The Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris to the Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a 2029 first-round pick, per Shams
Worst trade in professional sports since Babe Ruth went to the Yankees 🤯
🚨 LUKA TRADED TO LAKERS
Submitted 1 week ago by TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml to nba@lemmy.world
https://bleacherreport.com/post/nba/7e67ed08-16ac-4578-9735-d6e25a9c3500
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imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
It really is lol like the justification is that Luka has conditioning issues and is injured so instead of going to any other team they just go to the lakers and trade for an older more injury prone AD and 1 pick lol
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It feels like the Mavs didn’t even explore the market. If you trade away 25 year old generational talent (even little bit overweight) the return should be more than that. Weird af trade.
polysexualstick@lemmy.world 1 week ago
DHop trade was still worse
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Red Sox couldn’t afford Babe so they traded him away. Mavs didn’t want to pay Luka supermax so they traded him away.
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
No idea why the Mavs do this, was Luka unhappy?
Death__BySnuSnu@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This had to have been fixed by the league. There’s absolutely NOTHING in this for the Mavs. Horrible, horrible trade!
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 week 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
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
it’s not fixed, sometimes people just do dumb shit.
vodkasolution@feddit.it 1 week 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)
David_Eight@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I mean, there is no other possible explanation right? I’m a life long Lakers fan and this makes no sense.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
the explanation is Hanlon’s razor.
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The food better in LA
knightmare@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
AM I TAKING CRAZY PILLS??
Jackcooper@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Here to join the chorus that the Mavs are idiots
scytale@lemm.ee 1 week ago
The only reason that would make sense to me is that Luka is such a diva or an asshole behind the scenes that the organization wanted to get rid of him asap. But it still doesn’t make any sense to let him go for AD and 1 FRP when most of the contending teams would gladly give so much more for him.
TAG@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Kyrie was a known asshole and diva, and the Mavs had no problem trading for him. The only way this makes sense is if tomorrow we find out Luka was point shaving.
scytale@lemm.ee 1 week ago
The NBA should win an emmy for best drama lmao. That joke about it being a soap opera for men really is true.
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 1 week ago
more drama than in WWE
collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
What a weird way to find out Luka has a drug addiction. (That’s the only way this make sense. )
rezz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Officially the biggest post in /c/NBA history — thanks Nico!
SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
On a day where Trump seems to have caused trillion dollars worth of damage Nico seemed to have one upped him. Bravo
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
lol the fat fuck is going to LA like all the conspiracy theorists said!!! OMG
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Like even if he wanted out and would only resign with the Lakers how do you not get a better return?
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Lakers robbed Dallas. Silver twisted Cuban’s arms to do this.
TAG@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Some team would still trade good pieces for him in hope of hanging up a banner and convincing him to stay. The Raptors tried to give Kawhi Stockholm Syndrome.
Mars2k21@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Surprised the NBA didn’t veto this one like they did with CP3 and the Lakers
vodkasolution@feddit.it 1 week ago
I think we’ll never see a veto again
vodkasolution@feddit.it 6 days ago
Klay, probably one of the most impacted players or one of the few that, understanding the robbery, spoke: Luka to LA is like Bron to Miami
David_Eight@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I was watching ESPN today (first time in a long time) and they were legit acting like this might be a good thing for Dallas, how Luka is kinda fat, and it could improve their chances blah blah blah. I just felt like I was being gaslight by an entire sports network, like wtf are they talking about LMAO.
Dallas got robbed and Pelinka might be a sith lord with the mind tricks he pulled on Nico. There is no fucking way the Mavs get to the finals this year or any time in the near future, 0.
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
- Bobby Marks: Shams has not been hacked. This is real.xcancel.com/BobbyMarks42/…/1885921529730334918
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Shams Charania: The Mavericks approached the Lakers recently and offered Luka Doncic, sources tell ESPN. Lakers brass met and believed the 25-year-old Doncic has the ability to be the face of their franchise for the next decade while giving Anthony Davis a win-now move in Dallas.xcancel.com/ShamsCharania/…/1885925196650963331
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Bobby Marks: There are major financial implications for Luka Doncic with this trade. He was in line to receive a five-year $345M contract this summer. Doncic is no longer super max eligible.xcancel.com/BobbyMarks42/…/1885922284071702954
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Tim McMahon: “I believe that defense wins championships,” Mavs GM Nico Harrison told ESPN regarding his motivation to trade Luka Doncic for Anthony 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.”xcancel.com/espn_macmahon/…/1885922718333181992
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Tim McMahon: The Mavs had major concerns about moving forward with Luka Doncic due to his constant conditioning issues and the looming commitment of another supermax contract extension this summer, sources told ESPN.xcancel.com/espn_macmahon/…/1885924010669621271
David_Eight@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Bobby Marks: There are major financial implications for Luka Doncic with this trade. He was in line to receive a five-year ＄345M contract this summer. Doncic is no longer super max eligible.https://xcancel.com/…/188592228407170295…
Are you telling me that the Lakers are getting Luka on a discounted salary on top of getting him in the first place? It’s that what this means?
MotorCade93@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Citing discipline issues related to his fitness and weight management
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
spin
MotorCade93@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
This is so fucking insane!!!
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Are the Lakers now allowed to play with 2 balls? both for James and Luka.
skhayfa@lemmy.world 1 week ago
From ESPN “Though Doncic was relatively svelte by his standards when he reported to camp, his weight ballooned to the high 260s early this season, sources said. He sat out five games in late November, when the Mavs listed him with a sprained right wrist, an extended absence to allow Doncic to focus on his conditioning. He had a similar early-season layoff in the 2022-23 season.
Doncic was in line to receive a five-year, $345 million contract this summer but because of the trade, he is no longer eligible for a super max deal, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.”
skhayfa@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Seems to me that the Mavs were not looking for a long term partnership with Luka due to his work ethic so they preferred to cut a deal while it was still making sense and move on. For Lakers it could work out well if this can trigger hookah Doncic and fire up his motivation.
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
So here’s Mavs’ thinking. Luka has player option for 2026. Lakers have cleared cap space to give Luka the MAX. Mavs must have a sniffling of an idea that Luka wasn’t going to sign with them. So they are getting the best deal they can NOW. It also explains the leaks tonight on Mavs’ frustrations with Luka’s “conditioning” basically calling him a lazy fat fuck in polite words.
yeehawboy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Two years of luka basketball with the mavs absolutely outweighs this trade. One year of luka basketball (the rest of this season) absolutely outweighs this trade. The mavs, being upset about his conditioning could have literally shopped around the league for more than this crap. This is a complete and utter failure on behalf of the mavs and in my opinion a sell out from the new owners who don’t care about the future of this franchise and don’t want to pay luka his super max contract he very much deserves. I am a Mavs fan so all of this is extremely raw, but it’s so hard for me to see this as any other way than how I see it right now
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
You beat me!
David_Eight@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This dude just bought a 15 million dollar house, just closed it last week in Dallas. Apparently he cried when he found out. - Chandler Parsons
And they cost him over 100m from loosing the supermax. Now the Mavs are spreading rumors how Luka is fat and difficult to deal with in the media.
Luka got traded out of sheer pettiness, Mavs are just a trash organization now SMH
TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
The Mavs as an org may never recover from this. What star wants to play for a team that does this to the player that took them to the finals.
drthunder@midwest.social 1 week ago
Why does all the unbelievably stupid stuff that happens have to be bad? Why do the rich keep getting richer? First the Dodgers get Sasaki and now this, I don’t know why I bother following sports
Arehandoro@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
What the hell? 😱
burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Why the fuck would they do that
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
not everyone in the NBA is smart.