Holy Mother of... Luka to Lakers, AD to Dallas

[agkagk]

Seriously theirs a “war” happening.

Texas is going after Hollywood too lol

https://youtu.be/bpgrUK9EGjI?si=NCS_ElN2TAdVIYAF

[MiamiSPX]

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[mdenny]

Or the league.

League revenue declining.
LeBron 40 w Lakers.
League offered Adelman et al something big to move Luka to a big market in need.

It’s gross. I fn hate this league.

I’ve said it a number of times but it feels like this will permanently leave a bad taste in my mouth regarding the NBA. It’s shown to sincerely lack integrity.

They are all working toward a mega casino in Dallas.

They have a limited window to get this done — Texas congress inly meets and votes every few years.

The goal is for the mavs stadium to have a ceasars palace type venue and a team evaluation of 20 billion.

Thats why this trade happened. We’re seeing big business at work here

Watch this:

https://youtu.be/GPqY5r-bjyU?si=Hi0b3hfIUEUadLIW

It doesn't pass the sniff test. The nba board of governors has ultimate control over team relocation. The NBA does not live and die by the Dallas market. The population of Dallas is 1.3 million and the state of Texas has two other franchises in it.

The NBA just survived like 15 to 20 years of NY being a crap team. They won't be coerced by threats of the mavs owners sabotaging the roster. The board of governors won't lose that game of chicken. If the board actually perceived the trade as attempted leverage like that they could simply say "go ahead, tank the team". It isn't leverage for anything. If the nba can survive NY being a crap team....they can certainly survive Dallas being a crap team.

Plus....there is a problem in the logic. The adelson threat only works if the NBA can't afford a dysfunctional franchise in Dallas. But if the NBA can't afford a dysfunctional franchise in Dallas....that only supports the assertion that they WOULDNT allow the team to leave in the first place. The logic doesn't make sense. It disproves it's own premise.

Honestly, this clearly has something to do with Luka and his lifestyle. And it might be a combination of Luka being borderline dysfunctional to deal with....or the mavs being run by an over-moralizing goodie-goodie.

I rememebe the Philadelphia flyers had a coach, can't remember his name, who was way over-zealous about player lifestyle. I think it was Peter laviolette? In anycase...he wanted his players to live like nuns. For some ppl like that....drinking 3 or 4 pints in a night is akin to smoking crack. Tee-totallers can be like that sometimes. Because they don't have personal experience...they can't properly distinguish between problem drinking and normal 20-something partying.

Or maybe Luka is way more reckless than anyone knows. But it's either one or the other or a combination of both.

[bballsparkin]

^^Dallas is a top 5 USA metropolitan area. Wiki has it at 8 million ahead of Houston. Yet the NBA left Seattle so nothing is safe.\

edit: not looking at metropolitan areas is a flawed way of looking at populations. Vancouver proper is like 660, 000. Less than Winnipeg. But Vancouver metro is close to double Winnipeg's.

[mdenny]

^^Dallas is a top 5 USA metropolitan area. Wiki has it at 8 million ahead of Houston. Yet the NBA left Seattle so nothing is safe.\

edit: not looking at metropolitan areas is a flawed way of looking at populations. Vancouver proper is like 660, 000. Less than Winnipeg. But Vancouver metro is close to double Winnipeg's.

It doesn't solve the inherent logical problem. Any argument that supports the importance of the Dallas market to the well-being of the NBA ALSO supports the reason why they'd never let the team relocate.

The stronger you make that premise....the stronger you support the contradicting counterpoint that the NBA won't let them move the franchise to Vegas.

[DaFroMan]

I know the games evolved athletic wise since the 80's, but those guys used to go pretty hard and play. Alittle hookah and beers ain't gonna ruin Luka having another solid 8-10 in the league.

For being so out of shape the guy manages to burden the whole offense for teams for a full nba season and off-season for Slovenia. Like a lowry he just got that out of shape look, but he's definitely not.

Mavs will regret this one period.

[Raptaurus]

I’ve said it a number of times but it feels like this will permanently leave a bad taste in my mouth regarding the NBA. It’s shown to sincerely lack integrity.

They are all working toward a mega casino in Dallas.

They have a limited window to get this done — Texas congress inly meets and votes every few years.

The goal is for the mavs stadium to have a ceasars palace type venue and a team evaluation of 20 billion.

Thats why this trade happened. We’re seeing big business at work here

Watch this:

https://youtu.be/GPqY5r-bjyU?si=Hi0b3hfIUEUadLIW

It doesn't pass the sniff test. The nba board of governors has ultimate control over team relocation. The NBA does not live and die by the Dallas market. The population of Dallas is 1.3 million and the state of Texas has two other franchises in it.

The NBA just survived like 15 to 20 years of NY being a crap team. They won't be coerced by threats of the mavs owners sabotaging the roster. The board of governors won't lose that game of chicken. If the board actually perceived the trade as attempted leverage like that they could simply say "go ahead, tank the team". It isn't leverage for anything. If the nba can survive NY being a crap team....they can certainly survive Dallas being a crap team.

Plus....there is a problem in the logic. The adelson threat only works if the NBA can't afford a dysfunctional franchise in Dallas. But if the NBA can't afford a dysfunctional franchise in Dallas....that only supports the assertion that they WOULDNT allow the team to leave in the first place. The logic doesn't make sense. It disproves it's own premise.

Honestly, this clearly has something to do with Luka and his lifestyle. And it might be a combination of Luka being borderline dysfunctional to deal with....or the mavs being run by an over-moralizing goodie-goodie.

I rememebe the Philadelphia flyers had a coach, can't remember his name, who was way over-zealous about player lifestyle. I think it was Peter laviolette? In anycase...he wanted his players to live like nuns. For some ppl like that....drinking 3 or 4 pints in a night is akin to smoking crack. Tee-totallers can be like that sometimes. Because they don't have personal experience...they can't properly distinguish between problem drinking and normal 20-something partying.

Or maybe Luka is way more reckless than anyone knows. But it's either one or the other or a combination of both.

Dallas-FW metro is more than 8 million people. It’s not supposed to be a small or even mid-sized market by any means.
Having said that, football rains supreme over there.

But Texas as a whole is huge. Population wise, its on par with the whole of Canada.

[bballsparkin]

^^Dallas is a top 5 USA metropolitan area. Wiki has it at 8 million ahead of Houston. Yet the NBA left Seattle so nothing is safe.\

edit: not looking at metropolitan areas is a flawed way of looking at populations. Vancouver proper is like 660, 000. Less than Winnipeg. But Vancouver metro is close to double Winnipeg's.

It doesn't solve the inherent logical problem. Any argument that supports the importance of the Dallas market to the well-being of the NBA ALSO supports the reason why they'd never let the team relocate.

The stronger you make that premise....the stronger you support the contradicting counterpoint that the NBA won't let them move the franchise to Vegas.

I wasn't involving myself in the argument. I'm a geek when it comes to population stats is all.

[UnderdogRaptors]

Why do Lakers always rob teams it makes no sense

[Clay Davis]

Lmao so now it's coming out that the Mavs send PIs after players to... get pictures of them smoking hookah and drinking beers? And these loser owners wonder why their rizz is so low that they can't open a casino? They sure don't sell sin very well...

[Westside Gunn]

Because of Hooka Doncic the Lakers are now 2nd in the West

I am certain this wouldnt have been the case with AD on the Lakers

[WuTang_CMB]

i didnt think this trade could get worse but it has

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[Tha Cynic]

i didnt think this trade could get worse but it has

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Feel bad for Kyrie. Don’t give a **** about Mavs but dude took a lot of flack for having personal opinions. At his age it’s going to be tough, but hopefully he can get back next season at a high level

[Vampirate]

i didnt think this trade could get worse but it has

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Feel bad for Kyrie. Don’t give a **** about Mavs but dude took a lot of flack for having personal opinions. At his age it’s going to be tough, but hopefully he can get back next season at a high level

I really don't care about why it happened anymore.

The NBA needs to set an example and blackball Nico out of the league at this point, the worst this gets, the better.

Nico from an NBA perspective needs to get fired ASAP, so this never happens again.

Mavs fans need to keep roasting Nico over the coals.

Edit: Should note neither the fans, coaches and players deserve this, but the Mavs F.O. and whomever else was in charge of this decision for the Luka trade certainly does.

[Westside Gunn]

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Very plausible theory....Adelsons are known to buy politicians and get their way

[maternal85]

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Very plausible theory....Adelsons are known to buy politicians and get their way

I saw this guy on the news after the trade. He was even more passionate. For the first times in decades, Mav fans are going through what 99% of fans have to deal with. Owners run franchises as a business. Nothing more, nothing less. This isn't the Mark Era who actually cares about winning.

[AkelaLoneWolf]

i didnt think this trade could get worse but it has

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Feel bad for Kyrie. Don’t give a **** about Mavs but dude took a lot of flack for having personal opinions. At his age it’s going to be tough, but hopefully he can get back next season at a high level

I really don't care about why it happened anymore.

The NBA needs to set an example and blackball Nico out of the league at this point, the worst this gets, the better.

Nico from an NBA perspective needs to get fired ASAP, so this never happens again.

Mavs fans need to keep roasting Nico over the coals.

Edit: Should note neither the fans, coaches and players deserve this, but the Mavs F.O. and whomever else was in charge of this decision for the Luka trade certainly does.

Why scapegoat Nico ? This trade doesn’t get made without the Adelsons approval

[WuTang_CMB]

ya we knew

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[Clay Davis]

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Very plausible theory....Adelsons are known to buy politicians and get their way

I saw this guy on the news after the trade. He was even more passionate. For the first times in decades, Mav fans are going through what 99% of fans have to deal with. Owners run franchises as a business. Nothing more, nothing less. This isn't the Mark Era who actually cares about winning.

It's a bit unprecedented when the owners run the franchise into the ground to pressure municipal politicians to ensure that their business dreams come true, especially in the context of this many political "donations". This guy raises good points and I commend his rizz.

[WaltFrazier]

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Very plausible theory....Adelsons are known to buy politicians and get their way

Respect for the guy's earnest presentation