2024-25 NBA Thread: Thunder starting to question having 140 pound guy playing in post in Finals (22 Viewers)

[thecatch]

Doncic isn’t Supermax eligible anymore so this just cost him a metric ton of cash too.

$116 million

 

[whoknew]

The Lakers just got bailed out for the future. Wow. They now have a future beyond LeBron.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Does this move make the Lakers the favorites to win it all? LBJ and Luka on the same team. Good Lord!

 

[NewlyRetired]

Cuban is a moron

He doesn't run the Mavs anymore, right?

He is a minority owner now, but part of the deal was that he was going to retain operational oversight of the team.

No matter though, some one in Dallas approved this trade.

 

[NewlyRetired]

I am so ****ing old now that almost nothing surprises me any more in sports.

I am down right befuddled right now. There has to be something else to this story.

 

[thecatch]

Cuban is a moron

He doesn't run the Mavs anymore, right?

He is a minority owner now, but part of the deal was that he was going to retain operational oversight of the team.

No matter though, some one in Dallas approved this trade.

That arrangement didn’t last long. He no longer runs things.

 

[The General]

Does this move make the Lakers the favorites to win it all? LBJ and Luka on the same team. Good Lord!

I ‘ll go with no way on this.

 

[menobrown]

Nico Harrison said he made the trade because defenses with championships.

This of course after Dallas just played in the finals.

 

[Uncle Leo]

"I believe that defense wins championships," Mavs general manager Nico Harrison told ESPN's Dave McMenamin regarding his motivation to trade Doncic for Davis. "I believe that getting an All-Defensive center and an All-NBA player with a defensive mindset gives us a better chance. We're built to win now and in the future."

 

[Frostillicus]

This is insane.

Also the Wolves didnt' have Ant or Randle or DDV and Naz Reid got hurt mid game. But good one these teams for making sure nobody gives a **** about that game now.

 

[scoobus]

If this is real, there had to be going on behind the scenes between Luka and the Mavs.

Also, someone might need to perform a welfare check on @Instinctive

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Does this move make the Lakers the favorites to win it all? LBJ and Luka on the same team. Good Lord!

If they can get Nikola Vucevic to fill the AD role then that is not a bad team.

 

[Frostillicus]

Does this move make the Lakers the favorites to win it all? LBJ and Luka on the same team. Good Lord!

Not at all.

but it's definitely fascinating.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Lebron brokered this deal, right? I’m sure Bronny was untouchable during the negotiations.

 

[Desert_Power]

"I believe that defense wins championships," Mavs general manager Nico Harrison told ESPN's Dave McMenamin regarding his motivation to trade Doncic for Davis. "I believe that getting an All-Defensive center and an All-NBA player with a defensive mindset gives us a better chance. We're built to win now and in the future."

AD doesn’t want to play Center though…

 

[menobrown]

Makes so little sense it gets the mind wandering. Like did Luka do some off the court stuff that Dallas thinks might be coming to light?

That's totally baseless speculation but I'm grasping for straws. It's one thing to trade Luka but for this return and do it so covertly without shopping him to the highest bidder? It just feels wrong, and rushed and it makes me wonder what we don't know....yet.

 

[Jayrod]

I haven't been this confused since that North American beer thread got started.

 

[menobrown]

Lebron brokered this deal, right?

Probably not as hard as that is believe. Maybe he's next?

 

[Uncle Leo]

Makes so little sense it gets the mind wandering. Like did Luka do some off the court stuff that Dallas thinks might be coming to light?

That's totally baseless speculation but I'm grasping for straws. It's one thing to trade Luka but for this return and do it so covertly without shopping him to the highest bidder? It just feels wrong, and rushed and it makes me wonder what we don't know....yet.

You don’t ever trade a Luka. No one would even dare to ask his availability. He is a generational player. Then to receive a player that is 7 years older and someone that gets hurt a lot is shocking. Seriously has anyone been more shocked by a trade than this?

 

[Uncle Leo]

Lebron brokered this deal, right?

Probably not as hard as that is believe. Maybe he's next?

Back to Cleveland?

 

[CletiusMaximus]

NBA trades are so dramatic.

 

[menobrown]

Makes so little sense it gets the mind wandering. Like did Luka do some off the court stuff that Dallas thinks might be coming to light?

That's totally baseless speculation but I'm grasping for straws. It's one thing to trade Luka but for this return and do it so covertly without shopping him to the highest bidder? It just feels wrong, and rushed and it makes me wonder what we don't know....yet.

You don’t ever trade a Luka. No one would even dare to ask his availability. He is a generational player. Then to receive a player that is 7 years older and someone that gets hurt a lot is shocking. Seriously has anyone been more shocked by a trade than this?

No.

Let me put it this way.

I found out about the trade because I went to search something on X and saw "Hacked" was trending. Clicked on it to find out why and it was everyone saying Shams had been hacked. That's how shocking this trade is for people to digest and it's not doing down easier with time.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

Wow. I wonder if there was friction between luka and the mavs behind the scenes. Luka is legit one of the faces of the NBA—and is big time box office both domestically and internationally. Davis is an elite talent, but he doesn’t command the box office and value to a franchise that Luka does. Seems to me that this trade hurts the franchise value of the Mavs—which is why I don’t quite understand it. They went from being a team with very strong international appeal to virtually none now.

 

[Jayrod]

Wow. I wonder if there was friction between luka and the mavs behind the scenes. Luka is legit one of the faces of the NBA—and is big time box office both domestically and internationally. Davis is an elite talent, but he doesn’t command the box office and value to a franchise that Luka does. Seems to me that this trade hurts the franchise value of the Mavs—which is why I don’t quite understand it. They went from being a team with very strong international appeal to virtually none now.

My son texted me about the trade and my first thought was "why does Dallas want to lose money?"

 

[Uncle Leo]

Wow. I wonder if there was friction between luka and the mavs behind the scenes. Luka is legit one of the faces of the NBA—and is big time box office both domestically and internationally. Davis is an elite talent, but he doesn’t command the box office and value to a franchise that Luka does. Seems to me that this trade hurts the franchise value of the Mavs—which is why I don’t quite understand it. They went from being a team with very strong international appeal to virtually none now.

Nicely put. I was thinking the same thing. I followed the Mavs not because I’m a fan of Dallas, but due to Luka.

 

[Instinctive]

If this is real, there had to be going on behind the scenes between Luka and the Mavs.

Also, someone might need to perform a welfare check on @Instinctive

WTF is going on. This is absolutely insane. I dont even have more words.

 

[trader jake]

Dallas done messed up.

Lakers got gifted Pau Gasol years ago out of the blue. That seems like a fair trade compared to this.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

This seems insane. I told my 16 yo son and his reply was “omg, what the **** is going on? Is this collusion? The Mavs aren’t that dumb, are they?”

 

[whoknew]

Damn. As a Pistons fan - why not give us a chance? 5 firsts? Beef Stew. Ivey? Anything but Cade?

Damn, Mavs. What the hell?

 

[Frostillicus]

Lebron brokered this deal, right? I’m sure Bronny was untouchable during the negotiations.

If he did the whole LeGM stuff needs to stop. This is a steal for LA.

 

[Instinctive]

Cuban is a moron

He doesn't run the Mavs anymore, right?

Yeah I mean Cuban wouldn't be this dumb.

 

[trader jake]

If this is real, there had to be going on behind the scenes between Luka and the Mavs.

Also, someone might need to perform a welfare check on @Instinctive

WTF is going on. This is absolutely insane. I dont even have more words.

Sorry GB

That said, this would be the perfect time to admit Luka acts like a whiney ***** on the court a lot

 

[Instinctive]

If this is real, there had to be going on behind the scenes between Luka and the Mavs.

Also, someone might need to perform a welfare check on @Instinctive

WTF is going on. This is absolutely insane. I dont even have more words.

Sorry GB

That said, this would be the perfect time to admit Luka acts like a whiney ***** on the court a lot

Apparently a big motivator here is that he's fat all the time. Idk I need to not be on the internet but addicts gonna addict i guess.

 

[Jayrod]

There are 3 guys I would have considered 100% untouchable, and he's 1 of them (SGA and Jokic the other 2).

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Nico Harrison’s Wikipedia page is pretty funny right now.

From Wiki:

Nico Tyrone Harrison (born December 28, 1972) is an American professional basketball executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA), who is currently widely regarded as the worst general manager in the entire NBA. Harrison famously traded Luka Doncic for a 15 year old.


Note that it has been edited to a more normal bio since……but my son and I both got screenshots of it lol

 

[Uncle Leo]

In other news: Lebron James with a triple double and the Lakers beat the Knicks at MSG tonight. That too without AD.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Also from wiki:

“On June 28, 2021, Harrison was appointed as the general manager and president of basketball operations for the Dallas Mavericks, succeeding Donnie Nelson. This appointment coincided with the hiring of Jason Kidd as the head coach. Harrison has since gone on to have the worst tenure of any GM in the NBA. The Mavericks will fire him before the end of the year.”

 

[menobrown]

Damn. As a Pistons fan - why not give us a chance?

I'm a 76'er fan and one of my first reactions was "why did Morey not get on this with Embid" and then I remembered they can't trade him until next year.

But to your point, one of the most amazing mind blowing things about this trade is Luka was not shopped. People can go on and on about Luka being fat, tension, contract issues, etc,etc. He still should have been considered untouchable but if not you got to shop him, not target Anthony Davis.

 

[Jayrod]

Does this article need an update?

 

[trader jake]

Lebron brokered this deal, right? I’m sure Bronny was untouchable during the negotiations.

If he did the whole LeGM stuff needs to stop. This is a steal for LA.

This is so stupid, there's no way Jason Kidd wasn't heavily involved on the Mavs side.

 

[Jayrod]

Nico Harrison’s Wikipedia page is pretty funny right now.

From Wiki:

Nico Tyrone Harrison (born December 28, 1972) is an American professional basketball executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA), who is currently widely regarded as the worst general manager in the entire NBA. Harrison famously traded Luka Doncic for a 15 year old.


Note that it has been edited to a more normal bio since……but my son and I both got screenshots of it lol

He may legit need some kind of protective detail.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Dallas let Jalen Brunson go to NYK for nothing. Now Luka to LAL. Mav fans have to be disgusted.

 

[mr. furley]

Bill Simmons trade value chart just in ****ing shambles right now

 

[Courtjester]

I think they were just so tired of losing to the Nuggets that they decided to try to recruit Joker’s best friend to go easy on them

 

[menobrown]

If you believe him, Shams is saying none of the players involved in the trade, including Lebron, had any idea. I actually buy it.

 

[scoobus]

About to see how good Dereck Lively actually is, talk about what was the perfect situation for him.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

Dallas let Jalen Brunson go to NYK for nothing. Now Luka to LAL. Mav fans have to be disgusted.

Let’s not forget trading Porzingis away for Dinwiddie and Bertans.

 

[scoobus]

The whole team has been set up to revolve around Luka and Kyrie. I mean they made the finals freaking last year!

 

[Judge Smails]

If the Lakers can play D down low this will be a hard team to beat. Other pieces have been starting to gel

 

[trader jake]

The whole has been set up to revolve around Luka and Kyrie. I mean they made the finals freaking last year!

The only thing that would have made this trade more crazy is if Woj came out of retirement to drop this all-time bomb. Then reretired.