I know it's going to be different...and it has nothing to do with numbers

Russ had a handful of all-star appearances, a scoring title and a finals appearance

...before winning MVP...

and even in that year, he averaged a triple double to do it

8 years in the league

Luka's a great player, but as you said, 1 year...1...of performing at a level...very, very similar to Russ TODAY...and he's the consensus pre-season MVP candidate

AGAIN, their numbers, TODAY, right now, January 7th 2021, are damn near identical...but Russ is a dumb stat padding brick layer