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2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III

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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#621 » by bullsaficianado » Sun Feb 2, 2025 6:59 am

This just might have screwed up Suns plans for Butler or helped. I don't know.

Craziest NBA trade I have ever seen because no one talked about it. Maybe Mavs are after Fox.
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Post#622 » by BurningHeart » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:00 am

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That is one of the dumbest things I've ever read in my life, considering Doncic has balls the **** size of grapefruits in big moments and they were just in the **** finals last year.

What absolute ****.
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Post#623 » by Revived » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:01 am

sunsbg wrote:Luka and Lebron will work as well as Booker and Beal together. The near future not that bright for Lakers. With Doncic's bad habits who knows what the future holds.

Don’t be a dumbass dude. I can’t believe you just compared Luka and Lebron to fcking Devin Booker and Bradley Beal lmfao.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#624 » by Saberestar » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:02 am

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That is one of the dumbest things I've ever read in my life, considering Doncic has balls the **** size of grapefruits in big moments and they were just in the **** finals last year.

What absolute ****.

Yeah, I don't believe it.
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Post#625 » by TeamTragic » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:07 am

Welcome to the NBA where if ratings are low just help the Lakers!
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#626 » by Qwigglez » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:07 am

bwgood77 wrote:
Qwigglez wrote: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.


My cousin was at the game, very close to the Suns bench. He said a fan was yelling to trade Beal for Butler. The players could definitely hear it since a fan yelled that Luka got traded which prompted someone on the bench to check their phone and that's where you can see Booker's reaction to the trade.

He also said Beal barely plays with heart, and that it looks like KD and Booker are frustrated with Beal. But... what does he know, he's just a casual fan. :lol:
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#627 » by sunsbg » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:10 am

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sunsbg wrote:Luka and Lebron will work as well as Booker and Beal together. The near future not that bright for Lakers. With Doncic's bad habits who knows what the future holds.

Don’t be a dumbass dude. I can’t believe you just compared Luka and Lebron to fcking Devin Booker and Bradley Beal lmfao.


Just watch how Lakers D will look now. People just look at names like Ishbia did and have zero clue how basketball works. This trade is for replacing Lebron with Luka. Those two will not win **** together.
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Post#628 » by Saberestar » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:10 am

TeamTragic wrote:Welcome to the NBA where if ratings are low just help the Lakers!

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Post#629 » by bwgood77 » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:10 am

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Qwigglez wrote: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.


My cousin was at the game, very close to the Suns bench. He said a fan was yelling to trade Beal for Butler. The players could definitely hear it since a fan yelled that Luka got traded which prompted someone on the bench to check their phone and that's where you can see Booker's reaction to the trade.

He also said Beal barely plays with heart, and that it looks like KD and Booker are frustrated with Beal. But... what does he know, he's just a casual fan. :lol:


OK, it makes sense a fan was yelling that. I thought the tweet was saying Book was which wouldn't make sense.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#630 » by lilfishi22 » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:10 am

Mavs mate of mine is on a full dose of copium. Thinks Luka might end up medically retired in 2 years
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#631 » by bullsaficianado » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:12 am

Lakers might want Nurkic now.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#632 » by Ghost of Kleine » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:14 am

TeamTragic wrote:Ishbia just woke up in a cold sweat after dreaming that Luka was available :lol:


Yeeah! And all three of our CLE least favorable swaps might almost add up to a decent 1st, So we should've been in play had this not obviously been league-orchestrated to help set up Lebron to win one last championship! and prop up the Lakers market for the future all of these stories now coming out are just damage control spin jobs to try and pacify fans that are upset over the obvious collusion by the league in this ridiculously lopsided trade. :dontknow:
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#633 » by bullsaficianado » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:14 am

lilfishi22 wrote:Mavs mate of mine is on a full dose of copium. Thinks Luka might end up medically retired in 2 years


It's got to be a bummer for him. You may be right on Luka franchises just don't trade their star player like this unless they foresee something or are sure of it.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#634 » by SunsRback4Good » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:14 am

lilfishi22 wrote:Mavs mate of mine is on a full dose of copium. Thinks Luka might end up medically retired in 2 years


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Post#635 » by Saberestar » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:15 am

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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#636 » by sunsbg » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:15 am

As a rival we can be glad Doncic didn't end on the Spurs. OKC and Spurs are the teams of the future.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#637 » by SunsRback4Good » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:15 am

bullsaficianado wrote:Lakers might want Nurkic now.


Nobody wants Nurkic not even his own parents.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#638 » by Qwigglez » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:18 am

bullsaficianado wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:Mavs mate of mine is on a full dose of copium. Thinks Luka might end up medically retired in 2 years


It's got to be a bummer for him. You may be right on Luka franchises just don't trade their star player like this unless they foresee something or are sure of it.


AD has barely missed 10 games so far this season and last season. With Lebron still with the Lakers, he'll hook up Luka with his European connections as well, so Luka gets them undetectable performance drugs that keeps him from missing games.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#639 » by BurningHeart » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:20 am

sunsbg wrote:As a rival we can be glad Doncic didn't end on the Spurs. OKC and Spurs are the teams of the future.



The Lakers are our biggest rival.
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Re: 2024-25 Season Discussion and Speculation Part III 

Post#640 » by Revived » Sun Feb 2, 2025 7:20 am

sunsbg wrote:
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sunsbg wrote:Luka and Lebron will work as well as Booker and Beal together. The near future not that bright for Lakers. With Doncic's bad habits who knows what the future holds.

Don’t be a dumbass dude. I can’t believe you just compared Luka and Lebron to fcking Devin Booker and Bradley Beal lmfao.


Just watch how Lakers D will look now. People just look at names like Ishbia did and have zero clue how basketball works. This trade is for replacing Lebron with Luka. Those two will not win **** together.

Dude the point is not about LeBron/Luka duo. Lebron will probably retire in a year or two. Nobody cares about LeBron anymore.

THE POINT IS THAT THE LAKERS WILL BE A CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER FOR THE NEXT 10-12 YEARS AT MINIMUM WITH A GUY LIKE LUKA ON THE TEAM.

Once LeBron retires, FAs are gonna line up like crazy to play for the lakers. Lakers will have more than enough cap space for it too. Play with a young Luka who makes EVERY player look good and a big market like the Lakers? What’s not to love?

The lakers are gonna be a good team now till your kids have kids. *****ing bitches they are.

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