OT: Luka to the Lakers, AD to the Mavs

[Hford]

There's a reason people think professional sports are rigged

 

[SomedayHusker]

There's a reason people think professional sports are rigged

Was my exact first thought and almost posted this thread myself. An obvious total giveaway by the Mavs. Lakers are +2000 to win the championship and that just became interesting. Hard to go against the Thunder, but you can probably buy the Lakers low here even if just as a hedge.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

Unless the Lakers aren’t done dealing, this isn’t going to make a difference this year.

Who knows when Doncic is coming back and how fat he’ll be, and the Lakers don’t have any bigs whatsoever.

 

[scorcher2]

This doesn’t help either team that much. What a weird deal, all I know is that I can’t like Doncic anymore

 

[Charlie Marlow]

I can’t believe Adrian Dantley is still playing

 

[oldjar07]

Dumb as hell. Lakers now have a lot of offensive guys but no defensive guys. Lakers were finally starting to get healthy and play well too. They didn't need a panic trade like this.

 

[jubba30]

Was my exact first thought and almost posted this thread myself. An obvious total giveaway by the Mavs. Lakers are +2000 to win the championship and that just became interesting. Hard to go against the Thunder, but you can probably buy the Lakers low here even if just as a hedge.

Zero chance this year. This is a long-term play as Luka is battling injury. They might even rest him the remainder of the season and work to acquire a center for next year. Then Lebron, Luka, Reaves, and a good center makes next year interesting.

Biggest trade of my life. Insane.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

I tried to care..

...i failed.

 

[RBigredMax]

I tried to care..

...i failed.

NBA is garbage.

 

[schuele]

Hard to believe the Lakers found this necessary. You mean Bronny didn't provide them with enough backcourt scoring punch???

 

[Baxter48]

Both teams suck especially the Lakers

 

[Jesseblackshirts43]

This doesn’t help either team that much. What a weird deal, all I know is that I can’t like Doncic anymore

You can’t like Doncic because he got traded to the Lakers?

 

[mgbreis]

This really isn't a move the Lakers made for this year. They've moved on and now have a star for the next 10 years. Lebron might as well retire, they didn't even tell him they were doing this. The franchise finally woke up to the fact the Lebron era is over for them. Having said all of that, are they going to be able to motivate Luka to get in shape? I doubt it.

 

[mwulf]

The talking heads seem to think this is the biggest NBA trade of our lifetime. I usually only pay attention to the NBA in late May/June so I guess it's huge. Saw LeBron had another triple double last night. He's not the best or all time but he is certainly the most durable.

 

[bigboxes]

I'm a huge Mavs fan and I am done with them. This all rigs of collusion. The Adleson family bought the team in hopes of bringing casino gambling to DFW. They're not going to get it. I believe this is the first step in moving the team to Vegas. It makes absolutely zero sense. Even if you didn't want to pay the max contract for Luka, you most certainly get more than one number one pick. And you noticed they didn't shop around they just did a back room deal. I'm out. No more NBA for me. It's all rigged.

 

[SeaOfRed75]

I tried to care..

...i failed.

This, it's the ****ing modern NBA. Who cares?