If Texas had allowed Casino gambling, Luka would still be with Mavs

ChumboChappati · Post #1 » by **ChumboChappati** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 3:11 am

Read a great article on Luka trade:

https://us.yahoo.com/sports/why-did-luka-doncic-get-traded-rating-the-top-5-theories-based-on-believability-005027413.html

The writer presented 4 NBA theories and dismantled them easily.

But the 5th theory is plausible. As we know, Mavs new owners are in the Casino gambling business, and Texas laws do not allow Casino gambling. The new owners expected Texas to change its anti-gambling laws swiftly, but Texas is resisting. So this trade is a power game by the owners to force the issue. The Rockets owner also wants the same thing.

cgf · Post #2 » by **cgf** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 3:54 am

Checks out. If anything gets Texans to change their ways it’s threatening to get rid of the foreigners…

bballfan1three3 · Post #3 » by **bballfan1three3** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 5:01 am

Shame on Texas IMHO, gambling your money away is a tried and true Americans tradition for the last 5 years. Since the memorial

LakersLegacy · Post #4 » by **LakersLegacy** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 6:14 am

How did the NBA allow new owners in the casino gambling business.

NBA players a refs have rigged games
Every time casino gambling is the source

Raps in 4 · Post #5 » by **Raps in 4** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 6:18 am

LakersLegacy wrote:How did the NBA allow new owners in the casino gambling business.

NBA players a refs have rigged games
Every time casino gambling is the source

OxAndFox · Post #6 » by **OxAndFox** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 6:24 am

ChumboChappati wrote:Read a great article on Luka trade:

https://us.yahoo.com/sports/why-did-luka-doncic-get-traded-rating-the-top-5-theories-based-on-believability-005027413.html

The writer presented 4 NBA theories and dismantled them easily.

But the 5th theory is plausible. As we know, Mavs new owners are in the Casino gambling business, and Texas laws do not allow Casino gambling. The new owners expected Texas to change its anti-gambling laws swiftly, but Texas is resisting. So this trade is a power game by the owners to force the issue. The Rockets owner also wants the same thing.

Soooooooo. The Rockets will be trading Amen for Jimmy Butler/GSW 1st at the deadline?

MrGoat · Post #7 » by **MrGoat** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 6:40 am

bballfan1three3 wrote:Shame on Texas IMHO, gambling your money away is a tried and true Americans tradition for the last 5 years. Since the memorial

Especially because they were one of the R worded states that voted to ruin the country forever

hph6203 · Post #8 » by **hph6203** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 6:42 am

You genuinely have to be stupid to believe that theory. Vegas is the 40th media market in the country. Dallas is 4th. Moving the team is a revenue loser for the league and the owners and moving the team doesn’t get them what they want, the premiere gambling location in Texas. Not only that, but the league isn’t approving a team moving from the fastest growing market in the country to Vegas, which is full of disconnected transplants so the owners can have an anchor entertainment product for a disconnected revenue driver of a casino. The league would tell the Adelson’s to sell before they make that trade.

The answer is Nico is an idiot. Period. When someone does something inexplicably stupid the safest bet is he’s inexplicably stupid.

GrindCityHustle · Post #9 » by **GrindCityHustle** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 8:30 am

At this point I am reserving my final opinion exactly 2 years from now. Even if Mavs win title people will say they should have never traded Luka. It is what it is. Interesting to see how this plays out.

makubesu · Post #10 » by **makubesu** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 9:06 am

Geez, if only we changed the law so that it were legal to own a basketball team I one state, while making money off your primary business in another

Sofia · Post #11 » by **Sofia** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 9:17 am

hph6203 wrote:You genuinely have to be stupid to believe that theory. Vegas is the 40th media market in the country. Dallas is 4th. Moving the team is a revenue loser for the league and the owners and moving the team doesn’t get them what they want, the premiere gambling location in Texas. Not only that, but the league isn’t approving a team moving from the fastest growing market in the country to Vegas, which is full of disconnected transplants so the owners can have an anchor entertainment product for a disconnected revenue driver of a casino. The league would tell the Adelson’s to sell before they make that trade.

The answer is Nico is an idiot. Period. When someone does something inexplicably stupid the safest bet is he’s inexplicably stupid.

Don’t look at the gap between SeaTac and OKC.

El Turco · Post #12 » by **El Turco** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 9:30 am

Yeah Texas is known for resisting desires of billionaires, threating to move a basketball team will flip the script.

Even if owners are willing to tank their franchise value, no chance NBA would sign off on losing the 4th biggest market in America.

AdagioPace · Post #13 » by **AdagioPace** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 9:34 am

hph6203 wrote:You genuinely have to be stupid to believe that theory. Vegas is the 40th media market in the country. Dallas is 4th. Moving the team is a revenue loser for the league and the owners and moving the team doesn’t get them what they want, the premiere gambling location in Texas. Not only that, but the league isn’t approving a team moving from the fastest growing market in the country to Vegas, which is full of disconnected transplants so the owners can have an anchor entertainment product for a disconnected revenue driver of a casino. The league would tell the Adelson’s to sell before they make that trade.

The answer is Nico is an idiot. Period. When someone does something inexplicably stupid the safest bet is he’s inexplicably stupid.

I would agree on using Occam's razor here. At the same time I feel like it cannot be only ascribed to Nico's stupidity. we'll never know...

Raps in 4 · Post #14 » by **Raps in 4** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 9:56 am

makubesu wrote:Geez, if only we changed the law so that it were legal to own a basketball team I one state, while making money off your primary business in another

They wanted to combine the two businesses. They've been trying to get a casino stadium built, where fans can come to watch the Mavs play and burn their money at the same time.

Raps in 4 · Post #15 » by **Raps in 4** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 9:59 am

hph6203 wrote:You genuinely have to be stupid to believe that theory. Vegas is the 40th media market in the country. Dallas is 4th. Moving the team is a revenue loser for the league and the owners and moving the team doesn’t get them what they want, the premiere gambling location in Texas. Not only that, but the league isn’t approving a team moving from the fastest growing market in the country to Vegas, which is full of disconnected transplants so the owners can have an anchor entertainment product for a disconnected revenue driver of a casino. The league would tell the Adelson’s to sell before they make that trade.

MLB and the NFL literally just approved the move of two franchises from one of the largest markets in the country to Las Vegas.

The answer is Nico is an idiot. Period. When someone does something inexplicably stupid the safest bet is he’s inexplicably stupid.

Yet sometimes something is so stupid, that's it's hard to believe a human with a functioning brain made the decision. When that happens, alternate explanations become more plausible.

El Turco · Post #16 » by **El Turco** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 10:06 am

Raps in 4 wrote:
hph6203 wrote:You genuinely have to be stupid to believe that theory. Vegas is the 40th media market in the country. Dallas is 4th. Moving the team is a revenue loser for the league and the owners and moving the team doesn’t get them what they want, the premiere gambling location in Texas. Not only that, but the league isn’t approving a team moving from the fastest growing market in the country to Vegas, which is full of disconnected transplants so the owners can have an anchor entertainment product for a disconnected revenue driver of a casino. The league would tell the Adelson’s to sell before they make that trade.

MLB and the NFL literally just approved the move of two franchises from one of the largest markets in the country to Las Vegas.

The answer is Nico is an idiot. Period. When someone does something inexplicably stupid the safest bet is he’s inexplicably stupid.

Yet sometimes something is so stupid, that's it's hard to believe a human with a functioning brain made the decision. When that happens, alternate explanations become more plausible.

Calling Oakland one of the largest markets is like calling Newark one of the largest markets.

Post #17 » by **Cactus Jack** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 10:36 am

El Turco wrote:Yeah Texas is known for resisting desires of billionaires, threating to move a basketball team will flip the script.

Even if owners are willing to tank their franchise value, no chance NBA would sign off on losing the 4th biggest market in America.

Tbh, the NBA has never cared much about market size. If they did, cities like Memphis & OKC wouldn't have teams.

El Turco · Post #18 » by **El Turco** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 10:42 am

Cactus Jack wrote:
El Turco wrote:Yeah Texas is known for resisting desires of billionaires, threating to move a basketball team will flip the script.

Even if owners are willing to tank their franchise value, no chance NBA would sign off on losing the 4th biggest market in America.

Tbh the NBA has never cared much about market size. If they did, cities like Memphis & OKC wouldn't have teams.

Those teams moved from cities that had poor fan or municipal support. Dallas dont have either problem, and much bigger than Seattle or Vancouver markets.

Post #19 » by **Cactus Jack** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 10:48 am

El Turco wrote:
Cactus Jack wrote:
El Turco wrote:Yeah Texas is known for resisting desires of billionaires, threating to move a basketball team will flip the script.

Even if owners are willing to tank their franchise value, no chance NBA would sign off on losing the 4th biggest market in America.

Tbh the NBA has never cared much about market size. If they did, cities like Memphis & OKC wouldn't have teams.

Those teams moved from cities that had poor fan or municipal support. Dallas dont have either problem, and much bigger than Seattle or Vancouver markets.

If anything, they've proven to prefer smaller markets without competition from the NFL, MLB, and the NHL (Sacramento, SLC, OKC, etc.).

El Turco · Post #20 » by **El Turco** » Thu Feb 6, 2025 10:58 am

Cactus Jack wrote:
El Turco wrote:
Cactus Jack wrote:Tbh the NBA has never cared much about market size. If they did, cities like Memphis & OKC wouldn't have teams.

Those teams moved from cities that had poor fan or municipal support. Dallas dont have either problem, and much bigger than Seattle or Vancouver markets.

If anything, they've proven to prefer smaller markets without competition from the NFL, MLB, and the NHL (Sacramento, SLC, OKC. etc.).

Sacramento is two hours from bay area nfl and mlb teams, they certainly have competition. OKC has college football, which is bigger than NFL is in most places.

Sizeable market with fan support and a newer stadium are two criteria. Dallas has both.