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lilfishi22 wrote:This is straight up misconduct right? How do you not start a bidding war when reading Luka Doncic??
Qwigglez wrote:Ishbia has to win out on that shock factor. Getting Butler isn't enough now.
On the flip side of the things, he would take a lot less flack if he decided to rebuild right now. Luka to Lakers would trump anything the Suns do, so trading Booker, Beal, KD right now wouldn't be nearly as interesting.
bwgood77 wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:This is straight up misconduct right? How do you not start a bidding war when reading Luka Doncic??
Yeah, I bet teams didn't know he was on the block, but I also imagine his agent contacted the Mavs ownership and the Lakers ownership and told them he would sign there in 26 as an UFA. So the Mavs scrambled knowing no one would give up a ton for him if his agent told other teams that too....and got AD.
bwgood77 wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:This is straight up misconduct right? How do you not start a bidding war when reading Luka Doncic??
Yeah, I bet teams didn't know he was on the block, but I also imagine his agent contacted the Mavs ownership and the Lakers ownership and told them he would sign there in 26 as an UFA. So the Mavs scrambled knowing no one would give up a ton for him if his agent told other teams that too....and got AD.
KdoubleDees23 wrote:How much whining to the refs will happen with LeBron and Luka
Ghost of Kleine wrote:
Absolute collusion by the league to help prop up the flakers yet again! Not just getting Doncic in an insanely lopsided trade! But also conveniently getting him at a discount that'll allow them to still add more pieces too! Giving them a new younger BIG THREE! Thee NBA is becoming such an unwatchable joke!
Saberestar wrote:bwgood77 wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:This is straight up misconduct right? How do you not start a bidding war when reading Luka Doncic??
Yeah, I bet teams didn't know he was on the block, but I also imagine his agent contacted the Mavs ownership and the Lakers ownership and told them he would sign there in 26 as an UFA. So the Mavs scrambled knowing no one would give up a ton for him if his agent told other teams that too....and got AD.
That makes sense on theory but Stein said that Luka didn't ask out and Luka is losing a ton of money because he can't sign a supermax extension now that he has being traded.
lilfishi22 wrote:bwgood77 wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:This is straight up misconduct right? How do you not start a bidding war when reading Luka Doncic??
Yeah, I bet teams didn't know he was on the block, but I also imagine his agent contacted the Mavs ownership and the Lakers ownership and told them he would sign there in 26 as an UFA. So the Mavs scrambled knowing no one would give up a ton for him if his agent told other teams that too....and got AD.
You're not wrong but there's always going to be some teams that's gonna be like F it, let us get in there and see how it goes eg Toronto and Kawhi.
AD is better than Demar but given injuries etc, what Mavs got arguably isn't much more than what Spurs got for Kawhi who had some unknown injury at the time and pretty much everyone knew he wasn't sticking around in Canada.
This is serious mismanagement in my books
