Comment on 🚨 LUKA TRADED TO LAKERS

TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Death__BySnuSnu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This had to have been fixed by the league. There’s absolutely NOTHING in this for the Mavs. Horrible, horrible trade!

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  • TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Like the nets got 5 firsts for bridges, the jazz got 5 for Gobert, how is this the best you got for Luka? NO ONE KNEW HE WAS EVEN AVAILABLE

    Everything I’m seeing right now is saying he didn’t ask out either, I’m not even a Mavs fan and it feels like a gut punch lol

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    • Death__BySnuSnu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This feels like a league trade for ratings. How else can you explain it? This is such an incredibly lopsided trade. With the league ratings having been down for so long, they had to do something to get their prime markets back. Next up, Giannis to the Knicks for the NY pizza rat and a carton of milk from the nearest bodega.

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    • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I feel so bad for you, my condolences.

      That’s exactly what I was thinking as a Knicks fan, like we gave 5 firsts for Mikal and it only takes ONE for fucking Doncic??? He’s a 25 year old walking triple double, perennial MVP candidate.

      And of course it had to be the Lakers who get another franchise player for the next decade basically for free. Fuck sake.

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      • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean AD is worth at least a couple firsts as well but yes it is still an underpay for what they could have gotten in a bidding war.

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    it’s not fixed, sometimes people just do dumb shit.

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  • vodkasolution@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What??! Nothing?? AD is not of the top 75 players in league history, as per NBA!! (I’ll keep writing when I’ll stop laughing)

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• David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean, there is no other possible explanation right? I’m a life long Lakers fan and this makes no sense.

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  • RandAlThor@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They didn’t get much back either.

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    • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think if they were the same age you could argue defense blah blah blah. But they’re not lol.

      Christie and what will probably be a late first round pick? Like you guys don’t want nothing else? Is this a prank lol? Ok

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      • RandAlThor@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But he’s a free agent after next season. If they wait until next season to trade him on an expiring, they will get nothing back like Raptors got nothing for Siakam.

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the explanation is Hanlon’s razor.

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    • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From most of the reporting I’ve heard you’re right. But this is like historic levels of incompetence, which makes it really hard to believe.

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  • Lootboblin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    many Mavs fans at reddit are saying that new ownership wanted to sabotage the team, making it easier then to relocate the team to Vegas.

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    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      lol they are going to make a new team in Vegas, the league isn’t abandoning Dallas. That’s just silly.

      Maybe ownership had financial concerns, but it has nothing to do with relocation.

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      • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s the 4th largest metro area, so extremely silly.

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      • rishado@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not just that, but the Adelsons lobby HEAVILY to legalize casino gambling in Texas. Even more, they don’t even own casinos in Vegas anymore… only Macau.

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• Jimmycakes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The food better in LA

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