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Luka to Lakers

Scoe said:
Cuban lets Brunson and Luca go wow. Lakers just won the championship, LeBron might win the mvp this year.
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Cuban isn't the majority owner anymore but still - to have those two guys in the same draft and then let them go be the face of the Knicks and Lakers is criminal
 
gsmooth said:
The ESPN announcer Sean Farnham announced it during the Gonzaga-St.Mary’s game. I couldn’t believe it either.
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That’s where I heard it. Then I watched twitter explode for 2 hours straight
 
Feels like nba forced this one with failing ratings and boring game or Mavs GM like dumbest front office guy ever.
 
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rip7774 said:
Feels like nba forced this one with failing ratings and boring game or Mavs GM like dumbest front office guy ever.
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Mavs GM was probably given extra money under the table maybe free tickets to see a concert in LA. Maybe he was offered free massages in LA who knows lol.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
This is the craziest trade of all time, in any sport. Holy ****.
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I am not avid NBA fan but this is like the Bulls trading Jordan in the early 90’s.

He is a generational talent.

Trade him for a 31 year old?

Not sure if there is something we don’t know but this is worst trade any sport I’ve seen in my liftetime.
 
A guy on ESPN this morning (former front office guy, about two decades with a few teams) said that what he didn't understand was that if the Mavs put Luka on the open market (let the rest of the league know they'd listen to offers) they may have ended up with the largest haul ever.

If they were determined to trade him they could have gotten more.
 
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Scoe said:
Watch Jimmy Butler will end up on the Lakers I’m calling it.
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I have a feeling he'll end up in Dallas.
 
Only thing that makes sense is Luka wanted to go to Lakers only, agent told to 28 other teams that he wouldn’t resign with them. Even that is absurd. Idk man
 
metsfan2323 said:
Yup, Ratings are down so create some buzz for the glamor team.
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I’m not a conspiracy theorist but this one is so off the wall it feels like there are layers to the logic well beyond surface. The NBA has been bludgeoned for its poor product this year like I’ve never seen across pro sports.

From a straight marketing perspective why would Dallas trade him? He’s one of the 2-3 most popular players in the league, draws a ton of fans/interest to the Mavs.

This one only makes sense if Mavs get another player.
 
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Lakers always seem to be involved in the biggest trades. I don't get how this has been a constant thing for the past 20 years or so.
 
aceboon said:
I wonder how Marc Cuban feels about this, no way would he have signed off on this trade if he was still the majority owner. Selling on a 25 year old generational player over conditioning issues is madness.
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At the end of the day, he sold at the top of the market. He's good.
 
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This is an interesting wrinkle.

Dallas' GM, Nico Harrison worked for Nike for decades. His last role there (before joining the Mav's as Don Nelson's assistant) was as the personal company representative for Kobe Bryant. With this role he was in constant communication with Kobe's agent.

The Lakers GM, Rob Pelinka, was Kobe Bryant's agent for fifteen years prior to joining the Lakers front office (at Kobe's request).

The two (Harrison-Pelinka) spent more than a decade speaking with each other multiple times a week as basically business partners.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I have a feeling he'll end up in Dallas.
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I don't know. Butler's entire issue is that he wants the big extension, and Miami just isn't going to give it to him. If Dallas were to agree to that after not wanting to pay Luka, then they should just fold the damn franchise. Having said that, nothing surprises me in the damn NBA.
 
traitor71 said:
I don't know. Butler's entire issue is that he wants the big extension, and Miami just isn't going to give it to him. If Dallas were to agree to that after not wanting to pay Luka, then they should just fold the damn franchise. Having said that, nothing surprises me in the damn NBA.
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I think Jimmy’s issues were way more than money.

If I carry a team to two impossible Finals and over 4 years the offseason moves yall make is to give me… Thomas Bryant and Terry Rozier AND you don’t want to pay me. I’m going to have serious issues too.

The money wouldn’t be a big deal if the organization was also aggressive in helping him win as much as he wants to in his short window.
 
Lakers will just give Jimmy Butler deferrel money they will pull the Dodgers tricks.
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
I think Jimmy’s issues were way more than money.

If I carry a team to two impossible Finals and over 4 years the offseason moves yall make is to give me… Thomas Bryant and Terry Rozier AND you don’t want to pay me. I’m going to have serious issues too.

The money wouldn’t be a big deal if the organization was also aggressive in helping him win as much as he wants to in his short window.
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To be fair, Miami was all in on Lilliard, who wanted to go there, but Portland just refused to make a deal with Miami. Otherwise, they have done things for Butler that they didn't even do for Lebron in terms of travel arrangements, etc. Butler is a guy that plays extremely hard, raises his game in the playoffs, but it seems to end badly at every team he has been with, for whatever reason.
 
traitor71 said:
To be fair, Miami was all in on Lilliard, who wanted to go there, but Portland just refused to make a deal with Miami. Otherwise, they have done things for Butler that they didn't even do for Lebron in terms of travel arrangements, etc. Butler is a guy that plays extremely hard, raises his game in the playoffs, but it seems to end badly at every team he has been with, for whatever reason.
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If you strictly think about things in terms of wanting to win for Jimmy, it makes sense. Lillard isn’t the only move you can make.

He didn’t have a bad ending with the Sixers. For some reason they chose… Tobias Harris over him lol.

I’d probably want more of a shooter if I was the Mavs because the paint will be so clogged with AD at the 4 anyways. Lavine would be the most ideal option imo. Youngest wing out there and he’s been crazy efficient this year.
 
Feels like the equivalent of Dodgers trading Ohtani for Giancarlo Stanton.

The skeptic in me wonders if the League is behind this knowing LeBron is getting close to the finish line and wanting the Lakers to stay relevant and a big tv draw for the money.
 
More props for our coach sticking around when he could have avoided the recruiting hassles and just had the league throw MVP candidates at him until he had a title contender.
 
bendm said:
So He’s been playing C on the lakers for the last 6 years against his will?
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Besides the year they had Dwight and McGee he has pretty much expressed his desire to the media to play PF every year, he just had a sitdown interview with Shams last week where he did it again

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Anthony Davis Wants Lakers To Acquire Center So He Can Play More Power Forward

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis bluntly stated that he thinks the team needs another center before the trade deadline.
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