense”

Michael Cooper Dubbed Luka Doncic A Lazy And Slow Player: “Doesn’t Hustle Back On Defense”

Michael Cooper of the Los Angeles Lakers isn’t exactly the biggest fan of Luka Doncic, despite the fact that he is one of the finest players in the NBA right now. Michael Cooper played ‘Start, Bench, and Cut’ with Doncic, Damian Lillard, and Kyrie Irving on the most recent episode of the Showtime Podcast. Surprisingly, Cooper did not start the Slovenian.

Cooper advised starting Dame, benching Luka, and cutting Kyrie.

Since Irving and Lillard are the same player, Cooper benched him. Then he clarified that Doncic doesn’t start because he prefers quick and athletic guys.

“Luka gives you that triple-double almost any night, but he’s too slow for me,” Cooper stated. “If he wasn’t a scorer, I would cut him. But he can score, you got to give the guy credit. To me, he is lazy, doesn’t hustle back on defense.”