Dallas trading Luka to the Lakers for Anthony Davis! Utah involved.
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LogGrad98
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This trade just reeks of the NBA policy to "feed the Lakers". Hearkens back to the Pau Gasol trade for a ham sandwich. Somehow they can continually pull off the blockbuster trades that gets them back in the finals, all the way back to the NBA screwing the Jazz out of their only #1 pick in franchise history to send Magic Johnson to the Lakers instead. Such ********. Shines a pretty ****** light on the league tbpfhwymf.
JimLes
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I guess I should've made peace with the kind of franchise we are long ago.
We're the guy driving the hot girl we're desperately in love with in a Toyota Celica to the house of the captain of the football team so he can **** her every which way until Sunday. And then she will tell us all about it on Monday.
We're the guy driving the hot girl we're desperately in love with in a Toyota Celica to the house of the captain of the football team so he can **** her every which way until Sunday. And then she will tell us all about it on Monday.
You forgot the part where we console her, buy her dinner and babysit her cat.
JimLes
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Trust me, even decades later, I haven't forgotten any of those parts.
Peter Effin' Parker
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Thanks for always bringing her by bro.
jom2003
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They can have two teams in Vegas...No?
Not sure if Vegas sands has any renown properties left in Vegas... They just sold the Venetian in 2022. Mavs could be their ticket to get back on the Vegas map. "Bet now to win free tickets to Las Vegas Mavericks!"
Another way to think about how bad this trade was for Dallas is considering the value of a Lakers pick before and after the trade. When teams thought that they could get picks from a team that was going to be relying on a 32 year old injury prone Anthony Davis moving forward, that was super desirable. Nobody was standing in line for Maverick picks with Luka there long term.
Then Dallas went out and willingly initiated a trade to trade places with the Lakers.
Then Dallas went out and willingly initiated a trade to trade places with the Lakers.
I dont really believe this. I just think teams will always feel pressure when they have a top 5 player and the Lakers have looming max cap-space to steal your guy.
I think the most logical explanation is what is reality.
Nico is probably a power hunger FO member who didnt like Doncic much and didnt want to be beholden to him and his demands in the future (because when you have a star like that they probably run the organization more than you do). He sees a 2-3 year window to win and wants to try around the team he built. If it fails, he probably gets fired and moves onto something else outside of being a FO member. If it works he gets to be a genius.
Im just perplexed he didnt push harder to at the very least get Knecht.