Luka Trade!

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Crap. The most exciting offensive player of his generation traded for a 32 year old big man and some magic beans. Lakers magic vs. Dallas Dumbassery.
 
I understand the trade in the theoretical because Luca is constantly hurt in large part because he is apparently lazy in the off-season, comes in out of shape despite everyone in the organization telling him to do things differently, and as a result, he puts too much stress on his body getting into game shape during the early part of the regular season and gets hut as he has each of the last three seasons. He is a defensive liability and he is such a constant complainer in games that refs don't want to give him the discretion calls that superstars get. He is, in short, a GM's nightmare.

But guess what, a whole lot of superstars are GM's nightmares and as the GM you suck it up buttercup. This is the dumbest trade I have ever seen from a practical standpoint. Luka is the face of the team, he brings in a ton of fans who wouldn't otherwise care, he makes the team a ton of money in merch and ticket sales, and you are literally one freaking season removed from him carrying the team to the NBA finals. We don't live in a theoretical world and this is just a stupid stupid stupid move.
 
FWHORN said:
I understand the trade in the theoretical because Luca is constantly hurt in large part because he is apparently lazy in the off-season, comes in out of shape despite everyone in the organization telling him to do things differently, and as a result, he puts too much stress on his body getting into game shape during the early part of the regular season and gets hut as he has each of the last three seasons. He is a defensive liability and he is such a constant complainer in games that refs don't want to give him the discretion calls that superstars get. He is, in short, a GM's nightmare.

But guess what, a whole lot of superstars are GM's nightmares and as the GM you suck it up buttercup. This is the dumbest trade I have ever seen from a practical standpoint. Luka is the face of the team, he brings in a ton of fans who wouldn't otherwise care, he makes the team a ton of money in merch and ticket sales, and you are literally one freaking season removed from him carrying the team to the NBA finals. We don't live in a theoretical world and this is just a stupid stupid stupid move.
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He is hurt, costs a lot, and was in line for a big raise next season. I seriously doubt the trade went down as Cuban described it. Instead of Cuban's story that he had been working on this "for weeks," I suspect the full story is that the Mavs ownership told Cuban to get rid of him for someone who has trade value on his own.
 
This actually improves them for the 2025 season. Beyond? Probably didn't get enough in return.

If someone like Gobert is worth 4 first rounders, there's no way the Mavs came out of this thinking they got enough back.

In the interim, Luka wasn't playing anyhow and the Mavs were keeping their heads above water as a play-in team. Adding AD to that mix is enough to propel them to a "safe" play-in, or even the #6 seed maybe.

The fact that Luka himself was so surprised by this shows how mismanaged the trade was. I think everyone knew the two "unspoken" things about him:
-- poor conditioning means his peak years are now and you're not going to get much out of him after age 29.
-- he'd bolt anyhow when he's a free agent because of the aforementioned "early peak."
I think Nico has been falling on the sword per se... admitting that this wasn't because Luka "requested" a trade or anything makes Luka seem like the hero when behind the scenes he's probably had a bunch of run-ins about his weight and defense.
 
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Have you seen this petition yet?

Launch an NBA Investigation into Nico Harrison for Potential Collusion in Luka Doncic Trade
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Go to this link to launch an investigation into Nico Harrison for potential collusion in this ridiculous Luka Trade. How can one person have the power to do something this big with no opportunity for others to even be aware of it???
 
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