REPORT: AD out indefinitely

[TheGOATWill]

Man, this is brutal. Also, and I hate to be a stickler, the warranty is void once AD has been taken out of the plastic.

[Karate Diop]

Feel bad for AD... But this has always been his demon. Mans just can't stay healthy. He'll give you good battle when his body lets him, but that doesn't happen frequently enough.

[cocktailswith_2short]

He's going to ball out whenever he can play . He was playing like a man possessed before he got hurt .

[Bob8]

He's going to ball out whenever he can play . He was playing like a man possessed before he got hurt .

Best guess is in October.

[Doranku]

I actually hate the Mavs organization so much. Imagine you have a 25 year old superstar, acquired a 2nd option in Kyrie Irving for peanuts to form one of the most potent offensive backcourts in NBA history. They make the finals in their first full year together, winning 3 straight series without HCA. The team retools in the summer, improving their weaknesses by swapping DJJ/THJ/Josh Green for Klay/Grimes/Naji...

Then they trade their 25 year old superstar for the most injury prone player in the league who is THIRTY TWO. Don't even give the guys a chance to run it back after making the finals in their FIRST YEAR TOGETHER!!!

**** piece of trash miserable franchise wasting the twilight of Kyrie's prime and effectively killing any chance at another ring. I don't know why I'm surprised. Same franchise that traded Nash because they didn't want to pay him. Same franchise that made the EXACT same mistake with Brunson a couple decades later. Same franchise that made no effort to retain the championship roster from 2011.

Some franchises just don't deserve to exist.

Let me understand this.

You hate the Mavs franchise. Cool. No challenge there. Understandable.

But you have a Lakers logo... a team that gets things gifted to them? Do you not feel bad about the field not balanced in the NBA? Shouldn't you hate the fact that the Lakers have benefits that most other franchises don't have?

What have the Lakers had gifted to them? lol as another posted mentioned, they had the CP3 trade literally vetoed by the league. Are we talking about the Pau Gasol trade? A trade that turned out to not even be that bad because it netted Memphis Marc Gasol? I guess it doesn't matter how the players turned out though, only how they were viewed at the time of the trade. Guess the Paul George trade wasn't so bad after all!

Is it the Lakers fault your GM is a complete and utter moron and your team is owned by a family that probably couldn't name 5 players in the league? Your narcissistic GM was the one who went to the Lakers with the idea. He had a vision of making a defense-based team and sought out AD. He is an idiot that fell prey to the whispers circulating about Luka being too poorly conditioned/not playing enough defense to win a title after the finals. He saw the Mavs start out 5-1 without Luka and went to Pelinka, the timelines match.

If you guys really think Adam Silver's evil cabal orchestrated the trade behind the scenes to benefit the Lakers, why even watch the league at all?

[Dirk]

I actually hate the Mavs organization so much. Imagine you have a 25 year old superstar, acquired a 2nd option in Kyrie Irving for peanuts to form one of the most potent offensive backcourts in NBA history. They make the finals in their first full year together, winning 3 straight series without HCA. The team retools in the summer, improving their weaknesses by swapping DJJ/THJ/Josh Green for Klay/Grimes/Naji...

Then they trade their 25 year old superstar for the most injury prone player in the league who is THIRTY TWO. Don't even give the guys a chance to run it back after making the finals in their FIRST YEAR TOGETHER!!!

**** piece of trash miserable franchise wasting the twilight of Kyrie's prime and effectively killing any chance at another ring. I don't know why I'm surprised. Same franchise that traded Nash because they didn't want to pay him. Same franchise that made the EXACT same mistake with Brunson a couple decades later. Same franchise that made no effort to retain the championship roster from 2011.

Some franchises just don't deserve to exist.

Let me understand this.

You hate the Mavs franchise. Cool. No challenge there. Understandable.

But you have a Lakers logo... a team that gets things gifted to them? Do you not feel bad about the field not balanced in the NBA? Shouldn't you hate the fact that the Lakers have benefits that most other franchises don't have?

What have the Lakers had gifted to them? lol as another posted mentioned, they had the CP3 trade literally vetoed by the league. Are we talking about the Pau Gasol trade? A trade that turned out to not even be that bad because it netted Memphis Marc Gasol? I guess it doesn't matter how the players turned out though, only how they were viewed at the time of the trade. Guess the Paul George trade wasn't so bad after all!

Is it the Lakers fault your GM is a complete and utter moron and your team is owned by a family that probably couldn't name 5 players in the league? Your narcissistic GM was the one who went to the Lakers with the idea. He had a vision of making a defense-based team and sought out AD. He is an idiot that fell prey to the whispers circulating about Luka being too poorly conditioned/not playing enough defense to win a title after the finals. He saw the Mavs start out 5-1 without Luka and went to Pelinka, the timelines match.

If you guys really think Adam Silver's evil cabal orchestrated the trade behind the scenes to benefit the Lakers, why even watch the league at all?

I'll just bring up the guy the Lakers traded for Luka.

In 2019, the Lakers were a complete mess—coming off a 37-45 season where they missed the playoffs. Their front office was in shambles, Magic Johnson had just quit out of nowhere, and they had failed to land any stars to pair with LeBron in his first season.

But what happens? AD forces his way to the Lakers and Rich Paul (his agent, also LeBron’s agent) helps orchestrate the entire thing. As a result, the Lakers are able get their superstar despite being a dysfunctional franchise at the time.

Imagine if Sacramento or Orlando had been in the exact same position as the Lakers—no stability, no recent success, bad front office moves. There’s zero chance a superstar forces his way there. But because it’s the Lakers, AD had no problem saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll go play there even though they were trash last year.’ That’s not a level playing field. That’s a franchise benefiting from built-in advantages that 90% of the league will never have.

[ryguy613]

Let me understand this.

You hate the Mavs franchise. Cool. No challenge there. Understandable.

But you have a Lakers logo... a team that gets things gifted to them? Do you not feel bad about the field not balanced in the NBA? Shouldn't you hate the fact that the Lakers have benefits that most other franchises don't have?

What have the Lakers had gifted to them? lol as another posted mentioned, they had the CP3 trade literally vetoed by the league. Are we talking about the Pau Gasol trade? A trade that turned out to not even be that bad because it netted Memphis Marc Gasol? I guess it doesn't matter how the players turned out though, only how they were viewed at the time of the trade. Guess the Paul George trade wasn't so bad after all!

Is it the Lakers fault your GM is a complete and utter moron and your team is owned by a family that probably couldn't name 5 players in the league? Your narcissistic GM was the one who went to the Lakers with the idea. He had a vision of making a defense-based team and sought out AD. He is an idiot that fell prey to the whispers circulating about Luka being too poorly conditioned/not playing enough defense to win a title after the finals. He saw the Mavs start out 5-1 without Luka and went to Pelinka, the timelines match.

If you guys really think Adam Silver's evil cabal orchestrated the trade behind the scenes to benefit the Lakers, why even watch the league at all?

I'll just bring up the guy the Lakers traded for Luka.

In 2019, the Lakers were a complete mess—coming off a 37-45 season where they missed the playoffs. Their front office was in shambles, Magic Johnson had just quit out of nowhere, and they had failed to land any stars to pair with LeBron in his first season.

But what happens? AD forces his way to the Lakers and Rich Paul (his agent, also LeBron’s agent) helps orchestrate the entire thing. As a result, the Lakers are able get their superstar despite being a dysfunctional franchise at the time.

Imagine if Sacramento or Orlando had been in the exact same position as the Lakers—no stability, no recent success, bad front office moves. There’s zero chance a superstar forces his way there. But because it’s the Lakers, AD had no problem saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll go play there even though they were trash last year.’ That’s not a level playing field. That’s a franchise benefiting from built-in advantages that 90% of the league will never have.

Not only was AD not the first person to force his way to a preferred team, he isnt even the most recent. Didnt James Harden literally just force his way to two teams in like 4 years? I just dont understand this bitterness. When the Lakers made the trade, people were laughing at them for the "haul" they gave up to get him. But now that hindsight shows us the assets they gave up were more than worth it, we're back to complaining about how unfair the trade was. can we stop with this nonsense already.

[Doranku]

Let me understand this.

You hate the Mavs franchise. Cool. No challenge there. Understandable.

But you have a Lakers logo... a team that gets things gifted to them? Do you not feel bad about the field not balanced in the NBA? Shouldn't you hate the fact that the Lakers have benefits that most other franchises don't have?

What have the Lakers had gifted to them? lol as another posted mentioned, they had the CP3 trade literally vetoed by the league. Are we talking about the Pau Gasol trade? A trade that turned out to not even be that bad because it netted Memphis Marc Gasol? I guess it doesn't matter how the players turned out though, only how they were viewed at the time of the trade. Guess the Paul George trade wasn't so bad after all!

Is it the Lakers fault your GM is a complete and utter moron and your team is owned by a family that probably couldn't name 5 players in the league? Your narcissistic GM was the one who went to the Lakers with the idea. He had a vision of making a defense-based team and sought out AD. He is an idiot that fell prey to the whispers circulating about Luka being too poorly conditioned/not playing enough defense to win a title after the finals. He saw the Mavs start out 5-1 without Luka and went to Pelinka, the timelines match.

If you guys really think Adam Silver's evil cabal orchestrated the trade behind the scenes to benefit the Lakers, why even watch the league at all?

I'll just bring up the guy the Lakers traded for Luka.

In 2019, the Lakers were a complete mess—coming off a 37-45 season where they missed the playoffs. Their front office was in shambles, Magic Johnson had just quit out of nowhere, and they had failed to land any stars to pair with LeBron in his first season.

But what happens? AD forces his way to the Lakers and Rich Paul (his agent, also LeBron’s agent) helps orchestrate the entire thing. As a result, the Lakers are able get their superstar despite being a dysfunctional franchise at the time.

Imagine if Sacramento or Orlando had been in the exact same position as the Lakers—no stability, no recent success, bad front office moves. There’s zero chance a superstar forces his way there. But because it’s the Lakers, AD had no problem saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll go play there even though they were trash last year.’ That’s not a level playing field. That’s a franchise benefiting from built-in advantages that 90% of the league will never have.

Sounds like way more of a LeBron thing than a Lakers thing. Do you think AD is forcing his way to LA if DeMar DeRozan was the one leading that 37 win team the year prior?

[Bob8]

Let me understand this.

You hate the Mavs franchise. Cool. No challenge there. Understandable.

But you have a Lakers logo... a team that gets things gifted to them? Do you not feel bad about the field not balanced in the NBA? Shouldn't you hate the fact that the Lakers have benefits that most other franchises don't have?

What have the Lakers had gifted to them? lol as another posted mentioned, they had the CP3 trade literally vetoed by the league. Are we talking about the Pau Gasol trade? A trade that turned out to not even be that bad because it netted Memphis Marc Gasol? I guess it doesn't matter how the players turned out though, only how they were viewed at the time of the trade. Guess the Paul George trade wasn't so bad after all!

Is it the Lakers fault your GM is a complete and utter moron and your team is owned by a family that probably couldn't name 5 players in the league? Your narcissistic GM was the one who went to the Lakers with the idea. He had a vision of making a defense-based team and sought out AD. He is an idiot that fell prey to the whispers circulating about Luka being too poorly conditioned/not playing enough defense to win a title after the finals. He saw the Mavs start out 5-1 without Luka and went to Pelinka, the timelines match.

If you guys really think Adam Silver's evil cabal orchestrated the trade behind the scenes to benefit the Lakers, why even watch the league at all?

I'll just bring up the guy the Lakers traded for Luka.

In 2019, the Lakers were a complete mess—coming off a 37-45 season where they missed the playoffs. Their front office was in shambles, Magic Johnson had just quit out of nowhere, and they had failed to land any stars to pair with LeBron in his first season.

But what happens? AD forces his way to the Lakers and Rich Paul (his agent, also LeBron’s agent) helps orchestrate the entire thing. As a result, the Lakers are able get their superstar despite being a dysfunctional franchise at the time.

Imagine if Sacramento or Orlando had been in the exact same position as the Lakers—no stability, no recent success, bad front office moves. There’s zero chance a superstar forces his way there. But because it’s the Lakers, AD had no problem saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll go play there even though they were trash last year.’ That’s not a level playing field. That’s a franchise benefiting from built-in advantages that 90% of the league will never have.

Luka's story is diametrically opposed. He was forced to Lakers in the middle of the night by GM and owner. Difficult to blame Lakers for that. And who has brought that stupid and arrogant GM and sold the team to the owners, who don't care about basketball? Here you have your culprits, Nico, Patrick and Mark. It was totally self inflicted disaster. I don't understand what Lakers have with that, the idiot just called the first number he could remember.

[baldur]

Mark Cuban selling Dallas mavericks is as surprising as this trade though, but nobody was really talking about that.

[Laimbeer]

Why would he leave a well paid job?

This is a business move.

For as much as we blame Nico why aren't we giving the same energy to the Mavs owner who has the final say on this move?

Again the Mavs owner had to sign off on this. Why would he trade the bigger younger star for a aging AD?

It's not hard to see what happened behind the scenes. This was a move made for the entire league. The league had no superstar who could replace LeBron/Curry. Their best chance was to put Luka a international star in LA. The NBA got their next guy and his name is Luka and he plays in the best market for the most popular franchise in the league.

Wade told you what happened believe him.

What exactly happened?

Read again

So the Mavs owner basically gifted Luka to benefit the league at his own franchise's expense? Was there an understanding with the league? Are the Mavs being compensated somehow?

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

What have the Lakers had gifted to them? lol as another posted mentioned, they had the CP3 trade literally vetoed by the league. Are we talking about the Pau Gasol trade? A trade that turned out to not even be that bad because it netted Memphis Marc Gasol? I guess it doesn't matter how the players turned out though, only how they were viewed at the time of the trade. Guess the Paul George trade wasn't so bad after all!

Is it the Lakers fault your GM is a complete and utter moron and your team is owned by a family that probably couldn't name 5 players in the league? Your narcissistic GM was the one who went to the Lakers with the idea. He had a vision of making a defense-based team and sought out AD. He is an idiot that fell prey to the whispers circulating about Luka being too poorly conditioned/not playing enough defense to win a title after the finals. He saw the Mavs start out 5-1 without Luka and went to Pelinka, the timelines match.

If you guys really think Adam Silver's evil cabal orchestrated the trade behind the scenes to benefit the Lakers, why even watch the league at all?

I'll just bring up the guy the Lakers traded for Luka.

In 2019, the Lakers were a complete mess—coming off a 37-45 season where they missed the playoffs. Their front office was in shambles, Magic Johnson had just quit out of nowhere, and they had failed to land any stars to pair with LeBron in his first season.

But what happens? AD forces his way to the Lakers and Rich Paul (his agent, also LeBron’s agent) helps orchestrate the entire thing. As a result, the Lakers are able get their superstar despite being a dysfunctional franchise at the time.

Imagine if Sacramento or Orlando had been in the exact same position as the Lakers—no stability, no recent success, bad front office moves. There’s zero chance a superstar forces his way there. But because it’s the Lakers, AD had no problem saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll go play there even though they were trash last year.’ That’s not a level playing field. That’s a franchise benefiting from built-in advantages that 90% of the league will never have.

Luka's story is diametrically opposed. He was forced to Lakers in the middle of the night by GM and owner. Difficult to blame Lakers for that. And who has brought that stupid and arrogant GM and sold the team to the owners, who don't care about basketball? Here you have your culprits, Nico, Patrick and Mark. It was totally self inflicted disaster. I don't understand what Lakers have with that, the idiot just called the first number he could remember.

This is all not true.

Nico and Pelinka both confirm they had been talking about this for at least a month before it happened, in secret.

[Bob8]

I'll just bring up the guy the Lakers traded for Luka.

In 2019, the Lakers were a complete mess—coming off a 37-45 season where they missed the playoffs. Their front office was in shambles, Magic Johnson had just quit out of nowhere, and they had failed to land any stars to pair with LeBron in his first season.

But what happens? AD forces his way to the Lakers and Rich Paul (his agent, also LeBron’s agent) helps orchestrate the entire thing. As a result, the Lakers are able get their superstar despite being a dysfunctional franchise at the time.

Imagine if Sacramento or Orlando had been in the exact same position as the Lakers—no stability, no recent success, bad front office moves. There’s zero chance a superstar forces his way there. But because it’s the Lakers, AD had no problem saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll go play there even though they were trash last year.’ That’s not a level playing field. That’s a franchise benefiting from built-in advantages that 90% of the league will never have.

Luka's story is diametrically opposed. He was forced to Lakers in the middle of the night by GM and owner. Difficult to blame Lakers for that. And who has brought that stupid and arrogant GM and sold the team to the owners, who don't care about basketball? Here you have your culprits, Nico, Patrick and Mark. It was totally self inflicted disaster. I don't understand what Lakers have with that, the idiot just called the first number he could remember.

This is all not true.

Nico and Pelinka both confirm they had been talking about this for at least a month before it happened, in secret.

What is not true?

Nico said he offered Luka to Pelinka, who first laughed at him. He then talked to the owner and the owner first laughed at him too. 2 people laughed at him and genius still thought he's making a great move.

[Ssj16]

Nico might go down as the worst GM of all time.

I don't even think this is hyperbolic. When you trade a player who has top 10 goat potential in his prime who was looking to stay with your franchise for an older player who is more closer to top 30 goat potential at best but is also very injury prone i could see this bookmarked as the worst trade of all time.

Sadly Luka would need to reach Embiid/Kawhi levels of inactivity and become injury prone to make this trade make a modicum of sense.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

Luka's story is diametrically opposed. He was forced to Lakers in the middle of the night by GM and owner. Difficult to blame Lakers for that. And who has brought that stupid and arrogant GM and sold the team to the owners, who don't care about basketball? Here you have your culprits, Nico, Patrick and Mark. It was totally self inflicted disaster. I don't understand what Lakers have with that, the idiot just called the first number he could remember.

This is all not true.

Nico and Pelinka both confirm they had been talking about this for at least a month before it happened, in secret.

What is not true?

Nico said he offered Luka to Pelinka, who first laughed at him. He then talked to the owner and the owner first laughed at him too. 2 people laughed at him and genius still thought he's making a great move.

not true.

It was Pelinka who asked Nico "Would you ever..?" (trade Luka)...... to which Nico said he thought to himself, "Hmm.. would I?"

It's all on video.

[Bob8]

This is all not true.

Nico and Pelinka both confirm they had been talking about this for at least a month before it happened, in secret.

What is not true?

Nico said he offered Luka to Pelinka, who first laughed at him. He then talked to the owner and the owner first laughed at him too. 2 people laughed at him and genius still thought he's making a great move.

not true.

It was Pelinka who asked Nico "Would you ever..?" (trade Luka)...... to which Nico said he thought to himself, "Hmm.. would I?"

It's all on video.

And Pelinka laughed. Nico had everything in his hands not Pelinka, he was just gifted the 25 year old superstar. Who would have say no? Nobody. We have 2 idiots in this story and someone, who got the treasure almost by accident. Nico always wanted AD, Rich Paul confirmed that. Idiot was pretty satisfied with himself in press conference, unfortunately for him things have fallen off the rails very soon and he's nowhere to see since.

[ryguy613]

This is all not true.

Nico and Pelinka both confirm they had been talking about this for at least a month before it happened, in secret.

What is not true?

Nico said he offered Luka to Pelinka, who first laughed at him. He then talked to the owner and the owner first laughed at him too. 2 people laughed at him and genius still thought he's making a great move.

not true.

It was Pelinka who asked Nico "Would you ever..?" (trade Luka)...... to which Nico said he thought to himself, "Hmm.. would I?"

It's all on video.

huh? lol. where are you getting that from? its been said from both parties that Nico is the one who initiated the trade talks. What video evidence are you aware of that captured Pelinka initiating the trade? please do share

[Ssj16]

Nico Harrison is worried of Luka's conditioning yet traded him for a 32 years old dude with this kind of injury history


AD career injury history

Fractured left hand, January 13, 2013

Dislocated finger left hand, January 29, 2014

Sprained ankle, March 28, 2014

Back spasm, 9 April 2014

Chest contusion, December 13, 2014

Sprained left big toe, January 16, 2015

Groin strain, January 30, 2015

Sprained right shoulder, February 7, 2015

Sprained right shoulder, February 21, 2015

Sprained ankle, March 19, 2015

Hip strain, November 11, 2015

Shoulder pain, November 18, 2015

Back injury, January 8, 2016

Concussion, January 25, 2016

Sprained right big toe, 27 February 2016

Knee pain, left knee, 18 May 2016

Sprained ankle, 12 October 2016

Lower back pain, November 12, 2016

Quadriceps, 16 November 2016

Quadriceps, 18 November 2016

Contusion left leg, 17 December 2016

Bruised hip, 11 January 2017

Sprained left thumb, 17 January 2017

Right quadriceps impingement, 23 January 2017

Sickness, 17 October 2017

Inflammation left knee, 25 October 2017

Concussion, 18 November 2017

Groin strain, 1 December 2017

Groin pain, December 11, 2017

Sprained ankle, 8 January 2018

Sprained ankle, 7 March 2018

Elbow impingement, 27 October 2018

Sprained elbow, 1 November 2018

Elbow sprain, November 4, 2018

Sprained hip, 24 November 2018

Illness, 20 December 2018

Sickness, January 1, 2019

Sprained ankle, 12 January 2019

Dislocated index finger, 19 January 2019

Back spasm, 8 March 2019

Right shoulder pain, 13 November 2019

Sprained right ankle, 17 December 2019

Gluteal contusion, January 20, 2020

Right knee pain, March 1, 2020

Calf strain, December 27, 2020

Abductor strain, January 8, 2021

Quadriceps contusion, January 28, 2021

Achilles tendon tendonitis, 8 February 2021

Achilles tendonitis, 16 February 2021

Groin strain, May 30, 2021

MCL Sprain, December 18, 2021

Mid-foot Sprain, February 16, 2022

Foot Injury, April 5, 2022

Back Injury, October 18, 2022

Calf Injury, November 28, 2022

Back Injury, December 4, 2022

Foot Injury, January 25, 2023

Foot Injury, March 29, 2023

Head Injury, May 12, 2023

Groin Injury, November 10, 2023

Hip Injury, November 5, 2024

Abdominal strain, January 28, 2025

Adductor Injury, February 8, 2025 - out indefinitely

Reading this is like watching the opening text in star wars.

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well played.

I'm seriously mean this, some should do a well fair check on all mavs fans.

I think most of are making fun of Nico and upper management. I truly feel bad for them. I know we had this happen with VC but he wanted out.

I can't imagine the Raps traded Doncic in this scenario, I'd might consider boycotting them with how heart broken I'd be.

[Broadcaster]

I actually hate the Mavs organization so much. Imagine you have a 25 year old superstar, acquired a 2nd option in Kyrie Irving for peanuts to form one of the most potent offensive backcourts in NBA history. They make the finals in their first full year together, winning 3 straight series without HCA. The team retools in the summer, improving their weaknesses by swapping DJJ/THJ/Josh Green for Klay/Grimes/Naji...

Then they trade their 25 year old superstar for the most injury prone player in the league who is THIRTY TWO. Don't even give the guys a chance to run it back after making the finals in their FIRST YEAR TOGETHER!!!

**** piece of trash miserable franchise wasting the twilight of Kyrie's prime and effectively killing any chance at another ring. I don't know why I'm surprised. Same franchise that traded Nash because they didn't want to pay him. Same franchise that made the EXACT same mistake with Brunson a couple decades later. Same franchise that made no effort to retain the championship roster from 2011.

Some franchises just don't deserve to exist.

Let me understand this.

You hate the Mavs franchise. Cool. No challenge there. Understandable.

But you have a Lakers logo... a team that gets things gifted to them? Do you not feel bad about the field not balanced in the NBA? Shouldn't you hate the fact that the Lakers have benefits that most other franchises don't have?

What have the Lakers had gifted to them? lol as another posted mentioned, they had the CP3 trade literally vetoed by the league. Are we talking about the Pau Gasol trade? A trade that turned out to not even be that bad because it netted Memphis Marc Gasol? I guess it doesn't matter how the players turned out though, only how they were viewed at the time of the trade. Guess the Paul George trade wasn't so bad after all!

Is it the Lakers fault your GM is a complete and utter moron and your team is owned by a family that probably couldn't name 5 players in the league? Your narcissistic GM was the one who went to the Lakers with the idea. He had a vision of making a defense-based team and sought out AD. He is an idiot that fell prey to the whispers circulating about Luka being too poorly conditioned/not playing enough defense to win a title after the finals. He saw the Mavs start out 5-1 without Luka and went to Pelinka, the timelines match.

If you guys really think Adam Silver's evil cabal orchestrated the trade behind the scenes to benefit the Lakers, why even watch the league at all?

I actually will take it far less seriously going forward (I guess I never took it that seriously though). I don’t care the reasoning but you cannot act like the Lakers haven’t had more than favourable luck their entire existence. It also definitely benefits the league and this is definitely more an entertainment business than it is a sport. Call it whatever you want, and rationalize the reasoning any way you please, but there’s no denying that the Lakers are gifted so, so, so much more than any other franchise has been and it’s not because the Lakers brass is good. It’s plain to see. If you can’t see it you’ve been sitting on an uneven playing field for too long to recognize it.

[Tomhomes33]

Oh it can get worse than just few weeks off for AD

- AD actually misses the rest of the season
- Mavs fall out of play offs
- Kyrie leaves as a free agent
- Mavs cant sign any great FA (the owners are cheap, nobody wants to come)
- AD gets injured again in pre-season (dont wish him this!)
- Mavs owners waive AD in Feb 2026 (to save $$)
- AD signs as FA with Lakers and recovers for play off
- Luka, LBJ and AD win championship being Lakers

Anyhow, my popcorn is ready..lots of it:)