TRADE: Luka Doncic to Lakers, Anthony Davis to Mavericks

Mavs allegedly could have gotten a second first round pick but would have had to let the Lakers talk to Doncic's agent. Determined to keep this quiet. But also with the supermax being at risk his agent might have scared the Lakers off.

I wonder if we will see owners start randomly trading stars for stars to get rid of the supermax? Maybe not likely but by being trade when Doncic is signed for"just" the max he becomes the #2 asset in the league (Wemby is first) because most of the rest of the top 10 players get supermax sooner or later. You don't expect the Lakers to trade him but you wouldn't expect Dallas to do it either and because he's making 10 or 20 mil less than market value he would be worth what, a top 10 player plus 3 firsts?

[QUOTE=90sgoat;14975119]I think it's quite possible that Giannis could sign with Lakers as a free agent, but that's some time off isn't it?[/QUOTE]

3 seasons

[QUOTE=tpols;14974999]Exactly. Outside of Wemby, SGA, Jokic and Giannis there's nobody Dallas could've got better than AD. And none of those guys are available.[/QUOTE]

No shit, they just shouldnt have done it.

Because millionaires need our sympathy and help, a thought just occurred to me:

It's highly unfair that a guy can lose the supermax for being traded. That clause should be reworked. It would be difficult to make it only apply to guys that request they be traded but if you are going to tie supermax to a player being moved that should be the consideration.

[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green;14975754]Because millionaires need our sympathy and help, a thought just occurred to me:

It's highly unfair that a guy can lose the supermax for being traded. That clause should be reworked. It would be difficult to make it only apply to guys that request they be traded but if you are going to tie supermax to a player being moved that should be the consideration.[/QUOTE]

This is your brain on obesity.

[QUOTE=warriorfan;14975762]This is your brain on obesity.[/QUOTE]

I'm sorry I ruined your life. Well not really.

[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green;14975764]I'm sorry I ruined your life. Well not really.[/QUOTE]

This would be true if my life was your BMI.

[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green;14975754]Because millionaires need our sympathy and help, a thought just occurred to me:

[B]It's highly unfair that a guy can lose the supermax for being traded[/B]. That clause should be reworked. It would be difficult to make it only apply to guys that request they be traded but if you are going to tie supermax to a player being moved that should be the consideration.[/QUOTE]

That is fukked up, and sets a bad precedent for teams trying to get up from under looming supermax deals. Granted, in Luka's case I suspect he's going to blow up even more now in a Lakers uniform, so he'll make back some of it in endorsements but still, that's not the point. It really feels like a punishment.

It is pretty ironic how a system that was built to help keep players staying with their original team is now forcing them away. :lol

I do have a feeling it’s more about the apron system rather than the hometown supermax bonus however.

[QUOTE=warriorfan;14975765]This would be true if my life was your BMI.[/QUOTE]

Your life is shitposting. You stay up to all kinds of late hours shitposting. You contribute almost nothing in terms of real discussion but have 50 alts you drag out when banned because you can't live without shitposting. Telling you to kill yourself would be pointless because you clearly aren't living.

With Lebron dropping 40 and 30 point triple doubles this Laker team might actually be dangerous. He's averaging basically the same numbers he put up in his prime, a couple less points but completely made up for by more assists.

Basically it's prime Lebron + prime Luka. In LA where they be parade around and get the Pat Mahomes treatment in critical games.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Chiefs and Lakers won the respective championships. It's a money script. That's what the owners want and will try to influence. Only hope is somebody bucks the system ala 2011 Dallas. (ironically for this thread)

[QUOTE=Phoenix;14975766]That is fukked up, and sets a bad precedent for teams trying to get up from under looming supermax deals. Granted, in Luka's case I suspect he's going to blow up even more now in a Lakers uniform, so he'll make back some of it in endorsements but still, that's not the point. It really feels like a punishment.[/QUOTE]

I do wonder if in the future we will see the franchise's that are driven exclusively by profit (of which there are a lot) start trading 1st contract Allstars to each other to avoid the supermax. LA is not one of those franchise's but when you consider that Jaylen Brown is a supermax player and he's unlikely to ever be in the MVP discussion LA getting Doncic for something like 20 mil per year less than his supermax is a massive advantage.

[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green;14975772]Your life is shitposting. You stay up to all kinds of late hours shitposting. You contribute almost nothing in terms of real discussion but have 50 alts you drag out when banned because you can't live without shitposting. Telling you to kill yourself would be pointless because you clearly aren't living.[/QUOTE]

I live on the west coast you f.ucking moron. Welcome to a thing called “time zones”.

Your incompetent ass banned me for posting on an alt called warriorman that was obviously not me.

You are a fat idiot with no self awareness and the biggest joke of a mod in the history of the internet. You will probably have another spaz about this and ban me again for making fun of you meanwhile guys are spamming porn and spouting the n-word.


It is what it is.

[QUOTE=tpols;14975776]With Lebron dropping 40 and 30 point triple doubles this Laker team might actually be dangerous. He's averaging basically the same numbers he put up in his prime, a couple less points but completely made up for by more assists.

Basically it's prime Lebron + prime Luka. In LA where they be parade around and get the Pat Mahomes treatment in critical games.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Chiefs and Lakers won the respective championships. It's a money script. That's what the owners want and will try to influence. Only hope is somebody bucks the system ala 2011 Dallas. (ironically for this thread)[/QUOTE]

James is definitely not in his prime. Just this very season he took a week or two off. He is still capable of dominating a game but he's not going to dominate a season because at 40 he needs breaks. If Doncic was healthy right now and could be expected to almost never miss games so that James can take it easy until the playoffs they may have something dangerous but if James is going to have to regularly give that kind of effort he's not going to have enough left to get them past the Thunder or Nuggets.

Additionally the lake defense when Reeves Doncic and James are on the floor together will be terrible until and unless they get a great perimeter defender and a shot blocker. Lakers do have a strong foundation to build off of but they've only got two days to patch up the holes in their roster.

[QUOTE=warriorfan;14975779]I live on the west coast you f.ucking moron. Welcome to a thing called “time zones”.

Your incompetent ass banned me for posting on an alt called warriorman that was obviously not me.

You are a fat idiot with no self awareness and the biggest joke of a mod in the history of the internet. You will probably have another spaz about this and ban me again for making fun of you meanwhile guys are spamming porn and spouting the n-word.


It is what it is.[/QUOTE]

"Warriorman?" Are you lying for the benefit of other posters? I banned your dumb ass because you demanded I do a better job as a mod. Keep your dumb shit to yourself when you're stalking the forum at 3am and I'll ignore you like I do most of the morons.