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Luka Doncic Fantasy Basketball Names For 2023-24 Season

By Biraj Timilsina / 9 October 2023 10:22 AM

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Luka Doncic fantasy basketball names include The Matador, Luka Mania, Cool Hand Luka and Luka Me Now. Doncic is a 2023 FIBA World Cup top scorer.

He is a point guard and a shooting guard for his team. A recent addition to the NBA, he has had quite a few successes for his country.

After his addition to the roster of Dallas in 2018, he was also included in the fantasy basketball game. He was given just 2,802 points in his first season.

The points given in the game are similar to the player's performance in real life. Fantasy basketball is a virtual game where the user acts as a manager for the team and drafts skilled athletes to their respective rosters.

The average points for these players are given according to the weekly evaluation of their gameplay in the league. The points per match and average weekly points of these individuals are calculated regularly to make the game more realistic.

Nikola Jokic earned the highest total fantasy points in the 2022-23 season at 3,750.

Fantasy Basketball Luka Doncic Funny Names

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Some of the hilarious Luka Doncic fantasy team names are listed below:

  • El Matador
  • It’s On Like Doncic Kong
  • Wonderboy
  • Cool Hand Luka
  • Lukaway Lukaway
  • Luka The Flicka Da Wrist
  • Doncic Donuts
  • Freak-a-Luka
  • Swaggy L
  • Luka Mania
  • Luka All My Points
  • Luka Me Now
  • Don't Luka Up
  • Doncic Stop Believin'
  • Slam Doncic
  • Doncic Kong
  • If He's Even, He's Slovenian
  • Don't Luka Now
  • Donc Itch
  • Hey Luka Us

The 6-foot-7 player was drafted by the NBA in 2018. He was playing for the Real Madrid in Spain before joining the league.

The 24-year-old has been playing for the Mavericks since his addition to the championship. He has been listed 4 times consecutively In the NBA all-star team from 2020 to 2023.

Besides, Doncic has been given some funny and meaningful nicknames by his fans and teammates.

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The Mavericks player Doncic has been called the El Matador by the coaching staff and players of the franchise. The words in English mean the Bullfighter.

So, he is nick-named the fighter due to the position at which the player plays and his vital role in pushing the team. Doncic is a small forward for the club.

Cool Hand Luka is another alias provided to him. Inspired by the movie The Cool Hand Luke, the term was given to the Slovenia native because of his role as a leader in his team and also the similarities in the names.

In addition to that he referred to himself as Swaggy L in an interview with Mina Kimes a year prior to his NBA draft. He stated it as a joke but soon the fans got hold of that name too.

Luka Mania is another title given to the athlete. After his debut year, he was voted into the all-star team of 2020.

Reacting to this result, Dirk Nowitzki a teammate of Doncic said that he definitely deserved it and even stated "It's Luka-mania. It's real". That's how a new nickname for the player was formed.

Finally, one of the most famous Luka Doncic fantasy names is the Wonderboy. The Mavericks player is called this because of his great performance in the league that too in a short period of time.

Luka Doncic Fantasy Points By Year

SeasonPoints
2018-192,802
2019-203,224
2020-213,310
2021-223,395
2022-233,652

Luka Doncic's fantasy points in the previous 2022-23 campaign was 3,652. That was the highest score that he had ever received in the game.

There are a few criteria for how these numbers are calculated. The points the players score in the outfield are equal to the marks received in the virtual game.

In addition to that If an athlete performs a rebound 1.2 merit is given and in assistance 1.5 is denoted. Similarly, for the defensive side of the sport, A steal and a blocked shot result in 2 merits.

Luka in the 2022-23 season played for a total of 66 matches and averaged 55.3 fantasy points per game (FPPG). He started for more than 86% of the showdowns he participated in.

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Similarly in the season of 2021-22, he managed to attend a total of 65 competitions and averaged 35.4 minutes per round. Doncic also had a 3.09 3-pointer per game which is his highest record till now.

In the 2020-21 season also, he participated in 66 matches and averaged a 50.2 FP per play. He scored an average of 27.3 points and 8.59 assists in each game of the season.

The 24-year-old during his competitions of  2019-20, had earned a per play 52.9 FPPG. Also, he had a total of 61 match appearances where he had a 31.6% 3-point goal ratio.

Finally, during his debut season in 2018-19, he played for his career-high 72 games. However, during this period, he had his lowest 3-pointer rate at 2.33 and lowest fantasy point per match at a mere 38.9.

Kyrie Irving Fantasy Basketball Names

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Irving has been given some funny fantasy team names like

  • Kyrie On Baggage
  • Uncle Drew
  • Kyrie on My Wayward Son.
  • the Equal and Opposite Kyrie Action
  • Flat Earth Theory

The Melbourne native has been in the NBA since 2011. He has been with 4 franchises in his career so far and has even won an NBA title in 2016.

He is currently with the Dallas Mavericks from the 6th of February 2023 onwards. He was NBA rookie of 2012 and NBA all-star MVP of 2014.

The 6-foot-2 has been given nicknames on the basis of his gameplay and his public statements. He was recorded publicly stating that the earth is flat hence giving him the alias Flat Eath Theory.

Irving is widely referred to as Uncle Drew because of an advertisement. The carbonated drink company Pepsi released a 2012 advertisement that included the NBA player.

The 31-year-old was seen playing the character of Andrew Drew. Andrew is called an uncle in the series by the boys because of his old age.

Due to this series by Pepsi, the shooting guard for Dallas is known as Uncle Drew. The cast even consisted of other famous players like Shaq and Chris Webber.

Kyrie on My Wayward Son is another fantasy name given by the fans. It is given when the player is drafted alongside Hayward in the game.

Kyrie On Baggage is also a nickname given to the athlete. His injury records, his refusal of vaccination, and some of his controversial statements landed him this name.

In addition to that, his demand to trade his own teammates has also influenced Irving to be denoted by the alias.

Seth Curry Fantasy Outlook

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Curry is a point guard who is 6-foot-1 tall. He joined the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA on the 14th of July 2023.

Seth was with the Brooklyn Nets before joining the club. He was present in 61 games for his former club in the 2022-23 season.

The North Carolina native managed to make only 0.6 steals per game in the league and had a rate of 1.6 assists per game in his previous appearances. However, he had some of the highest free throw ratios in the championship at 92.7 %.

In addition to that, The Chief's brother made 94 3-pointers for the Nets in the tournament. But just managed to hold  851 fantasy points in the season.

Despite all of these, the 33-year-old averaged 19.9 minutes per game and can be held as an option to Irving. Kyrie is one of teammates of Seth Curry and is very inclined to injuries.

Curry can be your go-to player rather than adding an injury-prone player to the team.

However, he has very bad defensive stats. In the last season of 2022, he averaged only 0.1 blocks per match he played and was only responsible for 16 rebounds per game.

Hence, Seth can be a good asset to the forward of your team. His 3-pointer skills are commendable. But, his defensive side might throw the team slightly off balance.