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Holy Transformation Batman!

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Luka Dončić 2.0 Has Entered the Chat

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Bet Dallas wishes he committed to this a little sooner. I watched some early clips when he first came into the league and he was so much quicker. He could even defend.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Bet Dallas wishes he committed to this a little sooner. I watched some early clips when he first came into the league and he was so much quicker. He could even defend.
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Have to imagine there are some very annoyed Dallas fans. Pretty funny.
 
Everyone saying Dallas is mad, they should be, they caused this. If you couldn’t see “Luka is now committed to being in shape” you weren’t looking.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Bet Dallas wishes he committed to this a little sooner. I watched some early clips when he first came into the league and he was so much quicker. He could even defend.
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I'm pretty sure a lot of his personal issues with Dallas stemmed from the way they treated strength and conditioning staff that Luka thought were helping to keep him healthy.

Particularly, they fired Casey Smith, whom "...Dirk Nowitzki credited for prolonging the Hall of Famer's 21-year career." Rumor has it that also led to Nowitzki distancing himself a bit from the organization. Supposedly, Smith was also a big help to Luka during his transition to life in America. Dallas fired Smith via a video call while he was away from the team to be with his mother during the last weeks of her life. That led to Luka hiring his own conditioning and strength coaches which just made the situation even worse when Dallas didn't like the results.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Bet Dallas wishes he committed to this a little sooner. I watched some early clips when he first came into the league and he was so much quicker. He could even defend.
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Disagree. Why couldn’t Dallas get him to get in this shape? Shame on them.
 
This is a minor transformation given his physical gifts. Great that he’s working at it, but this didn’t take much when compared to how the average pro athlete works out. For him to lose 15-20 lbs and lift some weights isn’t much to ask. So yes, Mav fans should definitely be pissed.
 
HooperScooper said:
O.K. I will answer my own question. His contract is up after this coming season (2025-2026) but he has a player option for the 2026-2027 season at $49 million. So now I know why he's finally decided to take his body seriously. It's always about the money!

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There was a 0.0% chance of him not getting a max contract even before he decided to get into shape
 
navery12 said:
There was a 0.0% chance of him not getting a max contract even before he decided to get into shape
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So you can be fat and out of shape and still get a max contract? What a country. :)

FWIW Dallas supposedly got rid of him because they didn't want to give a max contract to a guy they thought was an injury risk because he was fat. Who's to say other teams wouldn't think the same if he had a bad year and got injured?
 
Michael Kay and David Cone were just chatting with a guest in their booth. The camera showed them and I thought, 'who is that? He's thin and fit.' Thought he was an injured Yankee. Nope. It was Luca.
 
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Mr. French said:
Everyone saying Dallas is mad, they should be, they caused this. If you couldn’t see “Luka is now committed to being in shape” you weren’t looking.
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The trade was incredibly stupid on the part of Dallas but not because Luka was committed to being in shape when he was with them. The Mavs are a dysfunctional organization but he still should've taken getting in shape seriously before now.

Lakers were bailed out like they're always bailed out and Dallas was bailed out getting the #1 pick Flagg.
 
HooperScooper said:
So you can be fat and out of shape and still get a max contract? What a country. :)

FWIW Dallas supposedly got rid of him because they didn't want to give a max contract to a guy they thought was an injury risk because he was fat. Who's to say other teams wouldn't think the same if he had a bad year and got injured?
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He's a top 5 player in the league, if Dallas or now Los Angeles didn't want to give him the max there would be 25 other teams gutting their team to clear the cap space for him.

Look at the guys who are getting max contracts in the NBA. Jaren Jackson Jr just signed a max contract this year, and averages 58 games a year (and only 66 if you take out his big injury year). Paul George got a max contract last offseason too
 
HooperScooper said:
FWIW Dallas supposedly got rid of him because they didn't want to give a max contract to a guy they thought was an injury risk because he was fat.
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So they traded him for a max guy who got injured his second (third?) day on the team. Brilliant.
 
superjohn said:
The trade was incredibly stupid on the part of Dallas but not because Luka was committed to being in shape when he was with them. The Mavs are a dysfunctional organization but he still should've taken getting in shape seriously before now.

Lakers were bailed out like they're always bailed out and Dallas was bailed out getting the #1 pick Flagg.
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No, I’m saying it was obvious the second they traded him he would be committed to exactly what they wanted him to be…but for the Lakers.
 
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