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[QUOTE=Proctor;14974338]Jesus, what in the actual f[i]u[/i]ck? I've never been so dumbstruck by a trade in my life.
That is a mistake for the Mavs make no doubt about it. They just went to the WCF and I honestly had them going as far or farther this year.. They were the one team that seemed to have an answer for OKC.[/QUOTE]
Nice edit. :lol
Trading Luka is one thing. But he absolutely should've gotten a better haul than injury prone Anthony Davis and 1 pick. Just a ludicrous, all-time atrocious trade for the Mavs.
Baffling.
Mavs will be a good team though in the short term. Both Kyrie and AD are aging, and they didn't get a haul of picks to build for the future, so essentially they're banking on winning a ring this year which is optimistic bordering on delusional.
Once again the underperforming Lakers get bailed out before the end of the trade deadline. :roll:
3ball called it.
No excuses now. Tell me they're not title favorites.
[QUOTE=GOBB;14974314]The bigger story is what is going on with Dallas and Luka for them to trade Luka. What don’t we know? The poor conditioning can’t be the end all be all. Wish I was a fly on the wall when talks of them deciding to move on from Luka were made.[/QUOTE]
Yeah the bottom line is that Dallas gave up on Luka. We will probably find out the details in time it is hard to keep something like that quiet.
The Mavs will still be a very good team but exactly which one of their players is going to assert themselves enough to dominate a series like Luka does routinely?
This also makes the Lakers roster a bit of a clusterfvck. Is Reaves not redundant with Luka? Why not try to turn Reaves into a haul now?
lol what an absolute shitshow. How do you drastically improve the Mavs roster after a Finals run and then trade your generational talent away...after all that effort to put the 100% perfect roleplayers around him. Thompson, Washington, Lively, Gafford. Most teams are never fortunate enough to build a roster that complementary of eachother.
The balls to pull that trade if you're Nico...jesus christ.
mavs are retarded for this, do they know AD is 31, injury prone and on the tail end of his career? luka is only 25 wtf, they just gave the lakers a future lmao. :lol
lebron and luka about to win 1-2 more, for the culture. :pimp:
luka is reportedly 270lbs and not conditioned, which is insane right now for a guard; lebron is about to show him how it's done & be the best shape of his life, peak luka incoming.
[video=youtube;-q61ag1BWP0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q61ag1BWP0[/video]
[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green;14974332]Defense is half the game and Doncic is bad at it. Fans have been ignoring that fact but that fact remains a fact.
But sportscenter is bringing up a valid point. They likely could have gotten a better package than they did. Doncic may have gotten overrated but for trade value that's a good thing. Could they have gotten Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams? Brunson and Towns? Giannis? Maxey and Embiid (ok, maybe they don't want Embiid)? Doncic value is massive, definitely top 5 trade value maybe even top 3. They may have dealt with him as of it was just top 10.[/QUOTE]
I don’t think Luka value is that great tho. Maxey & Embiid? Nah. Not for a player who is a horrific defensively. Luka for Embiid is fair value. And chances of Luka improving defensively may never happen.
[QUOTE=Keno;14974354]luka is reportedly 270lbs and not conditioned, which is insane right now for a guard; lebron is about to show him how it's done & be the best shape of his life, peak luka incoming.[/QUOTE]
I was watching Luka rookie highlights a month ago and forgot how skinny he was( compared to now).
[QUOTE=Full Court;14974344]Once again the underperforming Lakers get bailed out before the end of the trade deadline. :roll:
3ball called it.
No excuses now. Tell me they're not title favorites.[/QUOTE]
They just lot someone you proclaimed as a top 5 player. And the best player in the team.
I guess if Luka is the size of Kenneth Lofton and still refuses to do anything about it, causing his injuries all the time, the trade makes some sense. I think even an out of shape, missing 1/4 or even 1/2 the season Luka is still a more championship level talent than just about anyone they could get for him though.
Do I think the Mavs are in a better position now to win a championship...I don't see it...but they will have a very good and unique team. Just realized they will have AD/Lively/Gafford. Damn that's a grueling, physical frontcourt, and I hope they keep it together and don't just start shipping them out. If the Mavs can unlock Davis like Lakers fans thought Redick had in his early coaching games, Mavs may actually be scary. That is, if they don't alienate Kyrie like they probably already have.
In other news the Nuggets are trading Jokic for Adebayo. :lol
This is why the Lakers are so hated, they always seem to get other team's superstars. Dumb move by Dallas even if Luka's physical conditioning is a concern, especially as he ages. Best move LA could make is trading Lebron now.
[QUOTE=TheMan;14974366]This is why the Lakers are so hated, they always seem to get other team's superstars. Dumb move by Dallas even if Luka's physical conditioning is a concern, especially as he ages. Best move LA could make is trading Lebron now.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=GOBB;14974359]I don’t think Luka value is that great tho. Maxey & Embiid? Nah. Not for a player who is a horrific defensively. Luka for Embiid is fair value. And chances of Luka improving defensively may never happen.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Luka for Embiid is fair value even though Embiid is 5 years older with zero postseason success, and insanely injury prone.
:roll: