Luka Doncic traded to Lakers for Anthony Davis (Shams) He might be hacked?? IDK* ITS REAL DAMMIT

[FAH1223]

 

[ECA]

He just got us Luka Don, he can get you Chet and some picks

Wishful thinking. Sam Presti not moving Chet who's still on a rookie deal for an expensive 35 year old. They're in the market for Cam Johnson which would only 2 first rounders and either Wiggins or Joe but they said nah we'll wait

 

[Regular_P]

I don't think anyone is arguing that Nico should've gotten on the phone and personally called every other GM/POBO in the league

But also you're doing your team a disservice at the same time by not weighing options. Lakers were basically bidding against themselves.

Even if AD was his guy all along, if other teams are applying pressure who knows maybe he could've gotten Knecht or Reaves instead of Christie, maybe the Lakers would've been willing to put more than one pick on the table to ward the other teams off. Maybe another team would've given him a godfather offer, I mean hell who thought the Knicks would give up 5 picks for Bridges or Wolves would trade 4 picks and half their rotation for Gobert?

We'll never know.

This was an ownership call. I don't know why this isn't getting pointed out by rational people. No GM is trading a player of Luka's caliber out of the blue on their own, especially not to just a single team.

They obviously didn't want wind of this leaking anywhere and for what it's worth, the Lakers have made big moves in the past without anything leaking. When they wanna keep things airtight, they do.

 

[ECA]

Even if AD was a better player than Luka, and he isn’t, you don’t do that because of age alone. There’s no justifying this, especially knowing other teams would’ve given you a huge haul.

Spurs have 9 tradable first round picks, the Thunder. Just an insanely short-sighted trade. They're really banking on the next two years

 

[jwinfield]

 

[Unbothered]

This man is just crazy and delusional as hell

 

[jay211]

Two injury prone number 2's on the wrong side of 30 not getting you a title in no 3-4 years

The brotha Nico doesn't realize, they gonna bury him this summer if the Mavs don't win the championship

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

You NBA fans continue to let Lakers fan set the narrative like they're trying to do in this thread.

You nikkas gotta stand up for the culture. Man the fukk up!

 

[good pups]

I don’t know Mavs fans that well but will they boo AD because he’s a part of the trade that shipped their generational talent?

And if so can AD play at a high level despite that being his home environment?

man...I don't know. booing seems pretty likely but they might also just be beaten down and apathetic. everyone in Dallas is in shock.

 

[Boonapalist]

MAMBA MENTALITY

We should’ve known what it is when he was able to push Magic out

 

[jwinfield]

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

It doesn’t get talked about that much because it ruins the perception that the trade was a completely one sided for the Lakers.

Don’t forget, also helped Grizz clear cap space where they could get TA and Z-Bo as well iirc

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

It’s insane

Talking career suicide missions

Mortgaging your bright future for a soon to be 32 year old star who hasn’t played the Batman role in half a decade

I don’t know Mavs fans that well but will they boo AD because he’s a part of the trade that shipped their generational talent?

And if so can AD play at a high level despite that being his home environment?

At least he gets his wish to play more at the 4

Their racism will have them hoping AD or Kyrie gets hurt. Toxic fan base

 

[Unbothered]

I don’t know Mavs fans that well but will they boo AD because he’s a part of the trade that shipped their generational talent?

And if so can AD play at a high level despite that being his home environment?

I'd say it depends on how AD performs out of the gate...

I said in this thread earlier that if he isn't balling and dominating, by that, I mean 30-40pt games with double-digit rebounds, slam dunks, and block shots into the crowd, games and performances that give hope then it might get ugly at the American Airlines Center, but not necessarily because they have ill will towards AD but moreso at management. The boos, distraught, and disgust would be a direct result of management disappointing the fans and tanking their future.

AD is going to have to win the Maverick fans over to lessen the pain of losing their franchise star in Luka. It won't make them forget, but he's gonna have to show and prove on the court as to why trading for him was a good decision.

 

[VegetasHairline]

It's really wild to see another organization be more inept than the Sacramento Kings!