Has any other franchise ever traded their young superstar player without the player asking/forcing a move before or is this a 1st

[Jalether]

Is Luka's trade a first of its kind in league's history, It has to be, surely since a superstar and franchise player has to either become a free agent (lebron cavs,KD okc) or kick up a storm and force a move before a trade like this can happen

. Dallas were literally desperate to get rid of him and they did so for the equivalent of a pack of gums and 1st round pick (no disrecpect to AD)

and to make matters worse, Luka didn't request a trade and wasn't even informed

I think there's something really fishy going on, the league should investigate

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

I’m not sure it has happened in the NBA but it has happened in the MLB with Mookie Betts out of Boston.

 

[Luke Cage]

NBA was tired of waiting for a new face of the league to emerge. Orchestrated this trade to ensure Luka takes up the mantel and because they need a young superstar in a Lakers uniform to drive media interest in the league.

That or the new Dallas owners are just stupid,.

 

[PatCake]

SGA

 

[Wargames]

SGA

SGA wasn’t SGA when they sent him out. He had just started to really ball.

I would actually compare this to James Harden on the Thunder after they just had that Finals run….. but worst because at least the Thunder kept Durant and Westbrook.

 

[No Homo]

SGA wasn’t SGA when they sent him out. He had just started to really ball.

I would actually compare this to James Harden on the Thunder after they just had that Finals run….. but worst because at least the Thunder kept Durant and Westbrook.

Harden wasnt a star yet

 

[Bryan Danielson]

NBA was tired of waiting for a new face of the league to emerge. Orchestrated this trade to ensure Luka takes up the mantel and because they need a young superstar in a Lakers uniform to drive media interest in the league.

That or the new Dallas owners are just stupid,.

Na the NBA ain’t impatient

Luka ain’t finna be the face of the league even though he got the shade they like, he ain’t from say Indiana.

I mean that’s whats kinda holding Wemby back currently

The new young face of the league is currently playing for Duke right now but his role out gonna be second to none the moment he hits the draft stage

 

[Harry B]

NBA was tired of waiting for a new face of the league to emerge. Orchestrated this trade to ensure Luka takes up the mantel and because they need a young superstar in a Lakers uniform to drive media interest in the league.

That or the new Dallas owners are just stupid,.

I don't think that the NBA cares about an artificial face of the league. Listening to the Coli you'd think that this the top item on their agenda in every morning meeting.

They can't create a player that is better than everyone for many consecutive years.

 

[Ohene]

lol it literally just happened with Karl Anthony Towns

 

[Raquinotj]

I’m not sure it has happened in the NBA but it has happened in the MLB with Mookie Betts out of Boston.

Different circumstances Mookie and the Red Sox were having contract issues. Red Sox lowballed him by $100 million and he wasn’t going to sign so they traded him.

 

[Remote]

The Doncic trade thread has 3,000 comments in it in less than 2 days.

But the coli stays talking about the NBA is dying and what about the ratings? And threes are ruining everything and eurocacs ain't shyt!!

 

[Black Hans]

No team in recent memory in American sports has done what the Mavs have done with Doncic. Not that caliber of a player at that age. Teams knew that a team with a top 10 player in his mid-20s would look at you like if you even made an attempt to do so.

 

[JesusFOREVER]

Nope that’s why I made a thread about it, mavs new ownership and gm aren’t basketball guys they’re business and logistics guys all the way through they saw Luka as a product that wasn’t getting the results they wanted and shipped him out, no strong arming asking his destinations or nothing because they didn’t have any ties to him he was Cuban’s guy

They just showed 31 other teams in the league that you in fact CAN do this and fundamentally changed the game

 

[Braman]

NBA was tired of waiting for a new face of the league to emerge. Orchestrated this trade to ensure Luka takes up the mantel and because they need a young superstar in a Lakers uniform to drive media interest in the league.

That or the new Dallas owners are just stupid,.

To hide or prepare for the potential betting scandal

 

[FlimFlam]

lol it literally just happened with Karl Anthony Towns

that move collapsed the team and alienated their fan base

Hopefully they don't move lol