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

[Doctor Doom]

Their internal models had him as overrated? So the on court success was just an arbitrary occurrence in their opinion? lmao

And that bit about team construction is just rubbish because no matter who your superstar is you have to build the roster to fit their strengths and or deficiencies

The Mavs internal thinking on this trade is very shaky

CACalytics is a poison on basketball

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Nothing like revisiting this thread and still seeing @Gil Scott-Heroin calling another black man to lose his livelihood because he traded a white player

Meanwhile he was kissing Sean Mark’s ass and wanted the NBA to kick Kyrie out the league

 

[Illin Degenerate]

that take about luka's impact not matching his numbers really stemmed from his first 4 years because his on/off numbers werent all star caliber. but he played great in the playoffs showing his impact there and even though that 22-23 season was a huge disappointment his on/off numbers went up to the highest of his career at +4.9. then last year +9.4, and so far this year +11.0. so even if that was your position based on the start of his career, its outdated.

i feel its less about how good he's been but that they think he wouldnt have improved or even sustained his level of play due to their criticisms of his work ethic and so he wouldnt have been worth the next supermax he was going to get.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

CACalytics is a poison on basketball

I bet the analytics departments of every other team would've had a completely different assessment of Luka.

And I doubt that Nico's decision had much to do with analytics. Look at all the spin they're putting out there about his conditioning and weight.

It's more of a reflection of how many stupid ass people are within that organization. No different to a lot of cats on here whose eye tests have told them that Luka ain't shyt over the years. Look at all the posts in here trying to defend the Mavs' decision of him being expendable. You've even got folks saying the Lakers are taking a "big risk".

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

that take about luka's impact not matching his numbers really stemmed from his first 4 years because his on/off numbers werent all star caliber. but he played great in the playoffs showing his impact there and even though that 22-23 season was a huge disappointment his on/off numbers went up to the highest of his career at +4.9. then last year +9.4, and so far this year +11.0. so even if that was your position based on the start of his career, its outdated.

i feel its less about how good he's been but that they think he wouldnt have improved or even sustained his level of play due to their criticisms of his work ethic and so he wouldnt have been worth the next supermax he was going to get.

Still an incomprehensibly wild position for them to take.

What's the alternative?

AD will be on the books in 2026 and 2027 at $60m a season.

There's no logical reason why they'd be hesitant to pay a considerably younger and better player, but yet fine with paying AD that kind of money when he's in his mid-30s. Unless, of course, they only plan on keeping AD for 1-2 seasons and then trade him, which would be completely counterproductive to what their aiming to do, and then they could just as easily be stuck with him if he declines rapidly, or they have no choice but to trade him for expirings of players who won't lead them anywhere.

It essentially comes down to either paying Luka that kind of money, or AD, and they chose the latter.