Luka AD trade thread Part II

[41Dirk41]

The ex-Mavs analytics guys comments on how Luka is dramatically overrated is kinda interesting ngl. The fact their own models have him as seriously underperforming can't be overlooked.


I wouldn't be shocked if he never gets a ring and we're just talking about the **** return. Unless it just lights a fire under his ass and he starts actually doing the team things to win.

There's so many rumours and pop culture going on around this trade that I get it's sacrilege to point out Doncic might not be Michael Jordan but better. The NBA got a lot more interesting anyway.

Useless speeches, just good for some puppets on ESPN o NBA TV.
The point is not Luka weight, Luka culture, Luka fat ass, Luka system, Luka defense or even the Lakers package.

The point is "Dallas Mavericks GM wanted to trade Luka Doncic in 2025 and he called just 1 teams.... A team with his close friend as GM"

But NBA prefers to investigate on Terry Rozier. Funny.

Oh well, not so much... NBA has an huge ratings problem and Luka in LA can help for sure.

NBA=WWE.

Boycott the games. It's all a joke.

Crazy how Nico's job at Nike was to make Rob happy. I'm starting to feel like Nico made this trade to save Rob's job. Bc Rob was on the hot seat if he didnt make any moves this deadline. Now all I'm hearing now is Rob has a job for life now.Than the news comes out that Nico might not want to continue being a GM in the NBA days later? Don't you find that odd?

It's everything funny to me.

Pelinka was a very bad GM until last night and Nico was an hell one (he turned a missed PO team to contender 3 games away from the Championship)... And look now.

NBA is rigged. Too many connections. It's no more basketball.

[Swish77]

Useless speeches, just good for some puppets on ESPN o NBA TV.
The point is not Luka weight, Luka culture, Luka fat ass, Luka system, Luka defense or even the Lakers package.

The point is "Dallas Mavericks GM wanted to trade Luka Doncic in 2025 and he called just 1 teams.... A team with his close friend as GM"

But NBA prefers to investigate on Terry Rozier. Funny.

Oh well, not so much... NBA has an huge ratings problem and Luka in LA can help for sure.

NBA=WWE.

Boycott the games. It's all a joke.

Crazy how Nico's job at Nike was to make Rob happy. I'm starting to feel like Nico made this trade to save Rob's job. Bc Rob was on the hot seat if he didnt make any moves this deadline. Now all I'm hearing now is Rob has a job for life now.Than the news comes out that Nico might not want to continue being a GM in the NBA days later? Don't you find that odd?

It's everything funny to me.

Pelinka was a very bad GM until last night and Nico was an hell one (he turned a missed PO team to contender 3 games away from the Championship)... And look now.

NBA is rigged. Too many connections. It's no more basketball.

On top of that we had the best NBA lineup per advanced stats with Luka, Kyrie, Klay, PJ, Lively and now its all gone.

[Dirk2Doncic]

The ex-Mavs analytics guys comments on how Luka is dramatically overrated is kinda interesting ngl. The fact their own models have him as seriously underperforming can't be overlooked.


I wouldn't be shocked if he never gets a ring and we're just talking about the **** return. Unless it just lights a fire under his ass and he starts actually doing the team things to win.

There's so many rumours and pop culture going on around this trade that I get it's sacrilege to point out Doncic might not be Michael Jordan but better. The NBA got a lot more interesting anyway.

Mavericks in the playoffs last year before the finals were matching or exceeding their opponents defensively. And Luka was a part of that. He was bringing it on that end of the floor.

He was a monster in those series and doing this while playing thru his body beaten up. Total warrior.

Finals showed he wasn't ready to be a champion. And to that I say so what? How many guys that age are? Yes, he's not yet a perfectly polished player. And?

You could "justify" trading MJ for the first years of his career if the standard is an instant perfectly polished player. He didn't play well with others and he lacked physical strength (exposed by the Pistons). 1 of the joys of the sport is watching these guys take their lumps and hopefully grow from it.

Who knows with Luka, but the guy is a special unique talent, and don't underestimate the cold blooded killer part of his game. He's already Larry Legend #2 in that regard. It took Dirk half his career before he became that. Luka came into the league with it, like Bird did. That's special man

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[Broadcaster]

If Nico doesn’t actually plan to be GM much longer and he is literally nuking the franchise the NBA should step in. If it doesn’t it makes them seem culpable. One reckless GM just like one reckless ref, right?

[Braggins]

I think the way the roster is looking for the Lakers is so good for Lebron. His offensive load can probably decrease by like 1/3 and the Lakers will still be able to maintain an elite offense. Luka + Reaves + Williams is a legit offensive core. I think this will free up Lebron to give better defensive effort and be more of a connector on offense. He'll still need to take plays off because he is 40, but I think a lot more of those plays will be on offense now.

[Big nick]

I'm not a dallas fan, okc fan and not a Luka flopper fan but hell you guys got the biggest screwing I have ever witnessed. What a travesty I just witnessed just for the NBA to help the lakers and bron wow. Sorry for you guys just sickening. Nba should be ashamed of it self. Dallas could have rebuild there team with like 8 firsts Luka would have brought them. How can this happen. And yes Luka was the one I would have drafted in the draft what a talent.

[holdenwait]

Seeing his promo pics/videos... He is not even %1 more overweight than he has appeared before in his most "chubbiest", meaning he is completely normal shape we've seen him in for year and years so that attempt to stall the reaction with the "270 lbs and way over weight" bla bla was pretty embarrassing.

Can't wait for this guy to torch the Mavs for the rest of his career lol

[nbafan38]

There is no way around this, this is one of if not the worst trade in nba history. This up there with the nets KG-Pierce trade and the Clippers SGA trade. I may even say its worse because the mavericks literally broke up a team that just went to the finals with their best player 25 years old.

[NBA4Lyfe]

This is not even about sports for me any more. It's so much bigger than that.

It's so wrong, on so many levels.

I want to see a long term relentless campaign from the Mavericks fanbase, and even fans of other teams.

nba casuals talking about a rise in tv ratings not its gonna get a lil bump and crash right back down to where it is right now lol

watch this superbowl weekend and how easily the nfl humbles the nba and puts it back in its place

and you cant even make the excuse that its because "noone watches tv anymore. caitlin clark was beatiing the nba in tv ratings lol. That will forever be apart of lebron era, caitlin has no issue getting eyeballs to watch

Caitlin clark is so far above the nba, the people in her circle told caitlin to decline an invite to particpate in all-star weekend. Damn the nba got rejected by a female basketball player. This would never happen in kobe or jordans era

[catsfan]

Shuffling around the best chess pieces to the biggest markets will definitely help some. But the ratings are down because the product is terrible. The product is terrible because of the rules and the executive league leadership.

[41Dirk41]

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[xchange55]

Shuffling around the best chess pieces to the biggest markets will definitely help some. But the ratings are down because the product is terrible. The product is terrible because of the rules and the executive league leadership.

Product is terrible because the rules are not enforced. Some players are allowed to travel, throw elbows and take 4 steps without a call.

NBA is at fault for marketing all offense and no defense players such as Lebron and Harden and Luka - not to mention all the rules they get to break. Are they great otherworldly offensive talents? Abosolutely yes. But these guys wouldn't have made it in the 70's/80's/90's/00's because it was all about compete/hustle/team/defense in additon to offense. Playoff series back in the day felt like 5 game or 7 game wars.

For people who played the game and coached it at any level, the today's game is terrible. It's now just an entertainment show - as others have said it's now WWE - for the fantasy sports and 2k fans.

[Deivork]

So if Windhorst "confirms" there was no LeBron conspiracy that pretty much confirms a LeBron conspiracy, right?

[boogiezen]

The ex-Mavs analytics guys comments on how Luka is dramatically overrated is kinda interesting ngl. The fact their own models have him as seriously underperforming can't be overlooked.


I wouldn't be shocked if he never gets a ring and we're just talking about the **** return. Unless it just lights a fire under his ass and he starts actually doing the team things to win.

There's so many rumours and pop culture going on around this trade that I get it's sacrilege to point out Doncic might not be Michael Jordan but better. The NBA got a lot more interesting anyway.

LMAO. No wonder the NBA is trash because you have analytics analyzing competitive basketball. Luka took Dallas in the finals last year at the age of 25 and already went to the West Finals at the age of 23. Can you tell me who among today's young stars in this type of position with a not-so-perfect team construction managed to be in the Finals? Luka only had Kyrie last year who many believed their team-up will never work.

[NbaAllDay]

The meltdowns are fun.

[UglyBugBall]

Crazy how Nico's job at Nike was to make Rob happy. I'm starting to feel like Nico made this trade to save Rob's job. Bc Rob was on the hot seat if he didnt make any moves this deadline. Now all I'm hearing now is Rob has a job for life now.Than the news comes out that Nico might not want to continue being a GM in the NBA days later? Don't you find that odd?

It's everything funny to me.

Pelinka was a very bad GM until last night and Nico was an hell one (he turned a missed PO team to contender 3 games away from the Championship)... And look now.

NBA is rigged. Too many connections. It's no more basketball.

On top of that we had the best NBA lineup per advanced stats with Luka, Kyrie, Klay, PJ, Lively and now its all gone.

It's not gone. It just moved to the Lakers.

[UglyBugBall]

Seeing his promo pics/videos... He is not even %1 more overweight than he has appeared before in his most "chubbiest", meaning he is completely normal shape we've seen him in for year and years so that attempt to stall the reaction with the "270 lbs and way over weight" bla bla was pretty embarrassing.

Can't wait for this guy to torch the Mavs for the rest of his career lol

I do hope he loses weight though. He used to dunk in his first few seasons, now he can't even reach the rim anymore. He also was a lot quicker in the Bubble than he has been for years. He could lose 20 pounds and I think he'd be better for it.

[Pharmcat]

has Pelinka statue been delivered to staples center yet?

[UglyBugBall]

has Pelinka statue been delivered to staples center yet?

No, but the Nico one has.