Cole Anthony had a big response to a fan criticizing the decision of putting Luka Doncic on the cover of the upcoming NBA 2K22. The Slovenian has earned his stripes in his first three seasons in the league, becoming one of the most exciting players to watch.
It wasn’t a shock that Luka was selected to appear on the cover of NBA 2K22, but not everybody agreed with that. One fan took to Twitter to make a case for other players. The problem was that they only mentioned their race as the reason why they should get the spot over Doncic.
“I ain’t no racist but come on with the fucking overhyped. You got young black players that are better than him (trae young, devin booker, Donovan, Jamal Murray they’re who actually had more time in the playoffs. So many other players deserve it more. Just stop”
I ain’t no racist but come on with the fucking overhyped. You got young black players that are better than him (trae young, devin booker, Donovan, Jamal Murray they’re who actually had more time in the playoffs. So many other players deserve it more. Just stop ✋ pic.twitter.com/PChi047hZ3
— soslamy23 (@susan1234456789) July 14, 2021
Cole Anthony didn’t like this and called out the girl behind the Twitter account, using a famous meme to explain how inaccurate that take was.
“Tell me you don’t watch basketball without telling me you don’t watch basketball,” Anthony wrote.
Tell me you don’t watch basketball without telling me you don’t watch basketball https://t.co/m7vRGK2lYA
— Cole Anthony (@The_ColeAnthony) July 14, 2021
Besides Anthony, fans reacted to this take, defending Luka and explaining why this decision will help the league more than anything.
she really said all those guys are better than Luka with full confidence 💀
— Swervo (@yrgswervo) July 14, 2021
https://twitter.com/Antona2389/status/1415549285811302401
None of those players are better than Luka
— MP (@exarkunaguero) July 15, 2021
She acting like Grayson Allen made the cover 😂
— Inferno (@TheTrashFather) July 14, 2021
Got 39k people looking for outrage who clearly don't watch basketball
— Zach M (@Mich__Zach) July 16, 2021
Can you imagine the mavs calling up the nuggets and being like "we'll give you luka for murray" and the Nuggets being like "No thanks, ana_westgoat, says Murray is better"
— kyler carson (@KylerCarson) July 15, 2021
Luka is never overhyped he is the future of NBA sort of like Dirk was but bigger than he ever was.
— Yellowmamba (@Yellowm31585181) July 15, 2021
They try so harddd to make everything about race 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
— Kaleb G (@DMVjitt) July 15, 2021
Lol give this man some big help, better defense around him and another knock down shooter or two besides hardaway jr and he WILL make a deep run. Hard to find a coach who wants to coach there due to the owner. Love Cuban but he’s hard to work with from what I’ve seen. #top5
— OG DIRTI BEAST_Velocity (@OGDIRTIBEAST) July 15, 2021
He’s a young star who has a bright future and is really marketable especially with the global push to make basketball more and more world wide and that helps with him being European. To be mad at this is crazy
— Ben Eberhart (@BenEberhart) July 15, 2021
Its not only about being the best to be on the cover, Luka has huge marketing potential, especially in Europe where I think NBA becomes more and more popular
— martino (@SOVIETzki) July 15, 2021
https://twitter.com/EveryDayBlasian/status/1415717514340876290
Luka has done impressive things during his first three campaigns with the Dallas Mavericks. Of course, he’s yet to make a deep playoff run, but if the team can give him the help he needs, the young player can make a lot of noise.
Just see what Giannis Antetokounmpo has done this year with the Milwaukee Bucks. Now imagine what Luka would do if he gets the proper help.
