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OT: Luka to the Lakers, AD to the Mavs
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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.
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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.
Who knows when Doncic is coming back and how fat he’ll be, and the Lakers don’t have any bigs whatsoever.
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.
NBA is garbage.
Hard to believe the Lakers found this necessary. You mean Bronny didn't provide them with enough backcourt scoring punch???
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.
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.
This, it's the ****ing modern NBA. Who cares?
The NBA died for many fans years ago.
Agree. 3 white dudes (one fatty) and a 40 year old doesn’t scream lockdown defense. Celtics exposed Luka last year in the finals. Dude can score but is ball dominate. Both him and LeBron are ball dominate. Not sure either can play off ball.
You not only clicked the thread but took the time to reply to it. Also to answer your question, see the people who are having a discussion in the thread about the modern NBA.
Update on my comment about buying the Lakers championship low at +2000: Roughly 13 hours later they’re +1700.
I have no NBA team cause i dont care for the league anymore...at all...cept for below
But I think...i'm prolly not the only one who actually does care, even though i say i don't, because just like the Cowboys...its fun watching this version of the Lakers fail miserably. So i am very entertained right now watching that train wreck...which mean i guess i do care. LeBitch can suck it.
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He is definitely an annoying bitch, I’ll agree there.
Cubian has gone off the rails just like Jerry jones, Al Davis
Cuban sold controlling interest in the Mavs two years ago.
Mark Cuban sold controlling interest in the Dallas Maverick two years ago.
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Bigger than KD going to the Warriors. That got a couple of Titles, not sure this trade does that.
As a laker fan would have been much happier if it was LeBron for Luka and not Davis for Luka 😂
They're all entertainment, put on for us. The fans by billionaires, it's not really much different than the old gladiator days, it's all rigged And everybody's making money but the fans.
I haven't followed the NBA in over a decade but keep hearing this is the worst trade ever in sports. I don't know anything about the players so it's hard to tell why. Someone told me in football terms this would be like the Bills trading prime Josh Allen to the Jets for a washed up 41 year old Aaron Rodgers and a 7th round draft pick. Football wise a trade like that would never happen. Is it really that bad a trade?
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Haha not a bad comparison, but I THINK Davis at least has potential to still be good for a couple more years. He is incredibly injury prone though so that just adds to the bizarreness of it all.
Davis is an incredibly good playoff performer, but is a little more lax in the regular season. He's easily the best defender in the league. If the Mavs can get to the playoffs in a decent position, they should be fine. The Lakers meanwhile don't have a legit 5 and have several guards who are poor defenders.
The reason the trade doesn't make sense to me is that the Mavs now have a logjam of talent at the front court while the Lakers have the opposite problem. So more trades need to be made. I think the Mavs actually made out better in the short term. Lebron and Luka are essentially the same type of ball dominant player, and that doesn't tend to work very well together.
Yup, I think a good hypothetical would be, would you rather be the Mavs and win a title with Davis and then have him drop off a cliff career-wise (very plausible for the reasons you described), or be the Lakers and have your next generational superstar/top 5 player for the next decade (also very plausible)?
They play defense in the NBA? I tried to watch a few games early in the season. It’s just so unwatchable. Driving to the basket with 5 steps and no dribble. Soft fouls. They want the scores to be like 140-110. There is a reason they have lost almost 45percent of viewers since 2012. I miss the days of physical play and when players genuinely hated each other of the 80’s and 90’s. Made for some fun rilvaries.
It's sad. The game isn't as good as it used to be. Defense is almost impossible because you have to avoid dribblers when they are trying to bump you, stop in front of you, or jump into you. The pivot foot is irrelevant. Shooters can reposition their feet as often as they like in order to maximize the chance of making a 3 or driving past an opponent. Game outcomes quite often come down to which team makes more long range shots. It's like a game of H-O-R-S-E. Entire elements of basketball are pretty much gone. Low post play has gone away. Screens off the ball. Outside shooting from inside the 3 point line. It's all 3's, floaters, layups and lots of free throws now. Stand around on offense and watch the dribbler. Used to call this garbage ball or pickup basketball.
I love the full step-back 3’s.
Can you do that going forward? No, that’s ridiculous. Taking two steps back though…totally fine.
You forgot to mention non stop palming which makes it hard to defend when you think a player is going to pick up the ball to pass or shoot. Instead he puts it back on the ground and drives past you. It's all garbage ball.
The worst for me is when a guy pops out to catch a pass at the 3 point line. Catch, take a few steps to adequately get turned around....
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