ATL - Nico gets the boot

[Perishable517]

You are insinuating that Luka was trying to force a trade. By all accounts, he wanted to stay in Dallas.

Absolutely, because he refused to get in shape, conditioned, and drop the 35 pounds he had gained despite his team asking him to. All of that is substantial, is it not? And in just five months after the trade all of that was resolved by this off-season. It sounds a lot like James Harden.

He had literally just taken them to the Finals and didn't want to be traded.

Kidd?

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[Perishable517]

On a related note, I had the FDSN Live show on this morning in the background and it has DeMarcus Cousins, Chandler Parsons, and Lou Williams. They seem have solid chemistry for a random basketball show.

I was wondering who was the blonde sitting next to them. It's **** Michelle Beadle. How much work has she had done on that face of hers? Goodness gracious.

Good to know, thanks. with baseball over I don't really have something to toss in the background during the day since espn is complete trash and only talks about football. And NBA TV doesn't have good stuff in the day anymore like they used to, usually replay of some game or d league. I don't get why NBA tv doesn't straight copy what MLB Network does during the season which is by far the best sports network as of now. Wouldn't have thought to try that channel. Will try to remember to check that tomorrow.

Yea that Dallas trade will go down as one of the worst trades ever. I think I commented on here a few months back on how I did not get the Mavs positive hype leading up to the season, think I saw someone had them on some kind of top 5 teams list. No Kyrie, and when back he's fresh of acl. AD is always hurt, the rookie is a rookie, Klay is washed, have to play in the West. Mavs were a hard under for me.

Also, lol at trying to blame it on Luka when he just took the to the finals the year before. Work with the guy to improve, don't trade him. And then to use that excuse only to trade him for a 8 years older out of shape injury prone guy kind of puts the argument to rest. Pure stupidity if there was no corruption around it

For me, much worse than KAJ to LA, Dirk.

Yah, top 5 worse in league history.

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[Perishable517]

I wonder if we’ll ever get the true story about what happened with the Luka trade.

Even your average 12 year old 2K player would’ve known it was a braindead thing to do. That Nico somehow convinced Dumont it was the right thing to do is his greatest achievement.

It would be turned over by the commish in fantasy.

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[humanrefutation]

It's hilarious how predictable this was. When the trade was first announced, I thought that there must be something behind the scenes. And no, not the "Luka is fat and smokes hookah" stuff, but more like Luka has a drug/alcohol problem that's on the precipice of catastrophe or Luka has some legal trouble or something major enough that it would explain why the Mavs were desperate to wash themselves of a major risk.

As soon as the dust settled and we got the Mavs spin out there, it was very obvious where this was headed.

Luka was going to get in shape and go on an epic revenge tour.
AD was going to be perpetually hurt and wasn't going to fit into a team built around Luka's strengths.
Dumont was going to can Nico for doing exactly what they authorized him to do.

The primary motivator for Adelson/Dumont isn't even basketball related. They want to build their casino in Texas, and they know that they won't get one done while the stink of this trade continues to sink them. They're hoping that canning Nico will take the heat off of them.

[th87]

I wonder if we’ll ever get the true story about what happened with the Luka trade.

Even your average 12 year old 2K player would’ve known it was a braindead thing to do. That Nico somehow convinced Dumont it was the right thing to do is his greatest achievement.

Pretty sure that's the narrative the NBA wants you to believe.

That said, Nico should be in jail or something. The trade is the worst in sports history and will probably be for our entire lifetimes.

[th87]

so baffling.. of course it was a mistake. it was a mistake before it happened. it was a mistake in the opening conversations. it was a mistake prior to the final trigger pull, and it's a mistake for eternity. but when something is that stupid, it's actually not a mistake. it was a decision. we just dont know the why.

the equivalent of the luka trade is a husband having sex with 4 hookers at once and then live streaming it to his family group chat... on purpose. it is such a brain dead, no upside move that it cannot be bad judgment. it can only be something else.

Perfectly stated. No one is this stupid unless there's an ulterior motive.