Luka traded to the Lakers

[robbie84]

My point was simply to say both trades were/are devastating to an entire state of fans of those franchises.

KG was the face of MN basketball. He played another 9 seasons after leaving. The year he was traded he won DPoY, finished third in mvp voting & won a chip for a much hated rival. Like Luka, he was a one of a kind talent and the face of pro basketball of an entire state. Minnesota had nothing prior to KG.* Post KG, the Wolves franchise fell into complete disarray. They fell to the very bottom in the standings, suffered colossal mismanagement and replaced the Clippers as the biggest loser/joke in the NBA. Most Minnesotan’s either completely gave up on the NBA or started following whatever team LeBron was on.

If Luka proves the GM wrong, stays healthy, plays great 9-10 more years and wins a chip in L.A., that will only add to the sting.
If Dallas turns back into into the pre-Cuban disaster franchise again, that will also only add to the sting. A trade like this can have a negative impact that will last generations.

(*Pls don’t get me started on how the NBA has wiped away the Mikan/Mpls Lakers legacy in the city/state.)

There's a huge difference in trading away a 25 year old superstar star and a 32 year old superstar. KG was like AD in this scenario. He played 9 seasons but after 2010 he was a shell of himself from the injury.
Jefferson was young, up and coming and there were multiple picks involved. Al Jefferson was an All NBA player and averaged 22 points 11 rebounds for Minny. He wasn't a scrub and he was young.
The value that minny for for KG wasn't fantastic but KG was not 26 yeas old he was 32 years old. Huge difference in franchise timelines.

Don’t be a dick man. My post was for ONE purpose - to sympathizing w Mavs fans.

The Luka trade is a massive pile of horse manure. The KG trade was also a massive pile of horse manure. The fact one pile of horse manure may be larger than the other doesn’t mean ****.

You can sympathize all you want, but you're trying to compare losing a 25 year old superstar to a 32 year old superstar. There is no comparison. Trading KG at 25 years old would be a similar comparison. I'm not sure how you can compare the two scenarios. And again, Al Jefferson became an All NBA player. At least Minny fans got 'hope' in the KG trade for a rebuild.

The Luka trade is arguably the WORST trade in NBA history.

[GopherIt!]

There's a huge difference in trading away a 25 year old superstar star and a 32 year old superstar. KG was like AD in this scenario. He played 9 seasons but after 2010 he was a shell of himself from the injury.
Jefferson was young, up and coming and there were multiple picks involved. Al Jefferson was an All NBA player and averaged 22 points 11 rebounds for Minny. He wasn't a scrub and he was young.
The value that minny for for KG wasn't fantastic but KG was not 26 yeas old he was 32 years old. Huge difference in franchise timelines.

Don’t be a dick man. My post was for ONE purpose - to sympathizing w Mavs fans.

The Luka trade is a massive pile of horse manure. The KG trade was also a massive pile of horse manure. The fact one pile of horse manure may be larger than the other doesn’t mean ****.

You can sympathize all you want, but you're trying to compare losing a 25 year old superstar to a 32 year old superstar. There is no comparison. Trading KG at 25 years old would be a similar comparison. I'm not sure how you can compare the two scenarios. And again, Al Jefferson became an All NBA player. At least Minny fans got 'hope' in the KG trade for a rebuild.

The Luka trade is arguably the WORST trade in NBA history.

offer mavs condolences and leave. But nope u had come in and exhibit the worst type of behavior on the forum.

[User9992]

[Dirk2Doncic]

I just want to say thank you for all the kind words from fans of other teams. I appreciate it

[oligo]

MFFL = Money First, Fans Last

A place where loyality faded away.
Love77

[41Dirk41]

But 1 good thing made by Harrison is move the criticisms from Jason Kidd... Nobody cares about that horrible coach right now. Great move.

[Dirk2Doncic]

This is live outside the AAC...

It's not live any more and it's only showing a little of the early part of the protest so I'm deleting the link

[41Dirk41]

This is live outside the AAC...

Watch on YouTube

[PDXKnight]

There's a huge difference in trading away a 25 year old superstar star and a 32 year old superstar. KG was like AD in this scenario. He played 9 seasons but after 2010 he was a shell of himself from the injury.
Jefferson was young, up and coming and there were multiple picks involved. Al Jefferson was an All NBA player and averaged 22 points 11 rebounds for Minny. He wasn't a scrub and he was young.
The value that minny for for KG wasn't fantastic but KG was not 26 yeas old he was 32 years old. Huge difference in franchise timelines.

Don’t be a dick man. My post was for ONE purpose - to sympathizing w Mavs fans.

The Luka trade is a massive pile of horse manure. The KG trade was also a massive pile of horse manure. The fact one pile of horse manure may be larger than the other doesn’t mean ****.

You can sympathize all you want, but you're trying to compare losing a 25 year old superstar to a 32 year old superstar. There is no comparison. Trading KG at 25 years old would be a similar comparison. I'm not sure how you can compare the two scenarios. And again, Al Jefferson became an All NBA player. At least Minny fans got 'hope' in the KG trade for a rebuild.

The Luka trade is arguably the WORST trade in NBA history.

Yeah it's pretty bad. I think theres been worse ie the clips giving up shai along with a boatload of picks for George or just all the teams in general giving up all stars before they panned out. But to knowlingly give up a 26 year old top 5 star for a 32 year old injury prone star and a pick and then proceed to justify it to fans is just number factor 6. And to hear the Lakers took a pick out along with maybe their best prospect in kneckt just makes this worse. That was just awful gm'ing

[robbie84]

Don’t be a dick man. My post was for ONE purpose - to sympathizing w Mavs fans.

The Luka trade is a massive pile of horse manure. The KG trade was also a massive pile of horse manure. The fact one pile of horse manure may be larger than the other doesn’t mean ****.

You can sympathize all you want, but you're trying to compare losing a 25 year old superstar to a 32 year old superstar. There is no comparison. Trading KG at 25 years old would be a similar comparison. I'm not sure how you can compare the two scenarios. And again, Al Jefferson became an All NBA player. At least Minny fans got 'hope' in the KG trade for a rebuild.

The Luka trade is arguably the WORST trade in NBA history.

offer mavs condolences and leave. But nope u had come in and exhibit the worst type of behavior on the forum.

You're the one who tried to put trading away a 32 year old superstar in the same category as trading away a 25 year old superstar.
Don't gaslight anyone here with your garbage. The KG leaving T Wolves was sad, but he was going elsewhere- at the time it was looking like the Lakers. It ended up being the C's. The Wolves also got a YOUNG replacement who was no where near KG's level, but he had promise and actually became an All NBA player.

This idiot has traded away a 25 year old guy who is ALREADY a superstar, who is only going to get better, who took their team to the finals on one leg, for a great player, but a great player who is already on the decline at 32 years old.

It is the worst player for player swap in the HISTORY of the NBA. Don't try and use it as an opportunity to throw your anti Celtics emotions into the same basket because they are on different planets lol. Buzz off now.

[bledredwine]

I still can’t believe this happened. I’m so pissed.

[Teffer10]

I still can’t believe this happened. I’m so pissed.

It is beyond pathetic that we have only a few picks over the next 5 years after losing Luka and Brunson.

If it wasn't so depressing it would be laughable at those who try to spin this thing into something positive.

My teeth will never be unclenched from this nightmare of a situation that Nico has created for us.
He does not have any idea what he is doing and should be fired immediately before he causes any further damage.

[bledredwine]

By the way, you guys might find this video interesting. The guy makes a point that ratings/viewership is down because there's no team to hate. Maybe that was part of the incentive behind this trade (To make another Heatles type of scenario).

Watch on YouTube

[41Dirk41]

Read on Twitter

What??? Shaq???

Not even MJ really... He used to smoke and gambling...

Dumont is just another ego rich **** man.

[GopherIt!]

You can sympathize all you want, but you're trying to compare losing a 25 year old superstar to a 32 year old superstar. There is no comparison. Trading KG at 25 years old would be a similar comparison. I'm not sure how you can compare the two scenarios. And again, Al Jefferson became an All NBA player. At least Minny fans got 'hope' in the KG trade for a rebuild.

The Luka trade is arguably the WORST trade in NBA history.

offer mavs condolences and leave. But nope u had come in and exhibit the worst type of behavior on the forum.

You're the one who tried to put trading away a 32 year old superstar in the same category as trading away a 25 year old superstar.
Don't gaslight anyone here with your garbage. The KG leaving T Wolves was sad, but he was going elsewhere- at the time it was looking like the Lakers. It ended up being the C's. The Wolves also got a YOUNG replacement who was no where near KG's level, but he had promise and actually became an All NBA player.

This idiot has traded away a 25 year old guy who is ALREADY a superstar, who is only going to get better, who took their team to the finals on one leg, for a great player, but a great player who is already on the decline at 32 years old.

It is the worst player for player swap in the HISTORY of the NBA. Don't try and use it as an opportunity to throw your anti Celtics emotions into the same basket because they are on different planets lol. Buzz off now.

I did not come here to debate the differences. This is the Dallas mavericks forum. I have less than zero interest in talking about the KG trade w a celdics fan, EVER.

[AJace]

Nico may just have gifted the Lakers 5 championships at the very least. And he should also get a ring for every single one of them. Heck, there should be a Nico Harrison statue in front of Staples Center 20 years from now.

[Jax_23]

Not a Mavs fan but boycott the fn team if you want to make any noise. Warriors fans had to deal with this same sh** with Chris Cohan. This owner and FO clearly do not care about Mavs fans. These patterns of mind-numbing head-scratching moves will just continue. Absolutely incompetent and corrupt (i.e. he does not care about team at all and has ulterior motives) owner you have there. It's plain to see when you look at the ACTIONS and BEHAVIOR of this owner. Trading Luka is an unthinkable move. Which is why everyone thought Shams got hacked. There is NO justification for this trade (obviously).

Great, so what are you gonna DO ABOUT IT? Many Warrior fans don't remember, but the die-hard Dub fans got Cohan to sell the team by making as much noise as possible, offline and online. Don't let up, even if it takes years. Get this bum out of here. Eventually he'll be so sick of the baggage of owning the team and its negative effects to his personal life that he will cave to the boycott.

"But he'll move the team to Vegas!"

Do you really think Vegas is going to want this bum after the onslaught of backlash he receives? They'll be a laughing stock after he's done with the team. The sooner he sells, the better for the future of Dallas Mavs. Fans will not forgive this jackazz and I don't blame them.

As you already know, Winning starts at the top. Look at the difference between Chris Cohan to Joe Lacob. 15+ years of absolute incompetence / laughingstock / dynsfuncional af franchise vs 4 rings in a short period of time, a franchise that is well respected vs a laughing stock. All because of ownership.
GL!

[Archx]

A nice tribute from Mavs social manager Becca on instagram. But she has gone private and some said video has been taken down.

But people still managed to copy it. Mavs organization is trying really hard to cover any tracks about Doncic.

https://files.catbox.moe/lzlg7o.mp4

[Mavrelous]

It's totally bizarre what's going om, they are totally memory holing him, everything seems to be moved by pure hate and petty, shoking since Luka didn't expect, I don't think he sensed this much hate.
I love the players and will root for them but coches FO and owners are dead to me...

[daoneandonly]

It's totally bizarre what's going om, they are totally memory holing him, everything seems to be moved by pure hate and petty, shoking since Luka didn't expect, I don't think he sensed this much hate.
I love the players and will root for them but coches FO and owners are dead to me...

Something had to have happened? It's like WWE Removing any relationship with Chris Benoit. But that guy was a degenerate murderer. What the heck did Luka do? Sleep with Patrick's gf/wife?