Matt Barnes's answer to Luka Dončić's 40-point question: not quite

The All The Smoke discussion also makes a case for Austin Reaves as a premier second option.

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Luka Doncic Can Average 40 POINTS This Season?! | All The Smoke

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1:34Johnson wants to see the Lakers against leading Western Conference teams before fully judging their strength.
2:40Barnes predicts Dončić will average around 35 to 36 points, rather than the title's proposed forty.
3:15Barnes asks whether Austin Reaves is a legitimate second option; Johnson argues he belongs among the best.
4:41The group compares Reaves with other secondary options, including Mitchell, Brown and Maxey.

A Lakers scoring debate has brought DraftKings roughly 27,000 views in eleven hours, already far beyond its usual full-day audience for regular videos.

The draw is a question with an enormous number attached: could Luka Dončić average forty points for an entire season? In the All The Smoke Unplugged segment, Matt Barnes expects something a little less spectacular, though still extraordinary. His answer: "I think he's going to be 35, 36 points a game." He points to how much of the offense runs through Dončić.

Keyshawn Johnson is optimistic about the Lakers, but wants a better test before deciding quite how good they are. He names San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Minnesota and Denver as matchups that would help him judge their prospects.

Then Barnes shifts the question from the leading scorer to his support: "Is Austin a legitimate number two in your opinion?" Johnson's answer is emphatically yes. The discussion becomes a comparison of secondary options around the league, with Donovan Mitchell, Jaylen Brown and Tyrese Maxey among the names raised.

For a video titled around Dončić's scoring, Reaves gets a substantial share of the argument: not simply whether he complements Luka, but where he belongs among the league's other second options.

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