Lakers acquiring Luca for AD

[mo7888]

Here's a brutal thought experiment for Mavs fans: what if they held onto Luka this season and then traded him for Giannis?

Well, if we're doing thought experiments. What if Mav ownership fires Nico and publicly says it's for trading away Luka and convinces Luka to come back to Dallas as a FA?

[Ice009]

Well, if we're doing thought experiments. What if Mav ownership fires Nico and publicly says it's for trading away Luka and convinces Luka to come back to Dallas as a FA?

Yeah, I don't think he'd come crawling back after they did that to him.

Also, was last year's Dallas team lucky to make the finals? IMO they were. I think if it wasn't for the Spurs beating Denver to screw up their seeding in that late season game, they wouldn't have beaten the Nuggets. I think they overachieved a bit and probably shouldn't have made the finals.
I also think the Wolves maybe underperformed a bit due to their inexperience, and those first 3 games of the series were close (4th was close too but Wolves won that one), could have gone either way. Minnesota could have easily won the first two games and even the two games in Dallas were close. Only the 5th game was a blowout, but I guess the Wolves lost confidence by then.

[exstatic]

Luka on an expiring, having lost his supermax and incredibly unlikely to re-sign, has little value to the Bucks. They wouldn't have done it.

I think Luka could do an extend and trade with a team he wanted to go to in August.

[mo7888]

Yeah, I don't think he'd come crawling back after they did that to him.

Also, was last year's Dallas team lucky to make the finals? IMO they were. I think if it wasn't for the Spurs beating Denver to screw up their seeding in that late season game, they wouldn't have beaten the Nuggets. I think they overachieved a bit and probably shouldn't have made the finals.
I also think the Wolves maybe underperformed a bit due to their inexperience, and those first 3 games of the series were close (4th was close too but Wolves won that one), could have gone either way. Minnesota could have easily won the first two games and even the two games in Dallas were close. Only the 5th game was a blowout, but I guess the Wolves lost confidence by then.

I don't think he goes back either, just like I don't think the other 'thought experiment' could reasonably happen either.

[mo7888]

I think Luka could do an extend and trade with a team he wanted to go to in August.

OK, in that scenario, what would we offer? It would be a huge package.

[exstatic]

OK, in that scenario, what would we offer? It would be a huge package.

We already have to pay Fox his bag in August. Doubt SA is up for another big contract with Wemby being extension eligible next summer. Luka is also a Harden class defender, one of our glaring weaknesses, and not something we need to add to.

[mo7888]

We already have to pay Fox his bag in August. Doubt SA is up for another big contract with Wemby being extension eligible next summer. Luka is also a Harden class defender, one of our glaring weaknesses, and not something we need to add to.

That's more than likely correct. Personally, I'd build a package around Fox (which I know isn't in our FO DNA) an pair wemby, Luka and Castle together and sign Tyus Jones.