2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III

[Revived]

Suns need to call Spurs and offer Beal and 2 first rd picks for Wemby asap. Take whatever bad contracts from them that we can get.

[Mulhollanddrive]

LeBron has NTC

[TeamTragic]

Suns need to call Spurs and offer Beal and 2 first rd picks for Wemby asap. Take whatever bad contracts from them that we can get.

Ask Pop if he knows just how much money we can save him.

[BurningHeart]

Why. Why. Why the flying ****. Why.

Why.

I would have straight up given all the players on this roster for Doncic.

Why do the **** LAKERS reap the benefit of...whatever the **** happened.

This is INFURIATING.

[bwgood77]

Beal for Lebron.
Nurkic for Rui.

That Lakers roster doesn't make sense with Lebron and Luka IMO.

Yeah, was that Booker yelling get Jimmy in that tweet? As they were losing by 25+ to the Blazers? I don't know that this trade makes LA better now. I don't think it makes the Mavs worse if players remain healthy.

I think LA might be a little worse this year.

It just sucks it always has to be the Lakers that get the stars. The Lakers are like the best team in the league with Kareem and somehow end up with Magic in the draft. Then Shaq leaves Orlando for them and Kobe refuses to play for anyone but the Lakers so he slips to 13 and gets traded to LA. Then the lopsided Pau trade at the time. Now this, worst of all.

[sunsbg]

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.

Luka screwed Mavs fans so bad if that's the case. Quite the opposite character than Dirk. For Suns fans we can be hating on Lakers even more. Great. I'm entertained.

[sashaturiaf]

Jimmy Butler anyone?

Must be soul crushing for Ishbia. Goes all in with zero regard for his own money only to find out not even a year in just how rigged the NBA is.

Why even call it a sport and insult the fans intelligence at this stage. It's a Lakers reality show

[bwgood77]

Lakers still have 4 first round picks in 2026, 2028, 2030, 2031 WTF

Dallas could have asked for all of them and got them

Those even ones are untradable because of the Stepien rule are they not?

[Mulhollanddrive]

So they kept it quiet and lost leverage

Davis and 1 pick would be available any time

[bwgood77]

Jimmy Butler anyone?

Must be soul crushing for Ishbia. Goes all in with zero regard for his own money only to find out not even a year in just how rigged the NBA is.

Why even call it a sport and insult the fans intelligence at this stage. It's a Lakers reality show

Watching moves like that makes going for Jimmy Butler seem dumb. 36 year old guy being an ass this year because he won't get paid. Unprofessional.

[Saberestar]

The league needs to investigate this trade, seriously it's a crazy trade that doesn't improve the Mavs at all. The rest of the teams needs to ask for an investigation.

[TeamTragic]

I don't want to hear anything bad about Ishbia after this **** just went down.

Luka did not even request a trade and the Mavs FO only went to the Lakers.

[dremill24]

What. The. F***!?!?

[bwgood77]

There's no way Ishiba doesn't push Dunn into a Butler trade now right?

Is Dunn really a tipping point? I mean I'm sure he already will offer it by the trade deadline. He's not going to hold up getting Butler because of Dunn.

I don't know why this should make us more eager though. It's basically made the Mavs better now but the Lakers probably won't be as good this year at least. They need to rebuild their roster. They were trying to trade for defense because they didn't have enough and now traded away one of the best NBA defenders. Plus Luka and LeBron both are game managers. They will both probably have to play off ball way more. Most NBA people would tell you never to take the ball out of LeBron's hands because his bbiq is as high as anyone's, but I mean, if you have Luka you have to don't you?

[Saberestar]

Suns need to call Spurs and offer Beal and 2 first rd picks for Wemby asap. Take whatever bad contracts from them that we can get.

Even better...the Spurs will approach us offering Wemby for our winning now player Beal + 1 FRP. Lol.

[lilfishi22]

There's no way Ishiba doesn't push Dunn into a Butler trade now right?

Is Dunn really a tipping point? I mean I'm sure he already will offer it by the trade deadline. He's not going to hold up getting Butler because of Dunn.

I don't know why this should make us more eager though. It's basically made the Mavs better now but the Lakers probably won't be as good this year at least. They need to rebuild their roster. They were trying to trade for defense because they didn't have enough and now traded away one of the best NBA defenders. Plus Luka and LeBron both are game managers. They will both probably have to play off ball way more. Most NBA people would tell you never to take the ball out of LeBron's hands because his bbiq is as high as anyone's, but I mean, if you have Luka you have to don't you?

I think it's more Ishbia wanting to get his name in the headlines too lol

[lilfishi22]

So they kept it quiet and lost leverage

Davis and 1 pick would be available any time

Misconduct, mismanagement, gross negligence

[Mulhollanddrive]

Lakers can do the Ishbia and swap 2026, 2028, 2030 and trade 2031.

Starters - Doncic, Reaves, James, Hachimura, Kleber

Theyre an all defensive player away from having all bases covered

[bwgood77]

If I'm the Lakers I'm trying to pair him with JJJ in summer of 2026. That would be a killer tandem from the Ayton/Bagley draft class.

[BurningHeart]

I'd literally give up every single person on the roster + the literal human souls of Budenholzer, Jones, Ishbia and the sexual services of all their wives for Doncic