My biggest issue isn't the selfish play as much as the lack of defense. WAY to many of the current top players think they are superstars, and then don't play defense. Luka, Shae, Durant, Curry, Trae, Bronson...none of these guys play a lick of defense. They barely try. It should make you appreciate the Embiid's, Kawaii's, JT...even Giannis is a decent defender. These are your true superstars.
I'll accept all of those except Embiid. Embiid is lazy as hell on defence and can't guard anything that moves beyond 5 feet of the basket.
He's one of the most immobile big men I've ever seen, and I've lost count of the number of times I've seen him downright embarrassed when trying to guard wings and quicker bigs on the perimeter. He moves like a 36 year old 350 pound Shaq with two busted knees.
Back to the subject of Luka - he's clearly an amazing talent, but I can't help but feel concerned by the constant ongoing lack of success. I know he hasn't had the strongest teams on earth, but if the players around him are THAT bad he should be #1 every year in VORP, Box Plus/Minus but he's barely cracked the top 5 in either category over the past 4 years.
Also lets be honest - KG had nobody at all in Minnesota and he dragged that team to the playoffs year after year, and eventually took them to the WCF. Hakeem win a title with a Houston team that didn't have a single other star player. Lebron (much as I hate him) carried the Cavs to deep playoff runs year after year and even when he didn't have the greatest group around him. Stockton and Malone had nobody else on their teams worth mentioning and they were contenders a in the West almost every year. Giannis pretty much single handedly turned the Bucks from nothing into a perennial contender.
There comes a point in time where I have to question - if Luka really is as good as his sheer numbers suggest, why did he miss the playoffs last season? Recently he had Kyrie, Dinwiddie, Wood and Hardaway Jr. Before that he had Brunson and Porzingis. It's not like he hasn't had any talent around him. I'm not going to try to suggest those are elite stacked teams, but man...they should be at least good enough for a player of his calibre to be able to make the playoffs with.
If Luka can't get to the playoffs with a teammate as talented as Kyrie I don't know what the problem is. Tatum took the Celtics further as a rookie the Luka seems capable of taking the Mavs as a bonafide superstar.