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Lol mavs
Predicting it now: Nico Harrison is fired by the end of the season after the massive backlash. I saw the Mavericks are having offer folks refunds on their season tickets based on the backlash
Lol mavs
Just got to the Finals, trade away your top 5 NBA player who led the way to that Finals berth, pikachu surprised face when your fans are stunned and angry
15:36 mark. Reporter asked Luka on feeling towards Mavs GM and what was Luka's reaction that Mavs GM suggested that there was concerns that Luka might not sign his supermax extension for Mavs.
Mavs gonna get dropped 70 points by Luka
btw how did Pelinka kept a straight poker face for the whole press conference
Last edited by spursparker9; 02-04-2025 at 08:34 PM.
^ I don't think Nico Harrison even cares if he gets "fired". This was simply a collusion between two buddies as well as the NBA to bail out the Lakers. Several in the media like Windhorst are trying to cover for the Lakers by making statements like "oH this trade was such an insult by the Mavs toward Luka". Oh, give me a break.
I ing hate NBA Centel
The Mavs denied this. I have received no such offer.
What a ing stupid question that was. The concern was never that Luka was going to sign a supermax, the concern was whether the Mavs were going to want to even offer it.
15:36 mark. Reporter asked Luka on feeling towards Mavs GM and what was Luka's reaction that Mavs GM suggested that there was concerns that Luka might not sign his supermax extension for Mavs.
btw how did Pelinka kept a straight poker face for the whole press conference
Have you cancelled? Seems like that is the trigger point.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...a-doncic-trade
It says Adelson bought the majority share of Mavs in 2021 for 3.5 billion but that Mark Cuban is actually still there just as a minority owner now. Mark's silence on the issue is deafening.
I just watched this, was just about to post it. Seems that Luka's body language wasn't too thrilled to be there. Holding the jersey low, seemed to be in mourning about the trade. Man, Nico really ed up. Doesn't seem like he wanted out at all, yet they traded him anyway.
I wonder if that leaves the door open to him possibly leaving the Lakers. He shouldn't be there IMO. Even if he wanted to leave the Mavs, I don't think the Lakers were the team he would have wanted to go to. Maybe he'll get over it, though, and end up liking it there. I guess we'll see.
Having said that, once he gets over it, I think he will eviscerate the Mavs in their matchups.
Luka doesn’t strike me as a guy who wants the limelight or necessarily the biggest market like LA or NY.
Whether that’s enough to drive him out of LA I’m not sure.
Have to see how it goes. If he plays well, the team does well, and the fans adore him, I don't see him leaving. Conversely, if the team is playing poorly, and if he's out injured for any extended time, they may start turning on him, and then in that scenario I can see him leaving as he didn't ask to be there in the first place.
Won't be surprised if Luca ends up in Denver with Jokic when he's a free agent in the summer of 2026. League would be in trouble. Hope he doesn't re-up with the Lakers
They’re going to lose a lot of games,because they were pretty bad defensively before, and then they traded away their All D center.
If Luka left them in FA nothing would be funnier
Well, that body language expert seems to say it looks he's not sure about it at all. Early days, though, as he hasn't gotten on the court yet. I can easily see him having no problem to leave if he doesn't like it there. He didn't ask to be there, so if they're not winning or don't treat him well, I think it will be easy for him to up and leave (of course I would like nothing more than for him to get out of there). I hope he does well, just not in LA. They fleeced the Mavericks and IMO neither franchise deserves to come out well from this trade, so I'd be happier for him if he leaves and has a great career elsewhere. I'd probably be a bigger fan of his if he didn't play for the Mavericks or Lakers.
During that draft, I watched him a bit in Europe leading up to it (I hardly ever do that - watch European basketball, but I'd heard good things about him so I was curious to see if he's the real deal) and after I watching him a bit, I thought he might be as good as a prime Manu and was hoping the Spurs could try and trade Kawhi for whatever pick it takes to be able to draft him (I wasn't sure the Spurs thought the same, but it seems like they did). After his first season or two, he ended up being even better than I thought he'd be.
Last edited by Ice009; 02-05-2025 at 09:37 AM.
Funny AI video of Jokic commenting on the trade.
Main reason why I could see him legit leaving, and why the Lakers kept one of their picks. Generally speaking people who don't want to be at a a place tend to leave said place regardless of how "good" it is.
He played for Real Madrid as a teenager.
He won't be partying out on Sunset Strip in all likelihood but from a sports perspective, I don't see the limelight being any issue for him.
I thought I got a notification on my phone yesterday that the Mavs denied the refund claims, but now I can't find any article confirming that, so it's possible I misread something.
I won't be asking for a refund, I hate the trade but I'm very interested to see how it all plays out.
I’d be really surprised if Nico has not already been compensated for this already. I’m sure it’s the owners orders because there is no way a person with any knowledge in basketball will accept, let alone initiated, this trade.
As for refunds, I’d say unlikely because they have shown they don’t give a crap about the fan base bad on $. They ain’t giving up anything. They are moving to Vegas.
Not even the supermax excuse is valid.
It's not like they'd save $350M and not get anyone else, look at AD's contract.
Luka missed out on $120M over 5 years.
He'd surely generate $24M extra revenue for the ownership each year with all the merchandise, sponsorships and higher ticket prices.
Mavs had a 20 year sellout streak which is about to be broken and the arena will stay half-empty unless they singificantly reduce ticket prices.
If I’m Luka I’m making demand after demand to Lakers GM. The Lakers are gonna suck this year and a 40 year old LeBron on a max deal ain’t gonna help Luka. I’m putting my foot down and saying get me some real help or I’m playing with Jokic. Bc the Lakers are a joke of an organization right now even with Luka. They have no starting 1 or 3. Washed LeBron at 4 and no starting 5. This team needs a lot of help and I ain’t waiting for it.
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