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

[JordanWearinThe45]

Somebody make the thread, title better be fire

 

[Killer Instinct]

It's your team now

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The Luka Dončić Trade — My Perspective as an Ex-Mavericks Analytics Staffer Who Spent Two Years Pushing to Trade Him

Eight insights into the Luka-to-Lakers deal, plus a theory about what went wrong and a look into the future

www.roycewebb.com

• Luka plays a brand of basketball that generates raw numbers that overstate his impact. This has gotten better over the last few years but the Mavericks’ own internal models showed him as significantly overrated
• There are questions about Luka’s commitment to doing the things that lead to winning like getting back in transition, rotating on defense, boxing out, being conditioned etc. It appears these questions are much more serious than this sub thinks
• Luka requires very specific team construction to get the best out of him
• This trade would have never happened with Mark Cuban at the helm and Nico Harrison surrounded himself with “yes-men”

In summary the author agreed with the decision to trade him but thought they could’ve gotten more. While the author was with the Mavs he had proposed a Luka for Tatum + picks trade for example.

The most interesting part of the article imo is that the Mavs’ own internal models showed that Luka is overrated, this is especially notable since they have by far the most data on him.

This is truly insane. Like I can't even fathom how so many folks were ultimately behind the decision that led to Luka getting traded. The planting of those seeds began long ago, and even a WCF run in 2022 and then a Finals run last season couldn't even stop the growth of that disease.

Lord have mercy.

You could get a handful of Coli Brehs and they would've had this franchise in a better state than it's now in (except for @staticshock because he would've traded Luka for Trae from the jump and they'd perpetually be a lottery team).

 

[staticshock]

The Luka Dončić Trade — My Perspective as an Ex-Mavericks Analytics Staffer Who Spent Two Years Pushing to Trade Him

Eight insights into the Luka-to-Lakers deal, plus a theory about what went wrong and a look into the future

www.roycewebb.com

This is truly insane. Like I can't even fathom how so many folks were ultimately behind the decision that led to Luka getting traded. The planting of those seeds began long ago, and even a WCF run in 2022 and then a Finals run last season couldn't even stop the growth of that disease.

Lord have mercy.

You could get a handful of Coli Brehs and they would've had this franchise in a better state than it's now in (except for @staticshock because he would've traded Luka for Trae from the jump and they'd perpetually be a lottery team).

Hawks been a lottery team cause of injuries, & cam reddish & Dre Hunter being mid. Trae coulda took Dallas to the finals last season

 

[JordanWearinThe45]