Lakers acquiring Luca for AD

[vy65]

Nico please

[NASpurs]

Nico just admitted live that: Luka never asked to be traded. Never indicated he would not sign a supermax and that LA was the only team he called.

Unreal

I don't throw the word "re " lightly but this guy...

[Mr. Body]

I think Nico has some of RFK Jr's brain worms.

[Dverde]

What in the actual was the point of the trade then? Is there a link to the BS he's trying to feed people?

If AD was a few years younger, then I could see the trade being a little better and why they wanted to make this trade, but with Anthony Davis' injury history and current age, the return just isn't right. It just doesn't add up at all. 1+1 in this case = 0.

I think their answer is this gives them a better chance this year and next to win. They are drinking the Hardy and Grimes kool aid that they can step up. I don’t agree, it’s a Hail Mary with fragile AD, Kyrie, and Klay.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Spare a thought for Anthony Davis though.

He's being kicked out of the door by the team he threw away his supermax for.
He's going to a team that is rightly being viewed as a laughing stock by everyone in the NBA, their own players included.
He'll play in front of a crowd that's going to boo the out of everyone there.
He'll play for a coach who probably wants to shoot the GM.
His legacy will be that he's been the bad part of the worst trade in NBA history.

And they're supposed to be a contender as well. I bet the camaraderie is going to be awesome.

[LeBowen]

I love it how Harrison is so confident in his GM ability even though the entire world is telling him he's a re .
Fine, we'll go with that, you made a move and believe AD is a better player in this trade.

But why are you paying ghouls like McMahon to start a relentless smear campaign that keeps ting on Luka and making up all kind of issues?
If you think AD is a better player, you don't have to on the other guy to make yourself look better.

[Ice009]

I think their answer is this gives them a better chance this year and next to win. They are drinking the Hardy and Grimes kool aid that they can step up. I don’t agree, it’s a Hail Mary with fragile AD, Kyrie, and Klay.

If AD was something like 28 years old, I could see the logic behind it as he plays both defense and offense, but man, at his current age for a 2 or so year run, WTF, doesn't make sense what the Mavericks are doing. I mean, after winning it in 2011, didn't they blow it all up looking at the long term and now they're blowing it all up looking at the short term. Screw the long term. This is insane. Will Mavericks fans even turn up to the game?

[DAF86]

Dude, if I were a Mavs fan I would be ing livid right now after hearing this mouth breather trying to justify his stupidity.

[RC_Drunkford]

did Kidd sign off on this?

[ace3g]

[R. DeMurre]

Kidd didn't look too excited at that press conference.

[dn0774]

If AD was something like 28 years old, I could see the logic behind it as he plays both defense and offense, but man, at his current age for a 2 or so year run, WTF, doesn't make sense what the Mavericks are doing. I mean, after winning it in 2011, didn't they blew it all up looking at the long term and now they're blowing it all up looking at the short term. Screw the long term. This is insane. Will Mavericks fans even turn up to the game?

Even from a short term perspective this move is a loser.

[Mugen]

JKidd looks ing despondent

[RC_Drunkford]

ok this just said Jason Kidd didn't know anything about it either WTF? "I know the players that he likes"

[Pero]

yeah short term iit’s a more balanced team tbh

How is it more balanced? The Mavs have no playmaker now. And they were built for Luka, not AD. They possibly have the best frontcourt in the NBA now, but they'd have to change their gameplay completely to utilize it. I don't know that Kidd is capable of that.

[RC_Drunkford]

sounds like a fair deal

[scott]

Imagine your GM coming out and plainly saying "I don't give a past the next few years because I won't be here"

[baseline bum]

Not a lie, though we have In N Out in Texas

[Ice009]

Spare a thought for Anthony Davis though.

He's being kicked out of the door by the team he threw away his supermax for.
He's going to a team that is rightly being viewed as a laughing stock by everyone in the NBA, their own players included.
He'll play in front of a crowd that's going to boo the out of everyone there.
He'll play for a coach who probably wants to shoot the GM.
His legacy will be that he's been the bad part of the worst trade in NBA history.

And they're supposed to be a contender as well. I bet the camaraderie is going to be awesome.

Yeah, Anthony Davis is still a great player, but man, he's going to be treated poorly for no fault of his own. I guess I can now not hate on AD as much since he's not a Laker anymore. Back when Kawhi asked out, I thought about who I would want to trade him for if I could hypothetically trade him for anyone in the entire NBA, and as I told a friend of mine back then, Anthony Davis was the only guy I would have done it for. I wouldn't have even traded Kawhi for Lebron back then. Having said that, Anthony Davis was only around 24 back then, though, and there was no chance of the Pelicans trading him. If the Mavs were getting at least a 26-28 year old AD, it wouldn't be that bad of a trade, but this return on a 31 about to turn 32 year old, this, this is not good. How in the F are Mavs fans not rioting. I haven't watched that press conference yet, but if J Kidd didn't even know about it, how in the F was this trade signed off on?

[LeBowen]

Imagine your GM coming out and plainly saying "I don't give a past the next few years because I won't be here"

That's exactly what Magic said, tbf.

[NASpurs]

Imagine your GM coming out and plainly saying "I don't give a past the next few years because I won't be here"

"Eh who knows if we'll be dead in ten years #YOLO"

[Mal]

Dude, if I were a Mavs fan I would be ing livid right now after hearing this mouth breather trying to justify his stupidity.

[baseline bum]

Mavs subreddit is having a full-on meltdown and I don't blame them.

This goes to show that even the "untouchables" are truly not that.

Also seems sus that the only team they talked to was the Lakers and their "only target" was an aging Anthony Davis. Dallas is posturing this is as a win-now move, but you take yourself out of win-now mode by trading Luka. Congrats, you are just another middling team in the West.

This seriously feels like there is some collusion going on behind the scenes, but that would be par the course for the Lakers.

It's 100% understandable. I mean if the Spurs traded Wemby out of nowhere without any trade demand for say Brunson I'd just quit being a fan of the team.

[Pero]

Kidd

[baseline bum]

You have to think the Mavs are doing a fast move on the Lakers. Why not offer to every team and get 6 FRP unprotected? Maybe a debilitating injury, fatso has been out on calf injury. Embiid-like lazy on a supermax?? Who knows? Cuban is no dumb businessman.

Cuban had nothing to do with this move and is probably trashing his living room right now. This is all on Miriam Adelson. Couldn't be a more Texas way to the bed than having your zionist owner who gave Trump $100 million now wanting to cheap out with one of the few true franchise players in Doncic.