Luka Doncic traded to Lakers for Anthony Davis (Shams) He might be hacked?? IDK* ITS REAL DAMMIT
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Illuminatos
#OVOXO
Ok so why did you trade him for pennies on the dollar?
You should have stripped LA clean of whatever assets they had.
You should have stripped LA clean of whatever assets they had.
T-K-G
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Breh you're drinkin the Kool aidClearly what they’ve been seeing behind the scenes gave them zero confidence he’ll make it a priority to be available. Be mad at Luka
We saw them let Brunson go cuz they didn't wanna pay
Now they letting Luka go right before he could get paid
dude is homies with Pelinka and got finessed, of course they gonna say whatever they can to make you believe it was a good choice. He could've gotten WAY more for the kid
You only got 2 MAYBE 3 years to make it work with AD, and half of those guys could walk before it's over (And you won't attract any good free agents after they saw this move)
Vs.
8-10 years to get Luka to buy in to better health
One of these things gives you a longer window than the other, it's really that simple from a business AND basketball perspective
This is a Boston-caliber smear campaign, @BucciMane @Copy Ninja 
This is pure propaganda that anybody capable of abstract thought (so not @smitty22 ) should be able to see through. It is utter nonsense.
This is pure propaganda that anybody capable of abstract thought (so not @smitty22 ) should be able to see through. It is utter nonsense.
ALonelyDad
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Luka has played above 60 games most of his career and doesn't get bubble guts during playoffs
Doesn't matter how apprehensive they were about his next contract, nothing would've altered his value around the league between now and when he signed it.
Taking this shotgun approach and trading him for a 32yo big man who can't stay healthy instead of properly vetting his market in the offseason is a franchise altering blunder. They've backed themselves into a corner where they HAVE to win a title in the next year or two to even have somewhat of a justification, and that means asking AD & Kyrie to carry burdens neither could manage when they were younger and in their physical peak.
Taking this shotgun approach and trading him for a 32yo big man who can't stay healthy instead of properly vetting his market in the offseason is a franchise altering blunder. They've backed themselves into a corner where they HAVE to win a title in the next year or two to even have somewhat of a justification, and that means asking AD & Kyrie to carry burdens neither could manage when they were younger and in their physical peak.
You open up the bidding and then Luka and his agent start making demands about where they want to go and where he will and wont sign. I get it now.
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
Boston would have done a much better smear campaign against Luka. The type of shyt to make you go 
Dallas are fukking amateurs...
Dallas are fukking amateurs...
ALonelyDad
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It's just a dumb campaign against Luka that can be refuted right away. He plays and he is elite. Should have just said he was in the parlors with Justin Tucker
Embiid status.
Contrary to what you think you're doing, you're guilty of just that.
You know this is bullshyt, so why even post it?
He's averaged near 70-games a season since he was drafted, he's played in 50 out of possible 53 playoff games; he's taken them to the WCF (eventually losing to the 2022 champions) and then the Finals two years later, all the while making the All-NBA 1st team for five consecutive years. He was disciplined enough, healthy enough and serious enough to acheive all that, yet you wanna believe in this propoganda that not only is that not worthy for a franchise to keep, but to get rid of for a lesser player who is considerably older, when they could've easily waited until the offseason to address this, where they would've undoubtedly got a better package than they did if they still decided to cut ties with him.
It's hilarious that you're trying to justify how this decision was made.
As it's been reiterated all throughout this thread, referencing Embiid and especially Zion is patently ridiculous. He has acheived far greater success in the playoffs and has generated the franchise infinitely more revenue than either of those players.
20 years from now, the Mavs might still not have had a player even remotely on his level.
You're not mad at the Lakers for trading away a #2 option who's on the wrong side of 30 for a generational #1 option in his mid-20s?
Oh that happened to me. That shyt hurts for a while.
You didnt say the same level. You said a defensive scoring big. A DPOY that averages just under 2 points under Davis right nowAD and JJJ are not on the same level . Going only by what the Dallas was looking for in a trade the only big that made more sense than AD was Embid but his knee situation is fukked so
