This is a F*cking Nightmare. Conspiracy? Abso-f*cking-lutely.

[Doomsday Dallas]

WTF are we doing?

Giving Lebron one last shot at a ring? Making the Lakers a dominant force again?

I give up on sports. It's not even a game anymore... it's just a business

[Axe]

The league makes more money the more they make or keep the lakers relevant.

[Doomsday Dallas]

The league makes more money the more they make or keep the lakers relevant.

exactly... they just have to find a way prop up LA... always.

the Pau Gasol trade was a steal too... but this is f*cking ridiculous

[Kblaze8855]

https://www.hostpic.org/images/2502021137450339.jpeg

[Kblaze8855]

Dallas posted that today while negotiating this deal. Not that they would tell the social media manager such a thing but I’m sure he wished he had a heads up.

[highwhey]

https://www.hostpic.org/images/2502021137450339.jpeg

:roll:

[Doomsday Dallas]

Worst trade in the history of sports.

[highwhey]

i agree with OP though, it' s all rigged.

[BarberSchool]

Wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if the Buss fam just paid the Adelsons & Chabeniesky (Cuban) under the table thru 3rd parties, with property rights to some Olympic village / Palisades fire damaged acres, to make this Luka trade happen.

LeBron better not get him on the juice.

Just mentor him so closely, he can’t NOT do the crazy diet changes, and recovery habits, and stop drinking/smoking/coffee/junkfood.

Bronny gonna be mad pops has a new favorite son lol

Biggest factor for quick success this post season, will be what lob threat/rim protecting bigs the Lakers get.

Hachimura & Knecht, will thrive with Luka.

Lakers will trade Reaves to get the young bouncy big, I bet.

What’s even crazier, is I rocked a full retro Lakers fit today with zero idea this trade was even a thing.

[BarberSchool]

Worst trade in the history of sports.

It’s def already the worst trade in Dallas Mavericks history.
By far.
Probably in Texas basketball history.

[Doomsday Dallas]

It’s def already the worst trade in Dallas Mavericks history.
By far.
Probably in Texas basketball history.



No... worst trade in all of sports.

It's Doomsday in Dallas right now.

[1987_Lakers]

Mavs fans are having meltdowns everywhere. Just check their reddit page. :lol

[Doomsday Dallas]

Mavs fans are having meltdowns everywhere. Just check their reddit page. :lol

Dallas is not happy right now.

I'm sure they are celebrating in the streets in LA right now.

[Axe]

It’s def already the worst trade in Dallas Mavericks history.
By far.
Probably in Texas basketball history.


No... worst trade in all of sports.

It's Doomsday in Dallas right now.
It's basically like selling off their present and future. :cry:

[theman93]

I remember being sick to my stomach when the Titans traded AJ Brown away. This must be like that but on steroids lol sorry fam

[Doomsday Dallas]

I remember being sick to my stomach when the Titans traded AJ Brown away. This must be like that but on steroids lol sorry fam

Steroids, Cocaine, Meth, all of it.

[tpols]

I told people it was WWE from the jump and got labeled a conspiracy theorist. That being said Lakers still ain't winning. They'll get smoked in the playoffs. Bad defense and awkward fit.

[Patrick Chewing]

You're better off without that overweight hippo, Dooms.

[Doomsday Dallas]

You're better off without that overweight hippo, Dooms.


That overweight hippo took us to the Finals last year.

[Neal Romer]

In theory Luka could play with Lebron for a year or two and then go back to Dallas :lol

[Doomsday Dallas]

In theory Luka could play with Lebron for a year or two and then go back to Dallas :lol


No, he's gone forever.

It was fun while it lasted.

[Lakers Legend#32]

What's in the best interests of the Lakers is in the best interests of the NBA.

[Neal Romer]

No, he's gone forever.

It was fun while it lasted.


Well if he is... then so be it.


https://static1.colliderimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/leave-the-world-behind-poster.png

[Doomsday Dallas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSHhr9L2prI

[Neal Romer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSHhr9L2prI


:roll:

[90sgoat]

I'm not buying the narrative.

I bet Luka had in fact wanted out for some time and told them he wouldn't re-sign, so when they found out AD was available, they made the trade.

It's not a bad trade either. Mavs also get Christie who is a good young player.

I would not be surprised to see Mavs make some splash in the playoffs.

[bison]

If you get prime AD you will be happy. Cheer up buttercup

[ArbitraryWater]

I dont ****ing get it.

It makes 0 sense.


This is the most perplexing trade in sports history.

It’s literally saying: let me **** up my team, that can contend for a title, and turn them into a low seed / lottery team for no reason.

Let me take ther superstar, the citys hope, the current and future of the game, for no reason.


None of this makes sense anymore. Its a huge joke.

A spit in the face of every fan.

Lets just gift Los Angeles another GOAT player, why not.


Dallas should boycott the Mavericks and Cuban needs to go asap. Biggest clown ever. Just lucked into a unprecedently loyal ATG/Dirk Nowitzki.

[Nb1]

WTF are we doing?

Giving Lebron one last shot at a ring? Making the Lakers a dominant force again?

I give up on sports. It's not even a game anymore... it's just a business

Both team weren’t going anywhere. The rosterd are pure garbage. Being Bron
with AD or Luka is the same. Kyrie with AD or Luka too. They are never winning a chip when the rest of the roster is that bad. Look at teams like Boston, their bench is even better than the starters on Dal or La…

[coin24]

I told people it was WWE from the jump and got labeled a conspiracy theorist. That being said Lakers still ain't winning. They'll get smoked in the playoffs. Bad defense and awkward fit.

Yeah anyone still denying it is a moron at this point..

[Nb1]

If you get prime AD you will be happy. Cheer up buttercup

Yeah,AD was the best player in the league according to Lebron haters and now all of a sudden they are saying he’s basically trash :roll:

[Real Men Wear Green]

People calling this the worst trade ever are way off. I think Doncic is more valuable due to youth but Davis is still AllNBA and when healthy a superstar. Clippers have up SGA plus a starting five worth of talent for Paul George. That trade was far worse.

[Phoenix]

We doing tin-foil stuff in here? Ratings are dipping and the league needed a shot in the arm. Cue putting a top 5 player at the start of his peak/prime on the league's marquee franchise. Then Lebron will go to the Dubs/Steph...

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[ILLsmak]

I fux with this trade unless AD isn't up to the task.

Yall gonna see some shit: AD's ability and Kyrie's ability. OR they are both gonna fold under injuries ha.

-Smak

[999Guy]

This is the type of shit that can actually destroy this sports integrity for good.

Why, in gods ****ing name, do the lakers get gifted this single most talented wing/guard in the era, after ALL THEIR **** ups. Putting Caruso in the garbage. Getting nothing for KCP. Getting nothing for Beverley when he was good, misusing Harrell when he was good. Had no replacement plan for Danny Green. Trading for Westbrook.

And all of a sudden, they get Luka? FOR WHAT?!?!?

I don’t care if Luka put a gun to the GMs head, you don’t ****ing let him go so easily. They never rocked the boat, they let him come in fat and comfy every year. He was the Dirk replacement.

The ****ing white hope of Dallas. It’s marketable, it’s recognizable, it’s good for the sport. And I gotta watch him play your turn my turn with LeBron and his shitty son in LA? This…is all-time bad man.

It’s actually worse than KD to the Warriors in terms of how much sense it doesn’t make, yet clownish it makes the league look.

[999Guy]

People calling this the worst trade ever are way off. I think Doncic is more valuable due to youth but Davis is still AllNBA and when healthy a superstar. Clippers have up SGA plus a starting five worth of talent for Paul George. That trade was far worse.

This is not the worst trade ever in terms of basketball, it’s horrible for the integrity and parity of the sport. This shit should just never have happened, ever.

BUT I do like the balls to sell Luka while his value is high. If teams sold with guys like Beal, Towns, Murray, Derozan, etc value was high, they’d have been way better off. But they never do it. They treated those guys like they’re Luka level talents.

[Phoenix]

It’s actually worse than KD to the Warriors in terms of how much sense it doesn’t make, yet clownish it makes the league look.

Upsetting the competitive balance aside, KD on the Warriors basketball-wise made perfect sense; his skills blended in seamlessly on that team. Luka and Lebron 'basketball-wise' are redundant unless one comes off the ball, and of the two it would have to be Lebron which at least would save some of his energy having to facilitate. It does make LA wafer-thin upfront and exponentially worse on defense, so I have to believe more moves are coming but who are the tradeable assets left? Pretty much Lebron and Reaves...maybe another 3 team deal on the horizon.

[Real Men Wear Green]

This is not the worst trade ever in terms of basketball, it’s horrible for the integrity and parity of the sport. This shit should just never have happened, ever.

BUT I do like the balls to sell Luka while his value is high. If teams sold with guys like Beal, Towns, Murray, Derozan, etc value was high, they’d have been way better off. But they never do it. They treated those guys like they’re Luka level talents.

If this trade is that unbalanced then the Lakers should be the favorite, and I don't see how that's the case. They still won't defend well enough and James and Doncic will need time to get used to one another and not getting to dominate the ball. This isnt prime James, he's still very good overall but he rests on defense now and needs load management to make it through the regular season. They aren't going to dominate the regular season and won't defend well enough to beat the Thunder. Don't be surprised if Dallas has the better record, even though I have more faith in Doncic to carry a team in a playoff series.

Really don't see what is so unfair about this at all. Davis is on his way to second or third team AllNBA this year and LA will miss him badly on the defensive end.

[Phoenix]

The big difference between AD and Luka offensively is AD could go all out and drop a 40 plus 20 boards then come back with 15/9 the next game. The very best of AD is a top 5 level player but you're not getting it every night. Luka offensively can carry the load both as a primary scorer who can 'get his' while getting you 9-10 assists and he's a great below the rim rebounder in his own right. Lebron could transition to like a Draymond Green on steroids type and even at 40 play a little more defense if you don't need to rely on him so much offensively. The Lakers still need another knock down shooter and most certainly a defensive big. But this move is very obviously future-oriented for LA and 'we need to win now' with Dallas.

[Xiao Yao You]

I get trading the fat ass but davis is the best they could do?

[ArbitraryWater]

I get trading the fat ass but davis is the best they could do?

You seem to be hurting a lot from this



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4MjNP78hK0&ab_channel=LegendZProductions

[Proctor]

You seem to be hurting a lot from this



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4MjNP78hK0&ab_channel=LegendZProductions

:roll:

[Doomsday Dallas]

People calling this the worst trade ever are way off. I think Doncic is more valuable due to youth but Davis is still AllNBA and when healthy a superstar. Clippers have up SGA plus a starting five worth of talent for Paul George. That trade was far worse.

Thunder traded: Paul George
Clippers traded: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Danilo Gallinari, 2022 first-round pick, 2024 first-round pick, 2026 first-round pick (all unprotected), first-round picks via Miami in 2021 and 2023 and the rights to swap picks with the Clippers in 2023 and 2025



So if OKC can receive that many first-round picks for Paul George... why did Dallas only get one first-round pick in 2029?

it doesn't make any sense that Dallas didn't get more picks.

[bison]

People calling this the worst trade ever are way off. I think Doncic is more valuable due to youth but Davis is still AllNBA and when healthy a superstar. Clippers have up SGA plus a starting five worth of talent for Paul George. That trade was far worse.

You can’t compare trades in the moment vs trades in hindsight. At the time, that was the perfect trade for the clippers to make. Can’t say the same for Dallas today.

[TheMan]

I dont ****ing get it.

It makes 0 sense.


This is the most perplexing trade in sports history.

It’s literally saying: let me **** up my team, that can contend for a title, and turn them into a low seed / lottery team for no reason.

Let me take ther superstar, the citys hope, the current and future of the game, for no reason.


None of this makes sense anymore. Its a huge joke.

A spit in the face of every fan.

Lets just gift Los Angeles another GOAT player, why not.


Dallas should boycott the Mavericks and Cuban needs to go asap. Biggest clown ever. Just lucked into a unprecedently loyal ATG/Dirk Nowitzki.

Mark Cuban isn't the majority owner anymore so if he objected to the trade, he was overridden.

[coin24]

Mark Cuban isn't the majority owner anymore so if he objected to the trade, he was overridden.

I think he controls bball decisions still ? But owns 1% or something

[Kblaze8855]

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[StrongLurk]

It is definitely odd that Nico went STRAIGHT to Pelinka to target AD. Nico knows both Pelinka and AD well. Definitely could be some level of collusion here.

OR, the Mavs this Luka will be a load managed, out of shape, injury proned player for the rest of his career and the Mavs don't want to pay a supermax for a player like this.

[tpols]

It is definitely odd that Nico went STRAIGHT to Pelinka to target AD. Nico knows both Pelinka and AD well. Definitely could be some level of collusion here.

OR, the Mavs this Luka will be a load managed, out of shape, injury proned player for the rest of his career and the Mavs don't want to pay a supermax for a player like this.

That last sentence is what I feel like it was. Luka seems like the type to check out and get fat when he gets paid. I mean we're literally seeing that in real time.

[Kblaze8855]

Cuban confirmed on a radio show he wasn’t told or asked for approval. He said recently he’d divorce his wife before he traded Luka so that’s believable.

The new owners may just be running it as a business and didn’t wanna give 350+ million to a fat guy they didn’t think would be healthy. Crazy if people worth 30 billion did it to save on the luxury tax but it’s not inconceivable.

[Neal Romer]

Cuban confirmed on a radio show he wasn’t told or asked for approval. He said recently he’d divorce his wife before he traded Luka so that’s believable.

The new owners may just be running it as a business and didn’t wanna give 350+ million to a fat guy they didn’t think would be healthy. Crazy if people worth 30 billion did it to save on the luxury tax but it’s not inconceivable.


Didnt the sale of the Mavs include a literal contractual clause that Cuban had final say on personnel? :lol


It doesnt pass the smell test. Theres stuff about this trade that both sides are keeping quiet. And I dont mean health stuff or frustrations with conditioning.

[1987_Lakers]

Didnt the sale of the Mavs include a literal contractual clause that Cuban had final say on personnel? :lol


It doesnt pass the smell test. Theres stuff about this trade that both sides are keeping quiet. And I dont mean health stuff or frustrations with conditioning.

That's what I remember hearing as well. But as soon as the trade went down I knew Mark wasn't dumb enough to approve a trade like that.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Thunder traded: Paul George
Clippers traded: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Danilo Gallinari, 2022 first-round pick, 2024 first-round pick, 2026 first-round pick (all unprotected), first-round picks via Miami in 2021 and 2023 and the rights to swap picks with the Clippers in 2023 and 2025



So if OKC can receive that many first-round picks for Paul George... why did Dallas only get one first-round pick in 2029?

it doesn't make any sense that Dallas didn't get more picks.
You may not have noticed that davis is much more of an asset than Paul George. Plus Kawhi Leonard forced the Clippers into it.

[Real Men Wear Green]

You can’t compare trades in the moment vs trades in hindsight. At the time, that was the perfect trade for the clippers to make. Can’t say the same for Dallas today.
Hindsight is absolutely how you learn who won a trade. Many of us thought the Clippers got screwed but the way SGA and the Thunder assets developed proved beyond any doubt that the Presti killed them.

[GOBB]

WTF are we doing?

Giving Lebron one last shot at a ring? Making the Lakers a dominant force again?

I give up on sports. It's not even a game anymore... it's just a business

Good riddance then. Because no chance they win a ring with Luka and bron. Probably the worst defensive team in the league right now.

[1987_Lakers]

Good riddance then. Because no chance they win a ring with Luka and bron. Probably the worst defensive team in the league right now.

Worry about your Sixers who are currently like 9 games under .500 while Embiid is too scared to play game.

[GOBB]

Worry about your Sixers who are currently like 9 games under .500 while Embiid is too scared to play game.

Unlike you and the other glizzy gobblers. I’m a realist. Said many times here. Said it before the season. Sixers are a shyt show and should’ve tanked for a top pick (Harper Flagg Bailey). Paul George is a typical move the Sixers make. Overpaying a player past their prime like they are in their prime. He’s Tobias Harris-esque. Wait forgot who I’m replying too. Paul George is better than Tobias. I repeat Paul George is better than Tobias. At any rate the only bright spots are Maxey and a rookie who was going to win the award if not for injury.

But yeah keep pretending I think highly of the Sixers…

[1987_Lakers]

Unlike you and the other glizzy gobblers. I’m a realist. Said many times here. Said it before the season. Sixers are a shyt show and should’ve tanked for a top pick (Harper Flagg Bailey). Paul George is a typical move the Sixers make. Overpaying a player past their prime like they are in their prime. He’s Tobias Harris-esque. Wait forgot who I’m replying too. Paul George is better than Tobias. I repeat Paul George is better than Tobias. At any rate the only bright spots are Maxey and a rookie who was going to win the award if not for injury.

But yeah keep pretending I think highly of the Sixers…

Remember when you thought Montrezl Harrell was a great add for the Sixers when I warned you he was ass? :lol

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[ArbitraryWater]

Yoooooooooo wtf happened to Montrezl Harrell...

[GOBB]

Remember when you thought Montrezl Harrell was a great add for the Sixers when I warned you he was ass? :lol

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyrWo16lTV5xx_r8FnPzyVZfdHnkEbd z2WFQ&s

Yes imagine someone thinking a role player was a good addition to a bench. A bench that has been lackluster for awhile. And another person saying no. And the one saying no bragging about being right. Weird take to hang your hat on.

[Chick Stern]

Thunder traded: Paul George
Clippers traded: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Danilo Gallinari, 2022 first-round pick, 2024 first-round pick, 2026 first-round pick (all unprotected), first-round picks via Miami in 2021 and 2023 and the rights to swap picks with the Clippers in 2023 and 2025



So if OKC can receive that many first-round picks for Paul George... why did Dallas only get one first-round pick in 2029?

it doesn't make any sense that Dallas didn't get more picks.
You got an All-Star center in the top three, and young wing who is still improving, and a pick. All-star for an All-star. You’d get even less once word gets out that he won’t resign.

[TMac&Luther]

Worst trade in the history of sports.

Nah.. Deshaun Watson will always hold that claim :lol

Who trades 3 1st round picks (and 3 mid round picks)for a rapist?

Worst trade in the NBA all day though

[TMac&Luther]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSHhr9L2prI

:roll:

[tontoz]

This trade does highlight a problem for the NBA that has been going on for awhile. Player movement is hurting the NBA popularity.

When KD left OKC he was never really embraced by the fans of those teams because he wasn't their guy. To every Dallas fan Luka was their guy. They will never support AD the way they supported Luka.

We had a similar situation on a much smaller scale with the wizards. Deni was our pick. We watched him struggle for years and then finally break out in year 4, the first time we hit on a pick outside the top 3 in recent memory.

We resigned him to a reasonable deal and then traded him in draft day. Many people, including myself, were really pissed not just because Deni was a good player but because he was OUR guy.

The Luka situation is similar only magnified by his status as a player and the rather dubious return.

[Doomsday Dallas]

Nah.. Deshaun Watson will always hold that claim :lol

Who trades 3 1st round picks (and 3 mid round picks)for a rapist?

Worst trade in the NBA all day though




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p-2NJWGE18



Listening to this one right now... intro is good... Cleveland/Watson trade was mentioned in the beginning of this video.