oh damn didnt realize less than a seasoned removed from Luka playing 90+ games at almost 40 mins a game, that this guy was the reason the mavs arent succeeding
Exactly. And then they also say he's not conditioned and out of shape. There is a reason he is so unstoppable. If he turns to skinny Luka he will not be able to bully everyone like he has his whole career already.
I almost feel like this is one of those contrarian knots people tie themselves into to try and understand it and feel smarter. It's super simple. They didn't want to pay Luca the super max, and Nico loved AD. It's stupid, but it's that simple. (to explain why it's stupid, it's more than likely that 24-26 teams would sell their entire team/1st round picks until 2200 to get Luka and sign him to a super max)
to quote scooter: "I don't care if he weighs 700lbs" he's a walking triple double. Nico Harrison better have good personal security because I and the other 8 million people of the DFW metroplex all hate his guts now.
"he's a walking triple double" thats what they said about Embid in philadelphia and Kawhi in Los Angeles............. ............ and boy did they have to pay for what they said!
I don't think you understand how beloved Luka is. He isn't just another superstar. He embodies so much of what fans want in a favorite player. He is everything little boys want to grow up to be. He is a hero to many.
Shaq did nt make 70 million a year either........... .......... you could hire four centers for that money, and one of them would always be in shape and play at 60% of shaq level all year round.........
Shaq was huge, but he was healthy huge........ i dont think he played defense much......... and he worked with a point guard/forward superstar in tandem.......... kobe, dwayne Luka could be the same, with a fit superstar defensive center ............. Like for Like it would be worth the money, but not as lone superstar and bunch of role players around him, money wasted
@@AsifKhan-hf9zy Imagine Luka, Puka, and Shohei smoking the hookah together with the Jake from State Farm! That would be the Super Bowl commercial for the ages! 😂
As a Real Madrid fan, I feel so sick for Mavs fans. Luka isn't just another superstar, he is extremely likeable and everything you want your main man to be. To have him traded away out of nowhere is a gutpunch.
He's so lazy, questionable work ethics, overweight, zero defense and he was looking for a max contract extension, there's some of the reasons Dallas preferred to walk away from Luka. You need more reasons?
@edgarestrada832 AD's nickname is literally Street Clothes. If you are factoring in age, ability, and international recognition, Luka is the most valuable player in the entire world. You are literally giving that up for an older player who sure, plays better defense, but is also extremely injury prone. It's stupid.
@@edgarestrada832he has 5 1st Team All NBAs at 25 years old !! Coming off making the NBA Finals and one of the Greatest Runs in NBA playoff history , oh by the way .. 25 Years Old and hasn’t reached his Peak Prime yet in exchange for a 32 year old Big that’s scared to play the 5 position and hasn’t accomplished anything without Lebron , also Dallas is currently 8th in the West.. you literally know nothing about Basketball. Luka is the future Face of the NBA ..
@@GOLDBLOOD415 Yeah, 25 with bad conditioning and injury prone already. Hasn't played more than 70 games since his rookie year (and only played 72 then). If he doesn't start working on his conditioning now, he'll be playing even less games as he gets older and will be washed up in his early 30s and won't be the center piece of a team for ten years like people have been saying. The criticisms aren't without merit. Maybe it's overblown, but if he turns into the short Embiid, the Mavericks will look like thieves.
He averaged 29:9:6 against Boston in the finals last year. Shooting 47% from the field, and Rich just said that he was breaking down by the end of the season. No Rich… he was killing everybody off one leg
I saw it the same way. Because that's revenue suicide! Luka's fan base is global! The mavs will lose their franchise and they pick up and leave to Vegas! Money talks...
This trade with Kyrie instead of Luka would have been great. You should have gotten A LOT more for Luka. Even if he played games with a beer in his hand.
He’s 25 and has more first team all nba’s than Stephen Curry. This trade is a fire-able offense. And the fact that they only called one team makes it even more despicable
Could it be that the GM and owner just got their egos involved. You cannot teach talent but you can teach character, they failed in mentoring him. Look at how Spurs treat Wemby
They didn’t fail Luka. He did this to himself. If somebody has to pay you a 400 mil supermax. The least you could do, is show up sober and in shape. Luka is a damn drunk. This is his fault
@@yo3rdtier128 exactly.......... you can also see Luka has a big ego, so if you start chastising him, he might refuse to sign the max, so you are nor here nor there........... it is up to Luka to act like a franchise player if he wants to get franchise player money.......... nobody should have to tell him, he is no longer on a rookie contract
Luka gets moved on a whim for AD. Embid hasnt played half the games this season, sitting on the bench getting paid watching Maxi carry a team against Boston. Wild
There's no excuse for this. I don't care if he was 300 pounds and an alcoholic. Should've paid the man. Result of detached, emotionless owners who don't give a crap about the sport and fans + a dumbass GM who was on a power trip.
I know AD is a great fit for the Mavs but you have to at least hear other offers or at minimum get all of LA’s picks. You know how many teams are throwing the kitchen sink for Luka?
If the Lakers get a rim protecting Center this is the scariest team to face in a 7 game series outside of OKC out west. Luka and LeBron healthy with Reaves and Rui is dangerous. Finney Smith, Vanderbilt great wing defenders too. But they need a big center still. If they can go and grab that they become super scary come playoff time. Luka is a playoff assassin and he’s gonna be playing with a vengeance after this trade
@@Nightwing184 gotta be someone out there. Maybe use Knecht and your other first round pick to go get a guy like Nic claxton. Having Luka now you don’t need something spectacular at Center. Just an athletic big who can rebound and catch lobs. Luka alone makes this team scary and the way Lebron is playing I wouldn’t wanna face them in a 7 game series. Especially the other complimentary pieces they have. Reaves, Rui, Finney Smith, Vincent. Losing AD is gonna hurt but if Luka becomes available you can’t turn that trade down. He’s only 25 years old and is at worse a top 3 player in the NBA
The thing that sucks for AD is this is going to be part of his legacy as being the guy “They gave up for Luka” and it's going to discredit how great he was, you understand why you go and get Luka, but people really remember how great of a player AD also was
AD and Lebron werent enough to even go to the finals in the last 4 years, idk why people think Kyrie and AD are finals bound unless Klay really turns back the clock back into his 2018 self. Even in the Bubble AD's outside shot was really accurate and thats how the 2 big lineup worked, AD hasn't been able to constantly hit his outside shots since then
Brockman don't say anything about the Lakers and that Pau trade. Kevin McHale gift wrapped KG to the Celtics for his buddy Danny Ainge. So people who go down that road are just idiots.
AD is quality and has the ability to really help with the Mavs. I'm not sure that any of the Mavs players want to make Nico look good considering how this went down. And that goes for AD as well. Kyrie sitting out and the way the rest of the players performed yesterday, tells me that this is not going to work well. I don't see JKidd liking this move and how it all went down. And it's a failure of Nico if he couldn't get Luka onboard. He should have resigned rather than blame Luka, who is only 25 years old and whose brain is just becoming fully formed.
It would be interesting if this trade is a significant point of emphasis for the players' union as it limits what the highest value contract is and could representing owners trying to prevent that supermax from setting the market.
Everybody is talking about the nba. All these guys are feeding off of it. So much content was released from this one move. An explosion of content over this one move. Just looks weird but hey. We got content and the nba is the headline.
NBA ratings were down.. everyone is confused about these trades, but when you think about the ratings issues, now the nba players are being moved to get ppl engaged. It makes sense
Treating a Hall of Fame, still in his prime Power Forward like a scrub is the wildest think I have ever seen Luka is slightly, and I do mean slightly better thsn AD when you account for defense These takes are wild.
AD is 32, has never got a team past the first round being the #1 option on his team. Luka is 25, has made the Finals and Conference Finals being the #1 option on his team. No one is saying AD is a bad player. But this trade was a huge Lakers win. Massive win. Potentially the best trade in NBA history not involving John Brown as one of the trade partners or NBA TV rights.
@ Because that's the nature of the sport. MJ wins titles, no one talks about the minutes Bill Wennington gave them. When you're the #1 option (and Luka was) that's how it goes.
Anthony Davis is not a broken down jalopey... unless it is in comparison to Luka. A 25 year old top 5 player in the league versus a 30+ top 30 player. Who won this trade? The Lakers. The Lakers by ... roughly 8,000 points. Does anybody remember the New Orleans Pelicans with Anthony Davis as their "star"? Only 2 playoff appearances and two seasons above forty wins in like.. 8 years.
@AsifKhan-hf9zy healthy AD is an oxymoron. He's played more than 60 games once in the last 8 years. Also, at his peak he's not as good as Jokic, Luka, SGA Tatum, Giannis etc.
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People are talinkg about the new owners.... why would you give away Luka the most valuable asset you bought cheap he was 90% of the franchise atm Mavs fans are distraught what??? It makes no sense was Luck doing heroine in the locker room? this sends the Mavs into obscurity
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I don’t want Nico Harrison bailed out, but this is a trade where the commissioner should contact him and ask what’s up. He didn’t consult Jason Kidd or Mark Cuban, and didn’t speak to Luka beforehand or try to shop him around. Rob Pelinka said he thought he was joking at first. That’s the mark of a GM who doesn’t know what he’s doing, and distanced the whole fanbase in a big market franchise with this move, which costs the league a lot of money and viewership. That’s when Silver should step in.
I wonder what the chances are adam silver paid the mavs, under the table, to do such a one sided trade to the lake show. We all know the lake show has to be great for the nba to be great
Sugarcoating this for the Mavs is not possible. Yes, AD is good but you just lost Luka. The trade value he had, the jerseys and tickets he sold, carrying this team to the Finals.. AD cannot replace any of that, it's a huge loss.
LUKA is OFFICIALLY FACE OF THE NBA. LA is face of NBA - global brand. Thay need Luka. Luka is global. He speek copel of languages. Those who run NBA decided that Luka must be NOW NOW IN LA.
Let’s stop pretending like this was a solid move on both sides if we could pick a side to be an apart of as of now we’d all wanna be the lakers it’s as if the jets traded garret wilson for mike Evan’s and a 3rd round pick or sauce Gardner for Jalen Ramsey and a 3rd rich wouldn’t be cool with either of those moves and that’s how Dallas fans feel their not terrible players in return but it sure isn’t enough for what your giving up and the upside of the players your sending away
In a "just this year" vacuum, it's not a bad trade. It's the fact you traded 2-3 years of AD for 8-12 years of Luca and ONLY got 1 pick in return. You really think the Lakers don't still say yes if you ask for more picks? The amount of trying to explain away how silly this is from a Mavs perspective is insane. If the Mavs don't win a title next 2 years, this is the worst trade in NBA history.
I feel like I'm being gaslighted by the media😂 Why wasnt this open for the league to bid on? Why did Rudy Gobert get a better return than Luka Doncic?! Fans aren't stupid. We see this is fishy.
If the league itself didn't orchestrate this I'm assuming that the Mavs found something bad about Luka to want to dump him ASAP. Either he has some degenerative health issue or he's an outright addict or he's been involved in something very inappropriate and there is a Watson/Tucker kind of lawsuit that's going to emerge soon. They didn't just trade him away, they made no effort to even start a bidding war. It seems they did not want to risk going past the trade deadline with him still on the team. I figure they know something we don't.
Not a popular opinion but the Mavs are better rn. They got rid of 1 of 2 ball dominant PGs and picked up a top 5 big. Lakers got no big and 2 ball dominant players. Once LeBron leaves, the Lakers will be better
kyrie is low ceiling guy........... see NBA finals and you would now have to pay him max oontract........... as soon as which is signed, he has you by the balls so now you have streetclothes for 60 million and flat earth kyrie for 60 million in years 2027-28 2028-29 thats 120 million of your payroll............... on two bradley beals basically, so those two years are toast until AD is done
The NBA as a business is losing !!! They need their biggest NBA ICON to play for their BIGGEST FRANCHISE to save the league. Luka is a GOAT level PLAYER !!!! This trade was taken by ADAM SILVER 💯 The Mavs just got robbed for the greater good of the league!!!!
All this slander anbout Luka's conditionning and weight reminds me of Shaq trade from LA. Went to Miami and won them their 1st championship. Whatever his conditioning and weight are, he is good enough to be top3 player in the world, only a complete and utter moron would trade him without him requesting it. And that's without even factoring in Dallas' fanbase relationship with Luka. The Mavs just str8 up LOST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS, that they wont get back even if they win a chanpionship, this makes 0 sense even from a business standpoint. The fact that these guys entertain this rubbish as even remotely close to reality is sickening, and im not even a Mavs fan.
Rich was HAMMERED in his live reaction to this 🤣
As he should be.
Professionally Hammered I must say
I, too, would be hammered. I can't blame him.
We just needed Kevin Harlan calling, “The guy is drunk, but there he goes.”
You think that’s hammered? That’s funny lol
Roger Goodell is not happy that this is the hottest topic during the Super Bowl week
Nobody besides Eagles and Chiefs fans want to see this Superbowl dude 🤦
Boo hoo Who cares about Roger Goodell.
Atleast his halftime show performer won a Grammy for record of the year as a consolation
Pretty sure he doesn’t care. Super bowl weekend draws in millions.
We don't need two weeks of blather on the Superbowl.
This is a nice distraction.
oh damn didnt realize less than a seasoned removed from Luka playing 90+ games at almost 40 mins a game, that this guy was the reason the mavs arent succeeding
Exactly. And then they also say he's not conditioned and out of shape. There is a reason he is so unstoppable. If he turns to skinny Luka he will not be able to bully everyone like he has his whole career already.
Well said. Dallas fans are weirdos
How could it even be a question whether a 25 year old top 5 player makes a team better?
I almost feel like this is one of those contrarian knots people tie themselves into to try and understand it and feel smarter.
It's super simple. They didn't want to pay Luca the super max, and Nico loved AD.
It's stupid, but it's that simple. (to explain why it's stupid, it's more than likely that 24-26 teams would sell their entire team/1st round picks until 2200 to get Luka and sign him to a super max)
Joel Embid has joined the chat..............
@@spsawyer22 its cause mavs gm and lakers are bros
to quote scooter: "I don't care if he weighs 700lbs" he's a walking triple double. Nico Harrison better have good personal security because I and the other 8 million people of the DFW metroplex all hate his guts now.
"he's a walking triple double"
thats what they said about Embid in philadelphia and Kawhi in Los Angeles.............
............ and boy did they have to pay for what they said!
I don't think you understand how beloved Luka is. He isn't just another superstar. He embodies so much of what fans want in a favorite player. He is everything little boys want to grow up to be. He is a hero to many.
Shaq was never in shape . That turned into 4 rings .
But he did play defense 🤷♂️
Shaq did nt make 70 million a year either...........
.......... you could hire four centers for that money, and one of them would always be in shape and play at 60% of shaq level all year round.........
@ true but the money wasn’t that crazy back then. He would make it todays nba
Shaq was huge, but he was healthy huge........ i dont think he played defense much.........
and he worked with a point guard/forward superstar in tandem.......... kobe, dwayne
Luka could be the same, with a fit superstar defensive center ............. Like for Like
it would be worth the money, but not as lone superstar and bunch of role players around him, money wasted
But Shaq....... Dominated.....were you not entertained??😅😅
On the flip side Luka and Puka (Nacua) will live in the same city. Somebody should pair them up for an interview or a business venture or something.
Probably be in one of those State Farm commercial
Luka and Puka have both insured their Huka (hookah)
aha, okay, i ll get my coat
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@@AsifKhan-hf9zy Imagine Luka, Puka, and Shohei smoking the hookah together with the Jake from State Farm! That would be the Super Bowl commercial for the ages! 😂
As a Real Madrid fan, I feel so sick for Mavs fans. Luka isn't just another superstar, he is extremely likeable and everything you want your main man to be. To have him traded away out of nowhere is a gutpunch.
He's so lazy, questionable work ethics, overweight, zero defense and he was looking for a max contract extension, there's some of the reasons Dallas preferred to walk away from Luka. You need more reasons?
@edgarestrada832 AD's nickname is literally Street Clothes. If you are factoring in age, ability, and international recognition, Luka is the most valuable player in the entire world. You are literally giving that up for an older player who sure, plays better defense, but is also extremely injury prone. It's stupid.
@@edgarestrada832he has 5 1st Team All NBAs at 25 years old !! Coming off making the NBA Finals and one of the Greatest Runs in NBA playoff history , oh by the way .. 25 Years Old and hasn’t reached his Peak Prime yet in exchange for a 32 year old Big that’s scared to play the 5 position and hasn’t accomplished anything without Lebron , also Dallas is currently 8th in the West.. you literally know nothing about Basketball. Luka is the future Face of the NBA ..
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@@GOLDBLOOD415 Yeah, 25 with bad conditioning and injury prone already. Hasn't played more than 70 games since his rookie year (and only played 72 then).
If he doesn't start working on his conditioning now, he'll be playing even less games as he gets older and will be washed up in his early 30s and won't be the center piece of a team for ten years like people have been saying.
The criticisms aren't without merit. Maybe it's overblown, but if he turns into the short Embiid, the Mavericks will look like thieves.
He averaged 29:9:6 against Boston in the finals last year. Shooting 47% from the field, and Rich just said that he was breaking down by the end of the season. No Rich… he was killing everybody off one leg
That Vegas point makes complete sense. Lose your Dallas fans to justify the move to Vegas
worked for John Fisher and the Oakland A's
I saw it the same way. Because that's revenue suicide! Luka's fan base is global! The mavs will lose their franchise and they pick up and leave to Vegas!
Money talks...
That would be nasty if dallas lost its basketball team 😂😂😂😂
Everyone here in the DFW is in complete denial I told my friend watch that new owner is going to completely FCK the fan base over!!!!!!
@@AteCerealWithNoMilkthey're used to it they lost their football team 30yrs ago
There seems to be much more to this story.
This trade with Kyrie instead of Luka would have been great. You should have gotten A LOT more for Luka. Even if he played games with a beer in his hand.
He’s 25 and has more first team all nba’s than Stephen Curry. This trade is a fire-able offense. And the fact that they only called one team makes it even more despicable
Could it be that the GM and owner just got their egos involved. You cannot teach talent but you can teach character, they failed in mentoring him. Look at how Spurs treat Wemby
They didn’t fail Luka. He did this to himself. If somebody has to pay you a 400 mil supermax. The least you could do, is show up sober and in shape. Luka is a damn drunk. This is his fault
@@yo3rdtier128 exactly.......... you can also see Luka has a big ego, so if you start chastising him, he might refuse to sign the max, so you are nor here nor there........... it is up to Luka to act like a franchise player if he wants to get franchise player money.......... nobody should have to tell him, he is no longer on a rookie contract
@@yo3rdtier128okay, that’s why the mavs prob won’t see another final for the next 15 years
Luka gets moved on a whim for AD. Embid hasnt played half the games this season, sitting on the bench getting paid watching Maxi carry a team against Boston. Wild
I’m not a conspiracy guy… but this trade stinks
To high heaven.
There's no excuse for this. I don't care if he was 300 pounds and an alcoholic. Should've paid the man.
Result of detached, emotionless owners who don't give a crap about the sport and fans + a dumbass GM who was on a power trip.
Because 300 lb players who are lazy alcoholics, don't play defense, and are already starting to break down at age 25 are worth a $345m investment?
+ plus they might just want to move to vegas and tank the team.
Biggest scam in nba history
Dallas is currently better than the Lakers….
As a Laker fan, love it! Love the thumbnail with Luka pic! And my new favorite player! Luka magic in LA!
The lakers got worse
I know AD is a great fit for the Mavs but you have to at least hear other offers or at minimum get all of LA’s picks. You know how many teams are throwing the kitchen sink for Luka?
AD is basically a 1.5 year rental for 210 million dollars......... cause his two years after that are going to be bradley beal years
"He took my beer, and I took it personal" - Luka working out with LeBron
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Worst part about this for mavs fans is that there werent any leaks or rumors to help them prepare... They just woke up and it was over already 💀
The NBA said we gonna drop a bomb on the week before the superbowl
Honestly it’s not as big as they probably thought it would be. The NBA will be back to irrelevancy by Wednesday.
If the Lakers get a rim protecting Center this is the scariest team to face in a 7 game series outside of OKC out west. Luka and LeBron healthy with Reaves and Rui is dangerous. Finney Smith, Vanderbilt great wing defenders too. But they need a big center still. If they can go and grab that they become super scary come playoff time. Luka is a playoff assassin and he’s gonna be playing with a vengeance after this trade
I agree, but cant name a single center that moves the needle defensively for this…
@@Nightwing184 gotta be someone out there. Maybe use Knecht and your other first round pick to go get a guy like Nic claxton. Having Luka now you don’t need something spectacular at Center. Just an athletic big who can rebound and catch lobs. Luka alone makes this team scary and the way Lebron is playing I wouldn’t wanna face them in a 7 game series. Especially the other complimentary pieces they have. Reaves, Rui, Finney Smith, Vincent. Losing AD is gonna hurt but if Luka becomes available you can’t turn that trade down. He’s only 25 years old and is at worse a top 3 player in the NBA
The thing that sucks for AD is this is going to be part of his legacy as being the guy “They gave up for Luka” and it's going to discredit how great he was, you understand why you go and get Luka, but people really remember how great of a player AD also was
Nahh he got his ring
AD and Lebron werent enough to even go to the finals in the last 4 years, idk why people think Kyrie and AD are finals bound unless Klay really turns back the clock back into his 2018 self. Even in the Bubble AD's outside shot was really accurate and thats how the 2 big lineup worked, AD hasn't been able to constantly hit his outside shots since then
Brockman don't say anything about the Lakers and that Pau trade. Kevin McHale gift wrapped KG to the Celtics for his buddy Danny Ainge. So people who go down that road are just idiots.
Everybody in the world is talking about this. Might be as crazy as the KD trade😮
AD is quality and has the ability to really help with the Mavs. I'm not sure that any of the Mavs players want to make Nico look good considering how this went down. And that goes for AD as well. Kyrie sitting out and the way the rest of the players performed yesterday, tells me that this is not going to work well. I don't see JKidd liking this move and how it all went down. And it's a failure of Nico if he couldn't get Luka onboard. He should have resigned rather than blame Luka, who is only 25 years old and whose brain is just becoming fully formed.
Halloween early nineties the Colts and the Rams. Traded Eric Dickerson for Marshall faulk that was a shocker
Apparently the beer getting taken away was a branding thing and it was given back to him in a cup
That James corden photo is awesome!😂
I saw TJ at the royal rumble on TV haha
Both him and o'shea were there.
Look at Gaffords last 7 games...dude is better than everyone knows
The mavericks should go swing for the Greek freak
It would be interesting if this trade is a significant point of emphasis for the players' union as it limits what the highest value contract is and could representing owners trying to prevent that supermax from setting the market.
Everybody is talking about the nba. All these guys are feeding off of it. So much content was released from this one move. An explosion of content over this one move. Just looks weird but hey. We got content and the nba is the headline.
Dallas could have waited until the draft and traded Luka for Cooper Flag.
NBA ratings were down.. everyone is confused about these trades, but when you think about the ratings issues, now the nba players are being moved to get ppl engaged. It makes sense
I agree, I stopped watching basketball for YEARS, heard this and I’m like … I’m back 😂
Treating a Hall of Fame, still in his prime Power Forward like a scrub is the wildest think I have ever seen
Luka is slightly, and I do mean slightly better thsn AD when you account for defense
These takes are wild.
ONLY when you account for defence. Offence it isn't close
AD is 32, has never got a team past the first round being the #1 option on his team.
Luka is 25, has made the Finals and Conference Finals being the #1 option on his team.
No one is saying AD is a bad player. But this trade was a huge Lakers win. Massive win. Potentially the best trade in NBA history not involving John Brown as one of the trade partners or NBA TV rights.
AD will not be in HOF. Good player but no sane person on this planet thinks he is one of best 4/5 of all time. Please
@@spsawyer22Why do you guys disregard the trades the Mavs made mid season? That’s why they went to the finals, not just Luka.
@ Because that's the nature of the sport.
MJ wins titles, no one talks about the minutes Bill Wennington gave them.
When you're the #1 option (and Luka was) that's how it goes.
Love when Rich talks Ball
Giving this trade any credibility isn’t right. Lost a lot of respect here.
Better get back on X.
Yeah, blue-sky is a paradise of differing opinions.
And it's Gif, not jif.
The only thing more surprising than this trade was TJ TEXTED THE GROUP FIRST!!!
Anthony day-to-Davis.
The James Corden photo repping Luka. 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂
im over weight. im worried my wife will trade me to LA for a random street hobo
you chose your wife, she cannot be that smart............
As a Laker fan Luka is good but so is AD. Now you get defense and we don't.
Anthony Davis is not a broken down jalopey... unless it is in comparison to Luka. A 25 year old top 5 player in the league versus a 30+ top 30 player.
Who won this trade? The Lakers. The Lakers by ... roughly 8,000 points. Does anybody remember the New Orleans Pelicans with Anthony Davis as their "star"? Only 2 playoff appearances and two seasons above forty wins in like.. 8 years.
healthy AD is a top ten player, no if ands or buts........... 25 year old unhealthy top 5 player is thus same as AD like for like.......
@AsifKhan-hf9zy healthy AD is an oxymoron. He's played more than 60 games once in the last 8 years.
Also, at his peak he's not as good as Jokic, Luka, SGA Tatum, Giannis etc.
There is a reason that everyone thought a phone was hacked when this news came out, and it wasn’t because AD was being traded.
Dallas will regret this for life....for life...
So thank you so much indeed.....Mr Nico!!!
Rich not being on Twitter bc of the election results lol cmon man
Bring back Dwight Howard to plug up the middle!
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Ok but he's can still championships. Shaq is a perfect example
People are talinkg about the new owners.... why would you give away Luka the most valuable asset you bought cheap he was 90% of the franchise atm Mavs fans are distraught what??? It makes no sense was Luck doing heroine in the locker room? this sends the Mavs into obscurity
What would history be if the Lakers would have traded Kobe for Dirk?
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Somehow he spoke for 15 minutes and said absolutely nothing. Well done?
I think Dallas knows something about his medical history and they are not saying sh*t. Time will tell…
COULD YOU IMAGINE IF YOU TRY TO TAKE A CAN OF BEER AWAY FROM MICHAEL JORDAN.
Ppl brains have been broken by these pick heavy trades no trade in history have involved two all nba players from the past season
Thank you for the definition..."pocket listing"✔️✔️✔️🎯🙏🏿I did not know!
I don’t want Nico Harrison bailed out, but this is a trade where the commissioner should contact him and ask what’s up. He didn’t consult Jason Kidd or Mark Cuban, and didn’t speak to Luka beforehand or try to shop him around. Rob Pelinka said he thought he was joking at first. That’s the mark of a GM who doesn’t know what he’s doing, and distanced the whole fanbase in a big market franchise with this move, which costs the league a lot of money and viewership. That’s when Silver should step in.
I wonder what the chances are adam silver paid the mavs, under the table, to do such a one sided trade to the lake show. We all know the lake show has to be great for the nba to be great
Luka was NOT 270 getting off that plane in LA. GTFOH
Time to call Dwight Howard !
Ima miss my dawg AD 🤧 but in LAKER LUKA WE TRUST 🫡💜💛
Luka needs a ring
YO!!! PLEASE GET BILL IN ON THIS RICH!!! 😂
Sugarcoating this for the Mavs is not possible. Yes, AD is good but you just lost Luka. The trade value he had, the jerseys and tickets he sold, carrying this team to the Finals.. AD cannot replace any of that, it's a huge loss.
Lakers vs Mavs next Christmas!!!
MAVS GM wont last
LUKA is OFFICIALLY FACE OF THE NBA. LA is face of NBA - global brand. Thay need Luka. Luka is global. He speek copel of languages. Those who run NBA decided that Luka must be NOW NOW IN LA.
Let’s stop pretending like this was a solid move on both sides if we could pick a side to be an apart of as of now we’d all wanna be the lakers it’s as if the jets traded garret wilson for mike Evan’s and a 3rd round pick or sauce Gardner for Jalen Ramsey and a 3rd rich wouldn’t be cool with either of those moves and that’s how Dallas fans feel their not terrible players in return but it sure isn’t enough for what your giving up and the upside of the players your sending away
In a "just this year" vacuum, it's not a bad trade.
It's the fact you traded 2-3 years of AD for 8-12 years of Luca and ONLY got 1 pick in return. You really think the Lakers don't still say yes if you ask for more picks?
The amount of trying to explain away how silly this is from a Mavs perspective is insane.
If the Mavs don't win a title next 2 years, this is the worst trade in NBA history.
Rich trying to justify this from the Mavs end is laughable. The NBA is a joke.
Is Luka on a Diddy tape 😂
AD was NOT available but when you call with a top 5 25 year old and don't ALL me assets he becomes expendable.
There is definitely some collusion happening between the Mavs and Lakers GM. They are good friends. Ridiculous one sided trade.
Great day in Lakers land ... and the media. Luka wears purple & gold in the All-Star game. 😮
I feel like I'm being gaslighted by the media😂
Why wasnt this open for the league to bid on? Why did Rudy Gobert get a better return than Luka Doncic?!
Fans aren't stupid. We see this is fishy.
If the league itself didn't orchestrate this I'm assuming that the Mavs found something bad about Luka to want to dump him ASAP. Either he has some degenerative health issue or he's an outright addict or he's been involved in something very inappropriate and there is a Watson/Tucker kind of lawsuit that's going to emerge soon. They didn't just trade him away, they made no effort to even start a bidding war. It seems they did not want to risk going past the trade deadline with him still on the team. I figure they know something we don't.
Watson/Tucker/Bayless
Jerry Jones is the real winner in this trade😅😅
Folks are over hyping Luka weight! He’s not outta shape like that!
Lakers always get the big Names
What would the NFL equivalent of this trade be? Trading two all pros at the same time? Like if the bengals sent burrow and chase to the raiders?
Its always the Lakers🤔
There is no such thing as mavericks fans. I am sure if you turn on dallas sport radio the first 50 minutes of every hour is cowboys delusions.
Rich, the fix, is in.
Nico Mannion is a stange dude and his explanation for this trade come off as just plain old weird... in a lot of ways. Inexcusable and unexplainable.
9:52 would’ve immediately found it on Twitter rich 😉
I'm doing everything I can to make every team in my conference worse! not better.
Bro AD nickname is Wheelchair c’mon 😂🤣😂🤣an who going play defense in LA 😂🤣😂🤣
Not a popular opinion but the Mavs are better rn. They got rid of 1 of 2 ball dominant PGs and picked up a top 5 big. Lakers got no big and 2 ball dominant players. Once LeBron leaves, the Lakers will be better
kyrie is low ceiling guy........... see NBA finals
and you would now have to pay him max oontract........... as soon as which is signed, he has you by the balls
so now you have streetclothes for 60 million and flat earth kyrie for 60 million in years 2027-28 2028-29
thats 120 million of your payroll............... on two bradley beals basically, so those two years are toast until AD is done
still can't quite believe it
The NBA as a business is losing !!! They need their biggest NBA ICON to play for their BIGGEST FRANCHISE to save the league. Luka is a GOAT level PLAYER !!!! This trade was taken by ADAM SILVER 💯 The Mavs just got robbed for the greater good of the league!!!!
Come on now Lakers won this trade Luka is generational be real
All this slander anbout Luka's conditionning and weight reminds me of Shaq trade from LA. Went to Miami and won them their 1st championship. Whatever his conditioning and weight are, he is good enough to be top3 player in the world, only a complete and utter moron would trade him without him requesting it. And that's without even factoring in Dallas' fanbase relationship with Luka. The Mavs just str8 up LOST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS, that they wont get back even if they win a chanpionship, this makes 0 sense even from a business standpoint. The fact that these guys entertain this rubbish as even remotely close to reality is sickening, and im not even a Mavs fan.
Mavs should move to El Paso
Luka is very likeable
Unlike James
Dallas Mavs will not get better after the trade.