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

Mikle12 said:
Anthony Davis will be pissed being traded also James and doncic play the same position very weird trade
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Actually...

...within an hour of the trade announcement, Bobby Marks had confirmed that AD had waived his trade kicker, which they still could have done the trade. So, AD got a $6 million bonus for being traded. He waived it. That would have been paid by the Lakers but would have gone on the Mavericks’ books... That keeps the Mavericks out of the luxury tax… So, it helps the Mavericks going forward here, potentially even doing something buyout-wise at the deadline here
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www.essentiallysports.com

ESPN Source Leaks Anthony Davis’ Real Feelings As Details On Rob Pelinka’s Phone Call Emerge

NBA insider shares insight into how Anthony Davis felt about the trade to the Mavericks, and it’s certainly not something one would expect.
www.essentiallysports.com
 
fishonjazz said:
The reasoning was " Luka is going to the Lakers whether we get involved or not so might as well get some free ****" probably
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Honestly, the freebies we got is either some cash considerations (which still is a GM job, so okay I guess) or the new Ante Tomic and a guard that been a complete bust so far. Honestly, I believe that a "It's better Luka ends up in the Lakers than along Wemby or Shai with 10+ frp in the same conference we're rebuilding for" is the only reasoning I can come up with to not opt with to "lets help such a heist"
 
fishonjazz said:
This trade was simply an example of the jazz helping out the jazz.
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Hah! It's more like a farm team catering to the Fakers to make the NBA and Adam Silvers happy. Maybe the Fraudzz are simply too scared to fall out of the top 3 in the draft, so they did this to stay on the good side of the commissioner as well.
This trade was simply a lopsided trade. The league and commissioner doing everything they can to make the Fakers relevant, even after LeQueen retires.
 
This is a good business decision for LA. Truckload of tickets will be sold. AD is like Lauri, both very good #2 but difficult to build around. Nba will make sure Luka wins a title iand it will be hyped like crazy.
 
My guess is that each of those will be eligible for sale for $3 million the night of the draft. Maybe more considering the 2025 draft hype.

Or, 2 seconds for a 2026 first?
 
rjfan said:
Honestly, the freebies we got is either some cash considerations (which still is a GM job, so okay I guess) or the new Ante Tomic and a guard that been a complete bust so far. Honestly, I believe that a "It's better Luka ends up in the Lakers than along Wemby or Shai with 10+ frp in the same conference we're rebuilding for" is the only reasoning I can come up with to not opt with to "lets help such a heist"
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The options were
1. Luka goes to Lakers and AD goes to Mavs and jazz get nothing.
2. Luka goes to Lakers and AD goes to Mavs and the jazz get some crappy picks and a young prospect that will likely never be any good.

Neither option is great but option 2 is greater than option 1. I'm glad Ainge chose option 2
 
stormkoopacv03 said:
Hah! It's more like a farm team catering to the Fakers to make the NBA and Adam Silvers happy. Maybe the Fraudzz are simply too scared to fall out of the top 3 in the draft, so they did this to stay on the good side of the commissioner as well.
This trade was simply a lopsided trade. The league and commissioner doing everything they can to make the Fakers relevant, even after LeQueen retires.
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The options were
1. Luka goes to Lakers and AD goes to Mavs and jazz get nothing.
2. Luka goes to Lakers and AD goes to Mavs and the jazz get some crappy picks and a young prospect that will likely never be any good.

Neither option is great but option 2 is greater than option 1. I'm glad Ainge chose option 2
 
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