BREAKING: Shams: Mavs Trading Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber, & Markieff Morris to the Lakers for Anthony Davis + FRP

[HotRocks34]

Ok. Now we may be starting to get some real information about why the trade happened.

This is Tim MacMahon, who covers the Mavs and other teams for ESPN.

At the end here he says that Dallas could have been concerned about losing Luka for nothing. What bgwood has been saying.

It's better to tick the fans off and get Anthony Davis than take a chance on another Brunson situation.

Luka has gone through a lot of stuff during his time in Dallas. I don't think he wanted to leave, but if he did I could understand it.

[holdenwait]

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The replies from 7-8 hours ago on this: hysterical just to see if he's back from injury... only to see him traded minutes later

[Anderson Hunt]

Lakers should go centerless:

PG - Doncic
SG - Vanderbilt
C --- James
PF - Hachimura
SF - Finney-Smith

Then trade Knecht, Vincent, and scraps to CHI for Lonzo Ball. Your second unit begins to take shape:

PG - Reaves
SG - Reddish
C --- Morris
PF - Kleber
SF - Ball

[WillyJakkz]

Mavs and other NBA fans here uniting and crying over the deal saying it's fixed

Have y'all not taken into account Mark Cuban sold the team who is looking to finance an arena/ casino??? Business-wise that pays for itself but also paying Luka $345M/ 5yrs may not seem feasible for them.

Clearly the new owners aren't fans they're in it for business and to make money. The casino arena is more of a coup than anything Luka could provide to them as they anticipate the team will sell itself (ticket wise etc). Luka's salary becomes a negative to them in all likelihood.

Cuban signed off on this obviously but had he been in complete control I don't think this happens as he was more of a fan but the business model I can guarantee makes sense to them.

[badpotato]

calm down... is not finished

Jokic+ 1 first for Lebron

maybe is too favorable for Nuggets... so, Jokic + 2 first

Denver does not have that many firsts to trade so Lakers would not get fair compensation- only other option is to involve 3rd team, or maybe we could get the league to void Stephien rule. Either that or Lakers would pass, maybe Rui + Reaves for Joker instead?

[Repeat 3-peat]

I just woke up to this.

WTF IS GOING ON????

[ForeverTFC]

Poor McMahon needs to write a 2nd edition of his book before it sold 1 copy

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[TeamTragic]

I just woke up to this.

WTF IS GOING ON????

Silver had to boost ratings.

[KyRo23]

Ok. Now we may be starting to get some real information about why the trade happened.

This is Tim MacMahon, who covers the Mavs and other teams for ESPN.

At the end here he says that Dallas could have been concerned about losing Luka for nothing. What bgwood has been saying.

It's better to tick the fans off and get Anthony Davis than take a chance on another Brunson situation.

Luka has gone through a lot of stuff during his time in Dallas. I don't think he wanted to leave, but if he did I could understand it.

I'm not buying that they think they could have lost him for nothing. He was up for the super max he is not saying no to that money. Worst case scenario is he requests a trade... and guess what... at least more teams would know that he is actually up for trade

[Raps in 4]

maverciks copying the cavaliers formula of 2 bigs who dominate on D and 2 smalls who can dominate offensively. Plus AD can drop 35-15 and dominate on defense. Luka, as great as he is, has never had a game where he dominated offensively and defensively simultaneously like AD has.

They aren't copying the Cavs' strategy because AD is 32 **** years old.

[pr0wler]

I guess this move kills any media attention the PJ Tucker trade got!

[th87]

I like that you think this is Silver's fault when there is no proof.

You an LA fan?

Naw, I just think you a conspiracy theorist. Saying the same thing over and over, lol. Like Silver had nothing to do with this.

It's okay to use logic and intuition. This isn't a court of law.

This is a league that already had a referee rigging games, and before the investigation could reveal it was widespread, the NBA squashed it.

In a world that has normalized important people creating cryptocurrencies to scam the poor out of their life savings.

[SlimShady83]

Tomorrow is Monday for me, going to actually walk into work with a grin on my face.

[TeamTragic]

Ok. Now we may be starting to get some real information about why the trade happened.

This is Tim MacMahon, who covers the Mavs and other teams for ESPN.

At the end here he says that Dallas could have been concerned about losing Luka for nothing. What bgwood has been saying.

It's better to tick the fans off and get Anthony Davis than take a chance on another Brunson situation.

Luka has gone through a lot of stuff during his time in Dallas. I don't think he wanted to leave, but if he did I could understand it.

I'm not buying that they think they could have lost him for nothing. He was up for the super max he is not saying no to that money. Worst case scenario is he requests a trade... and guess what... at least more teams would know that he is actually up for trade

Time to fire up the please don't fire me machine

[MrGoat]

So are you a lakers fan yet ?

Hell no. Just not an NBA fan anymore.

Might come back to gloat about how hilariously shamelessly rigged the NBA is if they rig the lottery to give us Flagg now, and they owe it to the Mavs after that Adelson bitch backstabbed the team like this for Silver

So you quiting because your team betrayed you - so uh you are a wiz fan? Welcome to nba hell

Oh I'm quite aware we just entered NBA hell, the team is now ancient, injury prone, has no main building block, very few draft picks available over the next 7 seasons and only got one low value 2029 pick back, and we sent out a second round pick that probably has roughly the same value as the pick the Lakers sent. The Mavs now have the darkest future in the NBA

[axeman23]

NBA fans the last 3 years: OMG, Lebron's washed! AD's the only reason they are where they are! Lebron needs to pass the TORCH already! AD needs more MVP hype!!!"

Fans now AD is traded for Doncic and ballast: "OMG, AD's so OOOOOLLLLDDDD, how is he even in the LEAGUE anymore??? Mavs need to be investigated!!!"

[The Master]

:lol: Mavs and other NBA fans here uniting and crying over the deal saying it's fixed

Have y'all not taken into account Mark Cuban sold the team who is looking to finance an arena/ casino??? Business-wise that pays for itself but also paying Luka $345M/ 5yrs may not seem feasible for them.

Clearly the new owners aren't fans they're in it for business and to make money. The casino arena is more of a coup than anything Luka could provide to them as they anticipate the team will sell itself (ticket wise etc). Luka's salary becomes a negative to them in all likelihood.

Cuban signed off on this obviously but had he been in complete control I don't think this happens as he was more of a fan but the business model I can guarantee makes sense to them.

I don't think trading face of the franchise is a good business decision on any level.

But I believe inside of the franchise they were much less willing to ignore Doncic and his attitude than we are as fans/people from the outside in general. We're like 'Doncic is unprofessional, but...' - it seems they went 'Doncic is unprofessional, so let's look for an improvement'.

Not that it makes this trade less terrible, but when emotions get in play, your perception is biased. It's much more interesting to elaborate on than these conspiracy theories tbh.

[ForeverTFC]

Ok. Now we may be starting to get some real information about why the trade happened.

This is Tim MacMahon, who covers the Mavs and other teams for ESPN.

At the end here he says that Dallas could have been concerned about losing Luka for nothing. What bgwood has been saying.

It's better to tick the fans off and get Anthony Davis than take a chance on another Brunson situation.

Luka has gone through a lot of stuff during his time in Dallas. I don't think he wanted to leave, but if he did I could understand it.

I'm not buying that they think they could have lost him for nothing. He was up for the super max he is not saying no to that money. Worst case scenario is he requests a trade... and guess what... at least more teams would know that he is actually up for trade

I will quote Russillo again: “do you think Nico asked for 2 1sts and Pelinka had the balls to say nah, I’m only giving you one?”

People can try and make this make sense as much as they want. It won’t. The Lakers gave up ONE first round pick for Luka Doncic.

[clippertown]

this trade wasn't primarily made with this season in mind from the lakers perspective, they were very unlikely to compete for a championship before this trade and aren't likely to after, .. its for next year and beyond

Lakers are #5 in the West right now. They are winning games and you can never rule them out. Luka is injured. Kleiber is injured. The Lakers have five games until the ASB when Luka may return to action, but then he will need a couple weeks to get into form.

The west is so tight at the moment, a string of five straight losses drops them from #5 to #11. Hard to climb back from that.

Lakers have had a soft schedule, and are the only team in the top 8 of the west with a negative point differential

They just beat a very talented Knicks team tonight without AD. When both LBJ and AD are playing at their peak, they can beat any team, especially over a seven-game series. They are never out of it, like some teams with less ceiling potential.

My point is that they may have sacrificed this season to bring Luka to the team now. LBJ won't be elite forever.

[HotRocks34]

Ok. Now we may be starting to get some real information about why the trade happened.

This is Tim MacMahon, who covers the Mavs and other teams for ESPN.

At the end here he says that Dallas could have been concerned about losing Luka for nothing. What bgwood has been saying.

It's better to tick the fans off and get Anthony Davis than take a chance on another Brunson situation.

Luka has gone through a lot of stuff during his time in Dallas. I don't think he wanted to leave, but if he did I could understand it.

I'm not buying that they think they could have lost him for nothing. He was up for the super max he is not saying no to that money. Worst case scenario is he requests a trade... and guess what... at least more teams would know that he is actually up for trade

Well apparently Dallas was buying it.

After Brunson, it makes sense.

Luka has sneaker money and will get paid wherever he goes.

There's something else going on here, it looks like.

Luka went through a lot of junk under Cuban's ownership. Even though Cuban isn't running the show anymore, Luka may have been ready to hit the exit for a refresh.