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Dallas trading Luka to the Lakers for Anthony Davis! Utah involved.

TheStormofWar said:
I guess in some sort of weird world, this balances the Mavs roster some and opens Kyrie to be more ball dominant? But AD is 32, injury prone, and not likely to age gracefully. Pelinka literally got a gift from the Gods.
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AD is prone to minor injuries, but I don't believe he's had many (if any) serious injuries. If Luka really acts the way he acts (and we have to believe it's worse than we thought given the trade) then he could outlive Luka.
 
SD Jazz said:
Mavs wanted to get their D better and we don't have anyone to help them. Lauri is one of the worst defenders in NBA.
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I don't buy the "Better on D/supermax + conditioning" reasoning one bit. You don't trade a 25 year old MVP guy for a 32 yo DPOY isn't going to age gracefully. I get Davis is great, but the value is so off here. Dallas literally reset the Lakers timeline on things.
 
TheStormofWar said:
I don't buy the "Better on D/supermax + conditioning" reasoning one bit. You don't trade a 25 year old MVP guy for a 32 yo DPOY isn't going to age gracefully. I get Davis is great, but the value is so off here. Dallas literally reset the Lakers timeline on things.
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Me neither, I think Nico hates Cuban/Luka or both so much to not creating a bidding war, it is just crazy to make huge deal in mid-season.
 
SD Jazz said:
Me neither, I think Nico hates Cuban/Luka or both so much to not creating a bidding war, it is just crazy to make huge deal in mid-season.
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I don't know that Nico hates Cuban/Luka as much as the new owners ordered him to do it. Vegas is starving for an NBA franchise, the Jazz aren't moving, that trade literally dropped a Little Boy on the Mavericks roster, and the fans are overnight done with the franchise. Just waiting for the other shoe to drop now.
 
SD Jazz said:
Mavs wanted to get their D better and we don't have anyone to help them. Lauri is one of the worst defenders in NBA.
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They got their D better in the Lakers trade. Now they need another scorer. They will make another trade. I think they go after LaVine or Butler.
 
Does LeBron really want to leave the LA area for another ring
What happens to Bronny
No guarantee he does win another ring wherever he goes
 
TheStormofWar said:
I don't know that Nico hates Cuban/Luka as much as the new owners ordered him to do it. Vegas is starving for an NBA franchise, the Jazz aren't moving, that trade literally dropped a Little Boy on the Mavericks roster, and the fans are overnight done with the franchise. Just waiting for the other shoe to drop now.
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The NBA isn't moving out of Dallas....

It's one of the bigger markets in the NBA. Massive and growing at an extremely rapid rate.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Because the trade isn't that uneven.

It's two top 10 players traded for each other, and the team who got the lesser of the two got a first round pick and a promising role player.
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Be real. Trading away a 25 year old MVP caliber talent doesnt happen. Especially not without malcontent, trade request or something like legal issues. Also especially not when the dude is coming off a Finals run.

There is no "even trade math" here. Only way Luka trade is fair is if there was a bidding war, and its already been reported that most GMs were clueless.
 
TheStormofWar said:
I don't buy the "Better on D/supermax + conditioning" reasoning one bit. You don't trade a 25 year old MVP guy for a 32 yo DPOY isn't going to age gracefully. I get Davis is great, but the value is so off here. Dallas literally reset the Lakers timeline on things.
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Just calling AD a DPOY is an undersell. He's a 10 time all-star, 4 time first team player.
 
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