That's why this trade seems fishy af. Even if the Mavericks wanted AD that BADLY. Why wouldn't the they at least see what other teams are offering so they could get more out of the Lakers. Adam Silver need to investigate this for tampering. RIP David Stern.
@@blacktopbuckets Seems like they could've also gotten Knecht or Reeves. If you're giving up the core of your offense to get defensive talent, it would help to also get a decent 3rd option scorer/floor spacer like those guys.
Mark Cuban was once the NBA’s loudest critic, constantly challenging the league until the Mavericks won the 2011 title. After that, he seemed to fall in line, leading some to believe he “owed” the NBA a favor. Now, with the Luka trade, fans suspect that debt is being repaid-sending a 25-year-old superstar to the Lakers to extend LeBron’s career and keep the league’s most valuable franchise in contention. Many see this as another example of how certain teams, especially the Lakers, always seem to get the best deals.
Promise you he wont. For zion its about more than his weight. He lacks drive, discipline, will to compete. Luka possesses all of those things. Hes good at every competitive thing he does. Hes even one of the best at overwatch. He hates losing. He sent Devin Booker and Anthony Edwards home. Hes no Zion even when hes out of shape. He will play through injuries in the playoffs if he has to
Everything about this trade is suspect. Although, this might be a hot take, and I’m probably in the minority: I think Kyrie and Anthony Davis and that whole entire defensive squad is going to be a nightmare.
Something tells me this was a backroom negotiation by the NBA to appease LeBron James. I suspect the Mavericks might have gotten something under the table to sweeten the deal.
haha what? the lakers are done. luka and lebron wont match well at all. they both want to hold the ball all the time and neither one of them moves or plays defense
@ definitely. like 80% of them play worse when they get on his team. the obvious examples are like westbrook, kevin love, chris bosh, but its role players too. he actually just makes everyone worse.
Yea they're not very smart of course the mavs aren't gonna accept it they don't know that irl they wanna get rid of him peoples brains be like acorn sized 😂
I can somewhat see what the Mavs were thinking but the risk to reward ratio is fucking terrible. A superstar for the next 5-10 years for a guy who is injury prone and wont last 5 years. As a lakers fan I am super excited, they basically cemented our future for many years when Bron retires.
Luka went from a good fit to carrying lebron yea they dropped the ball both teams. If you would have got luka when lebron retired makes sense. The Lakers went from a play in team to a play in team and now so did dallas.
I'll bet that soon we'll see AD, Klay and Kyrie looking for their fortune elsewhere. I'll bet that Dallas will lose a lot of popularity and lose a lot of money because they betrayed their fans. Despite Luka's character, I don't know him and I don't speak after gossip. Luka was and is the top 3 star in the current NBA and in recent years he was cheated at least 2 times on the MVP award. Who will want to play there now, when even a star is exchanged for the "old" AD...
It’s WAY easier to get Luka in shape than to get another Luka
That's what I'm saying. None of the older generation wanna discipline anybody no more
Yup he’s gonna get hooked up with lebrons Miami connect
@@shaunoneil4705 Bro can you imagine luka getting juiced up, shit would be UNFAIR
Heck just getting in decent shape and not injuries he's way above most starting pgs...
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That's why this trade seems fishy af. Even if the Mavericks wanted AD that BADLY. Why wouldn't the they at least see what other teams are offering so they could get more out of the Lakers. Adam Silver need to investigate this for tampering. RIP David Stern.
Ikr you have to at least try to get another pick or young player out of the Lakers if you're trading away your franchise player.
Adam Silver after investigating himself: Nope, absolutely no tampering going on here. Everyone return to your business.
Yeah he's gonna investigate himself and find that he's done nothing wrong lol
@@blacktopbuckets Seems like they could've also gotten Knecht or Reeves. If you're giving up the core of your offense to get defensive talent, it would help to also get a decent 3rd option scorer/floor spacer like those guys.
Mark Cuban was once the NBA’s loudest critic, constantly challenging the league until the Mavericks won the 2011 title. After that, he seemed to fall in line, leading some to believe he “owed” the NBA a favor. Now, with the Luka trade, fans suspect that debt is being repaid-sending a 25-year-old superstar to the Lakers to extend LeBron’s career and keep the league’s most valuable franchise in contention. Many see this as another example of how certain teams, especially the Lakers, always seem to get the best deals.
Mavs ownership attended those Diddy parties with LeBumHole
David Stern would have somehow vetoed this trade 😂
If Luka becomes the next Zion, this move by Mavs in retrospect will age like vintage wine.
Exactly
Are you seriously comparing Zion to Luka?? GTFO
No it still wouldn't, you know what kind of haul they couldve gotten for Luka? Their future it toast and it didnt have to be
@@blue-phoenix115 this is honestly the worst take I’ve seen this year
Promise you he wont. For zion its about more than his weight. He lacks drive, discipline, will to compete. Luka possesses all of those things. Hes good at every competitive thing he does. Hes even one of the best at overwatch. He hates losing. He sent Devin Booker and Anthony Edwards home. Hes no Zion even when hes out of shape. He will play through injuries in the playoffs if he has to
Luka will be pissed off enough to actually get in shape just to stick it to Nico.
Jokic now working out in the gym double time 😅😅😅
It was a 3 team deal, Jazz got 2nd round picks and a player
Just ran it with them in the trade, still didnt work
Imagine if James harden was on the Mavs, would have been traded for $10 within 15 seconds
Y'all forgot the Jazz
The point still stands since the reasoning was the Lakers assets weren't enough for Luka
@ 1:31... WTF was THAT?!!! Taking away a man's drink like that in my neck of the woods is gonna get you knocked tf out!
Seek AA help
Everything about this trade is suspect.
Although, this might be a hot take, and I’m probably in the minority: I think Kyrie and Anthony Davis and that whole entire defensive squad is going to be a nightmare.
I was surprised that 2K25 had the new roster within hours of the news.
Something tells me this was a backroom negotiation by the NBA to appease LeBron James. I suspect the Mavericks might have gotten something under the table to sweeten the deal.
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haha what? the lakers are done. luka and lebron wont match well at all. they both want to hold the ball all the time and neither one of them moves or plays defense
@@valjohnson7112 LeBron traditionally makes his team mates worse.
@ definitely. like 80% of them play worse when they get on his team. the obvious examples are like westbrook, kevin love, chris bosh, but its role players too. he actually just makes everyone worse.
2k GM is better than the real life GM...
You have to play as the Mavs
Yea they're not very smart of course the mavs aren't gonna accept it they don't know that irl they wanna get rid of him peoples brains be like acorn sized 😂
Lukas gonna be out for blood
This trade is crazy
Now trade lebron and jokic
Luka my favorite player is actually going to my favorite team. Unreal
unreal trade
Grimes is not starting over PJ and Dorian isn’t starting over Rui
I can somewhat see what the Mavs were thinking but the risk to reward ratio is fucking terrible. A superstar for the next 5-10 years for a guy who is injury prone and wont last 5 years.
As a lakers fan I am super excited, they basically cemented our future for many years when Bron retires.
They are both injured. Luka has horrible conditioning issues.
@@LAVEGAN83 The guy averages like 66 games a year playing 36 minutes. While being the main ball handler.
Youre doing the trade backwards its mavs proposing the trade not the lakers
Why is your pfp russ on the rockets of all things
because rockets russ was tough
Because he was on the Rockets when I made the channel. Never felt the need to change it
@@blacktopbuckets keep it, that was a fun season and iirc both he and harden had solid years with the Pringle’s man coaching
Does this trade work if you're controlling Dallas, because it's the Mavs reached out to Lakers.
Luka went from a good fit to carrying lebron yea they dropped the ball both teams. If you would have got luka when lebron retired makes sense. The Lakers went from a play in team to a play in team and now so did dallas.
I'll bet that soon we'll see AD, Klay and Kyrie looking for their fortune elsewhere. I'll bet that Dallas will lose a lot of popularity and lose a lot of money because they betrayed their fans. Despite Luka's character, I don't know him and I don't speak after gossip. Luka was and is the top 3 star in the current NBA and in recent years he was cheated at least 2 times on the MVP award. Who will want to play there now, when even a star is exchanged for the "old" AD...
2K is ass and the trades have always been ass so i dont know why this is a point
Lebron made this trade
Mavs got fleeced
This Nico guy has skeletons in his closet.
Yeah but 2k is trash so...grain of salt. They might not accept a manual trade but can see the dumb ass engine offering a trade like this midseason.
He's out of shape?! That's a weird assessment from the Mavs.
They just didn't want to pay Luka. Mavericks are trash for that.