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Arenas thinks Doncic has better career so far than SGA

4:31am, 11 November 2025【Basketball】

According to US sports media F/W analyst Gautam Warrier, 2025 belongs to Alexander, but Arenas believes that he has not done enough in his career to surpass the Lakers' Doncic. Arenas explained why he thinks Doncic's career is better so far with Doncic than Alexander. "If their careers were stopped right now, Luka would probably be in front of Shai," Arenas said. "Last year helped SGA catch up, but you're talking about peers. One was a five-time All-NBA First Team selection."

Co-host Nick Young brought up the fact that Alexander won a title last season and was named MVP, a feat Doncic has yet to achieve. Arenas thinks all that did was close the gap. "He was trying his best to catch up; that's how far behind he was," Arenas replied. "Shea was a three-time All-NBA selection. One of those players was the No. 1 player at his position five years in a row. Arenas's argument was that Doncic's more All-NBA first-team selections gave him an advantage over Alexander. The rest of the panel disagreed with him, though.

Doncic won a scoring title and was named to five All-Star teams and five All-NBA teams. The 26-year-old did come close to winning a championship, but his Mavericks Losing to the Celtics in five games in the 2024 NBA Finals. Additionally, while Doncic has never won the MVP, he has been in the top five in voting three times over the years, and one could argue that Alexander should win in 2024 as well. , but ultimately finished second to Jokic. He and the Thunder subsequently lost to Doncic's Mavericks in the Western Conference semifinals, but came back in style the following season

Alexander has now won a championship, a Finals MVP, and a scoring title in his career. The 27-year-old has been selected to three All-Star teams and three NBA teams. Best lineup. If championships are the most important thing to you, then you'd give Alexander the advantage over Doncic, and while some may find this a bit unfair, since basketball is a team sport, the number of championships a player has won is often used to resolve such arguments.

Of course, Doncic has plenty of time to win a championship, and you might imagine he would. Win a championship at some point. Not everyone believes that will happen. Pippen doesn't think his style of play is conducive to winning, but we've seen him reach the playoffs twice before leading the Mavericks to the Western Conference Finals. It's too early to say 2024 is just a one-time buzz.

Many of the all-time greats didn't win a championship at Doncic's age, including James and Jordan. Doncic also looked like a man on a mission this season, averaging 40 points, 11 rebounds, 9.2 assists and 2 steals against the Hawks. This was Doncic's final MVP win. season, you wouldn't be surprised as he is putting together a very strong case. As for the Lakers' chances of winning a championship, what do you think?Mini-game recommendations:Battle Disc