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

[KnickstapeCity]

Cypher ain’t complete

 

[Trojan 24]

A lot of white dudes on The Lakers now.

More coming too

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

They’re not equal but that doesn’t mean it’s a lopsided trade. Both teams gained and lost without a clear winner.

Luka incredible offensively but has weight issues and lack of commitment on the defensive end.

AD incredible defensively and still gives you 25/30 points, has injury issues and is getting older.

The role players on the Mavs might be better than the Lakers as far as fit and the Lakers gave up arguably their most consistent one, only 21.

Lakers have Knecht and Reaves so I wanna see how it plays it out but honestly…the trade still doesn’t make sense.

In the last three seasons:

- Luka took the Mavs to the WCF in 2022 (losing to the eventual champions Warriors, where he was arguably the best player in the series)
- Luka took the Mavs to the Finals in 2024 (where he was definitively the best player on offense in the series).

I don't understand why y'all keep putting all this emphasis on his weight issues and lack of commitment on defense. It's completely irrelevant in this context because he's a top-3 player and has proven himself to be the #1 option on a contending team. He brought that franchise back from irrelevancy, both on the court and their monetary value as an NBA aegis.

Even if the perceived issues you had of him didn't exist, nothing would've changed over the last three years, so what possible logical reason could there be to trade him?

There isn't one.

The best that AD could do leading a team was get them out of the 1st round, one time. He couldn't even get the Pels on the map, in any sense of the word.

Beyond how lopsided this trade is in a vacuum, when Kyrie and AD both end up inevitably declining and the Mavs need to retool, what star is going to willingly want to go to Dallas after how they disposed of Luka like they did? This is going to deter free agents and any players who're they're wanting to draft in the future as long as the Adelsons own the Mavs.

 

[10bandz]

Actually it's from the Lakers side too now that I think about it. Max shoulda been the last guy you gave up if you getting Luka. Luka is redundant to some degree with both Austin and Knect. Max is the perfect backcourt mate for Luka for the next decade.

if thats who the Mavs wanted, we gave them that. And Luka is not redundant to Austin and Knect bro, they're just all cacs.

 

[calh45]

Blaming a cheap owner decision on other players is hilarious. The new TV deal nets each team $215 million per year. The NBA salary cap for next season is $154 million.

The owner was cheap and wants a free ride on the investment. Don't blame anyone except the new owners. Cuban would've never allowed it to happen

 

[10bandz]

A lot of white dudes on The Lakers now.

The Cac Angeles Lakers its a new era let's get it

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Death, taxes, and @Gil Scott-Heroin defending a white player and hating on a black player

Let’s not forget he wanted Kyrie Irving out of the league

Now @Gil Scott-Heroin is about to become the first Celtics/Lakers/Nuggets/Draymond Green/Steve Kerr fan in history

 

[Estarossa]

You do realize the Mavs traded for ADNP? What were you trying to accomplish with this topic?

 

[Apollo Creed]

A year after he dropped 73 while still being fat



A pissed off Luka in shape with gas lighting him can end up breaking Kobe's record


This villain arc is about to be fukking disgusting might not start until next year officially tho

I legit may fly to LA for this game

 

[FreshAIG]

 

[surv2syn]

All he has to do is maintain close to peak weight, and ball every night then boom Dallas would've blew the bag on him.

Let's be real with ourselves. He gave them every reason not to wanna pay him maximum digits.

Then to make matters worse Emblid, PG, K. Leonard and Beal were prolly giving the Mavs front offices nightmares of what giving him the max could be become.

This is an excellent point. It had to cross their minds.

 

[SchoolboyC]

From the Mav's or rather the non-Lakers perspective. AD is being disrespected and Max is being slept on.

It's just the context of who he was traded for. Everybody knows AD is great and a future HOFer. But put it like this - If 24 hours ago, it was announced the Lakers are moving AD would you have thought they could get Luka back? And if 24 hours ago, it was announced the Mavs were looking to move Luka, would you have thought AD, Max Christie and a 2029 1st was the best offer they could get? If the answer is no to both then you could paint the picture for why the reaction is like this.

 

[jwinfield]

Traded for a guy 7 years older nicknamed Street Clothes

 

[kevin arnold]

Lol

 

[VegetasHairline]

OP didn't really think this one through.