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Iman Shumpert Shuts Down Luka Doncic-LeBron James Comparisons: “I Don’t See The Same Type Of Dominance”

Iman Shumpert is someone who knows a thing or two about four-time NBA champion LeBron James, as the two players played together for four seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where they won a championship in 2016.

While LeBron is still playing and is now with the Los Angeles Lakers, Shumpert hasn’t played since 2021 and has now become a reality television star.

The former Cavaliers defensive swingman recently appeared on Vlad TV for a wide-ranging interview that touched a number of topics. One topic turned towards the comparisons between LeBron James and Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic. 

Doncic has taken the league by storm and is now setting himself up as the next all-time great in the making. While many believe that Doncic is primed to take over the league and dominate like LeBron did, Shumpert doesn’t think the same way.

“I just don’t see him (Luka) having the athletic edge that I have seen LeBrons, and Kobes, and Mikes have. That’s usually your breaking point, where it’s like you can do some freakishly athletic stuff nobody can do (anything) about. I just think after a while, somebody is going to stop the step-back stuff.”

“It’s no way I can watch James Harden do that for that long and not win and then look at Luka like okay you gonna step back with your right hand but yours is gonna work. You can prove me wrong but I don’t see the same type of dominance of LeBron coming from Luka.”