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Re: Luka traded to the Lakers 

Post#1061 » by Mavrelous » Sat Apr 26, 2025 9:02 am

This is sad...
They have 5 rotation level players and half one in Gabe Vincent, and they can't afford to lose anyone, to boot, they are just overmatched physically and atheletically, it'll take a miracle to pull out of it.
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Post#1062 » by Archx » Sat Apr 26, 2025 11:16 am

Mavrelous wrote:This is sad...
They have 5 rotation level players and half one in Gabe Vincent, and they can't afford to lose anyone, to boot, they are just overmatched physically and atheletically, it'll take a miracle to pull out of it.


Yeah, it's even more sad when you think how long Mavs needed to build a team just to destroy it in a week. Lakers have nothing outside of old Lebron, sick Luka and AR. Bench is thinner than a hair. They also have no rim protection on top of it.
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Post#1063 » by arkuo » Sat Apr 26, 2025 4:22 pm

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Mavrelous wrote:This is sad...
They have 5 rotation level players and half one in Gabe Vincent, and they can't afford to lose anyone, to boot, they are just overmatched physically and atheletically, it'll take a miracle to pull out of it.


Yeah, it's even more sad when you think how long Mavs needed to build a team just to destroy it in a week. Lakers have nothing outside of old Lebron, sick Luka and AR. Bench is thinner than a hair. They also have no rim protection on top of it.



It will take a while before the Lakers are able to build a proper team around Luka. Mavs took 6 years. I'm not sure if it will take that long for LA given that they are a top free agent destination. But all that starts when Lebron retires.
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Post#1064 » by arkuo » Sat Apr 26, 2025 4:24 pm

I'm reading some Luka stans online are upset that Kyrie decided to attend a Clipper game first than attending a Laker game.
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Post#1065 » by 41Dirk41 » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:44 pm

arkuo wrote:I'm reading some Luka stans online are upset that Kyrie decided to attend a Clipper game first than attending a Laker game.


Luka has to suck up, Fakers are the worse team in the world. They are the crap of NBA.

Great Kyrie. Good choice.

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Post#1066 » by HMFFL » Sun Apr 27, 2025 2:16 am

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arkuo wrote:For the time being, Dallas will be a WNBA city with Paige Bueckers being drafted number 1 (pressumably by Dallas).
I am curious to see the support the Mavs have next season. Attendance numbers and such after being in the top 3 this season.

Paige Bueckers will become a legend in Dallas. Let's get it.

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Have you seen the ticket prices for the Dallas Wings this coming season? I’ll watch them on tv but I doubt I’ll be going to any games this season.

As for the Mavs fandom for next season, that’s all going to depend on what they do this off season. I fully expect Nico to still be in charge so they are going to take a major hit in attendance but if they can put a good team on the court the fans will show up.
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Post#1067 » by HMFFL » Sun Apr 27, 2025 8:50 pm

Tim Reynolds: The last five playoff triple-doubles: Cade Cunningham (today), Nikola Jokic (Thursday), Jokic (Monday), Luka Doncic (June 9), Doncic (May 28). All in losses. First time in NBA playoff history that five consecutive triple-doubles came in defeats.

 

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Post#1068 » by arkuo » Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:11 am

Lakers will have a an emotional back and fourth with trying to trade Austin Reeves. Zero defense played between him and Luka makes him the one expendable.

It will take a couple of seasons before the Lakers figure out a good lineup for Luka there. In those years Lebron retires as well and they have to find a 2nd star again to pair with Luka. You're looking at a potential 5 year rebuild.
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Post#1069 » by 41Dirk41 » Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:24 am

Lakers L... Great day.
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Post#1070 » by arkuo » Mon Apr 28, 2025 9:55 am

Lakers timeline is shot. The timeline is too far out. By the time they figure out the correct big man and SG to play with Luka, Lebron retires. Now you have to find a second star then. The second star has to fit what you're building which means playing off ball for 19 seconds of the shot clock and that would take a couple of offseasons to find. Nico F'd up 2 franchises in one move. Didn't even have to make the trade in the first place if the return package was subpar.
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Post#1071 » by arkuo » Mon Apr 28, 2025 10:02 am

Lakers need to use Mavs as a case study in trading for a bigman. Mavs went through Deandre Jordan who we thought was a really good lob target big. Then Nerlens Noel to cover for defense, Kristaps Porzingis to stretch the floor, then Javale Mcgee, then Willie Caulie Stein. All before lucking into drafting Dereck Lively and trading for Gaff near the deadline. It's not just "slap on a center" and it will all work out for Luka. That and figuring out what to do with Austin Reeves and Lebron nearing retirement. You're looking at a couple of seasons at least.
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Post#1072 » by Archx » Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:01 pm

arkuo wrote:Lakers will have a an emotional back and fourth with trying to trade Austin Reeves. Zero defense played between him and Luka makes him the one expendable.

It will take a couple of seasons before the Lakers figure out a good lineup for Luka there. In those years Lebron retires as well and they have to find a 2nd star again to pair with Luka. You're looking at a potential 5 year rebuild.


This was pretty much the same concern people had for Mavs with Kyrie. I mean Wolves took 25 shots in direct matchups vs Luka and 24 shots vs Reaves last game. They made only 10 FG's on each of them. That's 40% and 41% success rate.

Main problem for Lakers is the same **** as it was with Mavs, NO real CENTER and even weaker bench than those early Mavs teams. Reaves would need to score a lot more in order for Lakers to get anywhere, but he's not that guy in these playoffs. LBJ and Luka are literally solo trucking them.

You can't win like that in the modern NBA anymore. Look at Giannis, suppose to be best defensive big guy in the league, unstoppable force and will get easily eliminated by the Pacers. Lakers need a lot more depth and it sucks for Mavs because they had that with Grimes and a healthy Kyrie. That Mavs team would roll past Wolves quite easily. It's absurd how well would Mavs match against them... it's literally pissing me off how f*cking braindead Nico is.
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Post#1073 » by 41Dirk41 » Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:01 pm

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arkuo wrote:Lakers will have a an emotional back and fourth with trying to trade Austin Reeves. Zero defense played between him and Luka makes him the one expendable.

It will take a couple of seasons before the Lakers figure out a good lineup for Luka there. In those years Lebron retires as well and they have to find a 2nd star again to pair with Luka. You're looking at a potential 5 year rebuild.


This was pretty much the same concern people had for Mavs with Kyrie. I mean Wolves took 25 shots in direct matchups vs Luka and 24 shots vs Reaves last game. They made only 10 FG's on each of them. That's 40% and 41% success rate.

Main problem for Lakers is the same **** as it was with Mavs, NO real CENTER and even weaker bench than those early Mavs teams. Reaves would need to score a lot more in order for Lakers to get anywhere, but he's not that guy in these playoffs. LBJ and Luka are literally solo trucking them.

You can't win like that in the modern NBA anymore. Look at Giannis, suppose to be best defensive big guy in the league, unstoppable force and will get easily eliminated by the Pacers. Lakers need a lot more depth and it sucks for Mavs because they had that with Grimes and a healthy Kyrie. That Mavs team would roll past Wolves quite easily. It's absurd how well would Mavs match against them... it's literally pissing me off how f*cking braindead Nico is.


Mavs were a legit contender before the trade... Lakers are just a mediocre team with Luka Doncic and a 40yo LeBron.

And i'm happy to see Lakers lose games. Thanks God.
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Post#1074 » by Archx » Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:36 pm

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arkuo wrote:Lakers will have a an emotional back and fourth with trying to trade Austin Reeves. Zero defense played between him and Luka makes him the one expendable.

It will take a couple of seasons before the Lakers figure out a good lineup for Luka there. In those years Lebron retires as well and they have to find a 2nd star again to pair with Luka. You're looking at a potential 5 year rebuild.


This was pretty much the same concern people had for Mavs with Kyrie. I mean Wolves took 25 shots in direct matchups vs Luka and 24 shots vs Reaves last game. They made only 10 FG's on each of them. That's 40% and 41% success rate.

Main problem for Lakers is the same **** as it was with Mavs, NO real CENTER and even weaker bench than those early Mavs teams. Reaves would need to score a lot more in order for Lakers to get anywhere, but he's not that guy in these playoffs. LBJ and Luka are literally solo trucking them.

You can't win like that in the modern NBA anymore. Look at Giannis, suppose to be best defensive big guy in the league, unstoppable force and will get easily eliminated by the Pacers. Lakers need a lot more depth and it sucks for Mavs because they had that with Grimes and a healthy Kyrie. That Mavs team would roll past Wolves quite easily. It's absurd how well would Mavs match against them... it's literally pissing me off how f*cking braindead Nico is.


Mavs were a legit contender before the trade... Lakers are just a mediocre team with Luka Doncic and a 40yo LeBron.

And i'm happy to see Lakers lose games. Thanks God.


I'm not happy that Lakers lose because Luka is getting **** on even by the Lakers fans right now. Even in that flu game he took most of the heat. Lakers fans are even more ungrateful than Mavs fans were earlier in the season when he was still dealing with leg injury. If you read their reddit some want AD back :lol: ... Same guy who couldn't even get past play ins. And at the end of the day did nothing for Mavs defense.

But like i said, the biggest thing that makes me mad is the fact that Mavs would already be in the 2nd round right now with 48 mins of proper center rotation.
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Post#1075 » by arkuo » Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:52 pm

Archx wrote:
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Archx wrote:
This was pretty much the same concern people had for Mavs with Kyrie. I mean Wolves took 25 shots in direct matchups vs Luka and 24 shots vs Reaves last game. They made only 10 FG's on each of them. That's 40% and 41% success rate.

Main problem for Lakers is the same **** as it was with Mavs, NO real CENTER and even weaker bench than those early Mavs teams. Reaves would need to score a lot more in order for Lakers to get anywhere, but he's not that guy in these playoffs. LBJ and Luka are literally solo trucking them.

You can't win like that in the modern NBA anymore. Look at Giannis, suppose to be best defensive big guy in the league, unstoppable force and will get easily eliminated by the Pacers. Lakers need a lot more depth and it sucks for Mavs because they had that with Grimes and a healthy Kyrie. That Mavs team would roll past Wolves quite easily. It's absurd how well would Mavs match against them... it's literally pissing me off how f*cking braindead Nico is.


Mavs were a legit contender before the trade... Lakers are just a mediocre team with Luka Doncic and a 40yo LeBron.

And i'm happy to see Lakers lose games. Thanks God.


I'm not happy that Lakers lose because Luka is getting **** on even by the Lakers fans right now. Even in that flu game he took most of the heat. Lakers fans are even more ungrateful than Mavs fans were earlier in the season when he was still dealing with leg injury. If you read their reddit some want AD back :lol: ... Same guy who couldn't even get past play ins. And at the end of the day did nothing for Mavs defense.

But like i said, the biggest thing that makes me mad is the fact that Mavs would already be in the 2nd round right now with 48 mins of proper center rotation.



Word of caution. Some of those commenting are kids in real life. Don't take everything they say seriously. Lakers have 3 or 4 times the fanbase that Dallas has. You're bound to encounter kids scattered behind the keyboards.
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Post#1076 » by 41Dirk41 » Mon Apr 28, 2025 10:16 pm

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This was pretty much the same concern people had for Mavs with Kyrie. I mean Wolves took 25 shots in direct matchups vs Luka and 24 shots vs Reaves last game. They made only 10 FG's on each of them. That's 40% and 41% success rate.

Main problem for Lakers is the same **** as it was with Mavs, NO real CENTER and even weaker bench than those early Mavs teams. Reaves would need to score a lot more in order for Lakers to get anywhere, but he's not that guy in these playoffs. LBJ and Luka are literally solo trucking them.

You can't win like that in the modern NBA anymore. Look at Giannis, suppose to be best defensive big guy in the league, unstoppable force and will get easily eliminated by the Pacers. Lakers need a lot more depth and it sucks for Mavs because they had that with Grimes and a healthy Kyrie. That Mavs team would roll past Wolves quite easily. It's absurd how well would Mavs match against them... it's literally pissing me off how f*cking braindead Nico is.


Mavs were a legit contender before the trade... Lakers are just a mediocre team with Luka Doncic and a 40yo LeBron.

And i'm happy to see Lakers lose games. Thanks God.


I'm not happy that Lakers lose because Luka is getting **** on even by the Lakers fans right now. Even in that flu game he took most of the heat. Lakers fans are even more ungrateful than Mavs fans were earlier in the season when he was still dealing with leg injury. If you read their reddit some want AD back :lol: ... Same guy who couldn't even get past play ins. And at the end of the day did nothing for Mavs defense.

But like i said, the biggest thing that makes me mad is the fact that Mavs would already be in the 2nd round right now with 48 mins of proper center rotation.


No man, that's perfect... I hope Lakers will exit early in PO next year too so the Lakers fanbase can riot against him.

I want Luka everywhere but Lakers. Even Spurs. I don't care. But no **** Lakers.
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Post#1077 » by HMFFL » Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:19 am

arkuo wrote:Lakers will have a an emotional back and fourth with trying to trade Austin Reeves. Zero defense played between him and Luka makes him the one expendable.

It will take a couple of seasons before the Lakers figure out a good lineup for Luka there. In those years Lebron retires as well and they have to find a 2nd star again to pair with Luka. You're looking at a potential 5 year rebuild.
Will it take a couple of seasons for them to figure it out? I expect them to become very good this offseason.

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Post#1078 » by arkuo » Tue Apr 29, 2025 6:44 am

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arkuo wrote:Lakers will have a an emotional back and fourth with trying to trade Austin Reeves. Zero defense played between him and Luka makes him the one expendable.

It will take a couple of seasons before the Lakers figure out a good lineup for Luka there. In those years Lebron retires as well and they have to find a 2nd star again to pair with Luka. You're looking at a potential 5 year rebuild.
Will it take a couple of seasons for them to figure it out? I expect them to become very good this offseason.

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They need the perfect center and an Austin Reeves replacement. If Pelinka manages to find both in one summer then that's great.

The "perfect" center doesn't just grow on trees. Then you have a ticking bomb with Lebron nearing retirement. Common knowledge to say that Luka needs a 2nd and maybe 3rd star. You will eventually need another star when Lebron retires. Unless that's handed to Pelinka on a silver platter like Nico did, I don't see that happening all in one summer. For me, best case for Luka is to leave LA for a team that's already pre-built with him coming in at the right time. You waste a few years with Pelinka dabbing around looking for the right pieces, before you know it, 26 year old Luka is now a 30 year old Luka and that's all she wrote.
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Post#1079 » by 41Dirk41 » Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:49 pm

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arkuo wrote:Lakers will have a an emotional back and fourth with trying to trade Austin Reeves. Zero defense played between him and Luka makes him the one expendable.

It will take a couple of seasons before the Lakers figure out a good lineup for Luka there. In those years Lebron retires as well and they have to find a 2nd star again to pair with Luka. You're looking at a potential 5 year rebuild.
Will it take a couple of seasons for them to figure it out? I expect them to become very good this offseason.

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They need the perfect center and an Austin Reeves replacement. If Pelinka manages to find both in one summer then that's great.

The "perfect" center doesn't just grow on trees. Then you have a ticking bomb with Lebron nearing retirement. Common knowledge to say that Luka needs a 2nd and maybe 3rd star. You will eventually need another star when Lebron retires. Unless that's handed to Pelinka on a silver platter like Nico did, I don't see that happening all in one summer. For me, best case for Luka is to leave LA for a team that's already pre-built with him coming in at the right time. You waste a few years with Pelinka dabbing around looking for the right pieces, before you know it, 26 year old Luka is now a 30 year old Luka and that's all she wrote.


Despite all the narratives Pelinka is bad GM and a clown, without "The Collusion" his time at the Lakers would be ended this summer.

I trust in Pelinka, he can't build a contender. He is trash.
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Post#1080 » by arkuo » Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:58 pm

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HMFFL wrote:Will it take a couple of seasons for them to figure it out? I expect them to become very good this offseason.

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They need the perfect center and an Austin Reeves replacement. If Pelinka manages to find both in one summer then that's great.

The "perfect" center doesn't just grow on trees. Then you have a ticking bomb with Lebron nearing retirement. Common knowledge to say that Luka needs a 2nd and maybe 3rd star. You will eventually need another star when Lebron retires. Unless that's handed to Pelinka on a silver platter like Nico did, I don't see that happening all in one summer. For me, best case for Luka is to leave LA for a team that's already pre-built with him coming in at the right time. You waste a few years with Pelinka dabbing around looking for the right pieces, before you know it, 26 year old Luka is now a 30 year old Luka and that's all she wrote.


Despite all the narratives Pelinka is bad GM and a clown, without "The Collusion" his time at the Lakers would be ended this summer.

I trust in Pelinka, he can't build a contender. He is trash.


Agreed. Pelinka's track record as GM is not so good (outside of Nico's help). Being the only team called for the Luka trade doesn't make it spectacular for him. Teams arent exactly lining up to send talent to the Lakers. I remember Brooklyn sending Kyrie to Dallas because they didnt want to help the Lakers. Only Nico likes to help the Lakers.

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