Yeah that pick will be poor too. The saving grace for them might be trading AD down the line but obviously they won’t get as much as they would have got for Luka. This would have been less lopsided if AD was 25.Unless Luka really falls off, that lakers pick isn't going to be high either, and AD could just get injured killing any lot of picks talk. and deal you have mentioned would still be a better deal than the one they got from Lakers, not really surprising considering this is the same guy who is known in sneaker world as the genius who absolutely shit the bed with curry deal for nike.
Yes, this is inexplicable. There must be something else here, otherwise I can’t explain rushing to move one of league’s best players all of a sudden and not even trying to figure out what else is out there.Like i said regardless, not creating bid war for Luka is red alert and fishy as mf, pick Lakers offer if you want after but at least see other offers, they body bagged Luka and shipped him in middle of the night, they knew what reaction would be if info somehow got out.
Yes, this is inexplicable. There must be something else here, otherwise I can’t explain rushing to move one of league’s best players all of a sudden and not even trying to figure out what else is out there.
There is no way this whole thing is clean, also if reports are true and Luka had no idea that he was traded, isnt that kinda risky, low chance of happening but if Luka says, yea i dont like LA that much and decides to leave as free agent, i mean the feck, usually you get player promise that he will sign a new contract with you before if i am not mistaken.
In your dreamsDavid stern needs to step in
The Lakers gave nothing, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't extend.
Regardless of what team has what, not putting Luka on open bid table and you calling Lakers to give them generational player for next X years for basically nothing without Luka even asking for a trade is insane, ONE FRP for Luka fecking Doncic, that should be investigated, regardless of teams being in question. It makes no sense vs current market.
Apparently one Athletic reporter is saying Dallas contacted another team but they declined, didn't name the team.
Dallas are fecked for the foreseeable future. Teams are going to hate them for killing trade values and free agents are going to remember that Dallas costed Luka at least a 100m by trading him and getting rid of his super max eligibility. If they can do that to Luka, they can do that to anyone.There is no way this whole thing is clean, also if reports are true and Luka had no idea that he was traded, isnt that kinda risky, low chance of happening but if Luka says, yea i dont like LA that much and decides to leave as free agent, i mean the feck, usually you get player promise that he will sign a new contract with you before if i am not mistaken.
Apparently one Athletic reporter is saying Dallas contacted another team but they declined, didn't name the team.
What a goldmine of laughs whole day
It was time to sell because of reasons like this. The franchise value was at it's peak and the new salary structure of the NBA is gonna have bad effects. Boston is selling the team because of the same reasons. They will move Jalen Brown within the next 18 months. It's not sustainable to pay 2 guys on one team 150 mill a year total with the cap aprons.
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I get it it's a lopsided traded but I do feel AD is getting disrespected a bit. They could get more but AD is still one of the best players in the league.If “the other team” was Boston and the only possible name in the mix was Brown, I could understand both Dallas’ call and Celtics’ decline (this is such a biiiig trade only the new owners can sanction, after deciding what to do with the roster and the 2nd apron) … yet, not putting Doncic in the open market in order to get the best package in return is so dodgy I can’t see how the league can let it pass, because it is going to screw the market in full imho.
Isn’t AD basically a salary dump in this instance, which is really disrespectful indeed!? I mean, 20 teams out of 30 would offer two arms and a leg for a top 5, 25yo generational player like Doncic, fitness or not. AD & one 1st does not make any sense, apart of signalling you are broke. EDIT: or insane / non-sane!I get it it's a lopsided traded but I do feel AD is getting disrespected a bit. They could get more but AD is still one of the best players in the league.
He is giving Pelinka props for not leaking, oh hell nah, ofcc he gonna keep his mouth shut about such trade, this guy, Nike or no Nike connections, above or under the table deal, this guy...also watching now he is giggling while Mavs fans losing their shit, is he crazy or something
Something is off because I keep thinking about other GMs that haven't been given the opportunity to actually make this trade respectable. They must think that the league is rigged or Harrison is the biggest idiot in human history and they failed to exploit it.
Cowboys or Mavs?Not gonna lie, after these conferences and things.... this just screams of a power move for no reason other than to suggest that the guy obsessed with power (Dallas GM) wants to say "I can do what I want" to me.
Does this mean LeBron is on the move as well? I don’t see the two of them together as a good fit at all.
LeBron to GSW?
