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38 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said:

This kinda **** only seems to happen to the freakin Lakers smh

The league should veto it like they did that CP3 trade years ago... Oh wait nvm it benefits the Lakers so they’ll let it slide! 

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13 minutes ago, fan for too long 2 said:

They even got a guy named Sham to break the news. Perfect. Azzholes. They just stick it in your face. 

Shams had to tweet he wasn’t hacked because people didn’t even believe the number one insider. Lol

This gives credence to all your WWE = NBA talk my friend! 
 

F The Lakers!!!

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Lakers had to take Maxi Kleber back in the deal but he is hurt. Trade the Lakers Isaac for Reeves and Kleber, throw in a pick or two.

In the other thread i asked if people would be willing to trade Goga for Reeves, i believe the lakers would do that in a heartbeat.

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16 minutes ago, hootie249 said:

Lakers had to take Maxi Kleber back in the deal but he is hurt. Trade the Lakers Isaac for Reeves and Kleber, throw in a pick or two.

In the other thread i asked if people would be willing to trade Goga for Reeves, i believe the lakers would do that in a heartbeat.

the Lakers didn’t want to include Reeves in a possible Fox trade. What makes you believe they would do that for Bitadze.


If anything they’ll gonna add Myles Turner or somebody else

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1 hour ago, Phil4Real said:

 

If you leak the information and the media knows you are trading Luka, you receive a lot of better offers. That's the thing: nobody knew Luka was in the market. And Dallas didn't have any rush to make a deal. I don't see any good reason to do what Dallas did. Bad press? That's what the Mavericks' GM gonna get starting today, be sure of that. They don't even control all their picks for the next years 

I'm angry, but I can't imagine how mad I'd be if I were a Mavericks' fan.

In theory you get “better” offers, but what would they be? Doncic has a player option in 2026 and will want to go to a contender. So, that limits the field a little bit. There’s teams who would want him, but they need to be able to put together a package that appeals to a team wanting to “win now”. Who could offer them a player like AD? The closest would be Jimmy Butler from Miami, or perhaps Paul George from the 76ers, but he’s injured at the minute. 

That said, as soon as the news leaks they would have to deal with distractions like the Heat are currently experiencing with Jimmy Butler. However, the Mavs would arguably be ten times worse because we’re talking about a 25-year old MVP candidate in his prime years being traded away, rather than a player in his mid-30s who has left teams in the past due to issues. So Dallas would be hit by media scrutiny, their fans would be in uproar, and their players would be questioning the team’s direction. 

At least this way the deal is done and they can start to fight the fires. They can try to sell their fan base on AD being a better fit in their team, but it’s a real hard sell and I’d be furious if I was a Mavs fan.

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1 hour ago, OnlyFranz said:

The league should veto it like they did that CP3 trade years ago... Oh wait nvm it benefits the Lakers so they’ll let it slide! 

CP3 was going to the Lakers in that trade. So if the league was biased towards them they would have let it go through…

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6 minutes ago, Mike1989 said:

CP3 was going to the Lakers in that trade. So if the league was biased towards them they would have let it go through…

So you’re arguing that the league is not biased for the Lakers???  Good to know where you stand. 

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1 hour ago, Mike1989 said:

In theory you get “better” offers, but what would they be? Doncic has a player option in 2026 and will want to go to a contender. So, that limits the field a little bit. There’s teams who would want him, but they need to be able to put together a package that appeals to a team wanting to “win now”. Who could offer them a player like AD? The closest would be Jimmy Butler from Miami, or perhaps Paul George from the 76ers, but he’s injured at the minute. 

That said, as soon as the news leaks they would have to deal with distractions like the Heat are currently experiencing with Jimmy Butler. However, the Mavs would arguably be ten times worse because we’re talking about a 25-year old MVP candidate in his prime years being traded away, rather than a player in his mid-30s who has left teams in the past due to issues. So Dallas would be hit by media scrutiny, their fans would be in uproar, and their players would be questioning the team’s direction. 

At least this way the deal is done and they can start to fight the fires. They can try to sell their fan base on AD being a better fit in their team, but it’s a real hard sell and I’d be furious if I was a Mavs fan.

So why didn’t the Mavs demand more picks? The Lakers own their first round picks and the Mavs could have asked for more than 1 pick. Also they could have done a three team trade to ask for more assets. 

 

No way to sugarcoat this gift. The Lakers get a Top 3-5 in the league and once the Curry, Lebron and them decline and retire, he’s probably the face of the NBA. And for what? AD? Common. He didn’t actually perform to the standards and is nowhere near the Pelicans AD. 

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4 hours ago, fan for too long 2 said:

So you’re arguing that the league is not biased for the Lakers???  Good to know where you stand. 

There’s always an argument that can be made towards a league having preferred teams. For example, they are more likely to get a 50-50 call than another team. Look at the recent Bills-Chiefs game and the so-called catch in the first half by the Chiefs player. I suspect that wouldn’t have been ruled a catch if it was a Buffalo player. So yes, some teams get preferential treatment. However, my point purely was if the league was openly biased towards them, then they wouldn’t have vetoed the CP3 trade. 

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3 hours ago, orlandoholic said:

So why didn’t the Mavs demand more picks? The Lakers own their first round picks and the Mavs could have asked for more than 1 pick. Also they could have done a three team trade to ask for more assets. 

 

No way to sugarcoat this gift. The Lakers get a Top 3-5 in the league and once the Curry, Lebron and them decline and retire, he’s probably the face of the NBA. And for what? AD? Common. He didn’t actually perform to the standards and is nowhere near the Pelicans AD. 

I never said it was fair value. I mean, Kevin Durant cost 4 first round picks and a pick swap. Damian Lillard cost 1 first round picks and two pick swaps. So what would AD’s and Doncic’s current trade value be? 

AD would probably cost at least what the Bucks paid for Damian Lillard, while Doncic should cost at least what the Clippers paid for Paul George.

Could the Mavs have got more? Sure they could, but they either didn’t ask or didn’t push it because they wanted AD. Again, never said it was fair value.

Also, nowhere near Pelicans AD is simply not true. He’s currently 2 points per game short of his best years in New Orleans and he was the second option in LA compared to the first option in New Orleans. His other stats are fairly similar. He’s been a very good player for the Lakers, and although he had a three season stretch after their championship when he missed a fair amount of games, he’s been fairly durable for the 23/24 and 24/25 seasons.

That said, the Lakers have got a gift because five years from now Doncic will still be in his prime years while AD will be nearing the end of his career. So there’s no doubt that the Lakers got a steal and I would be an annoyed Mavs fan to see Doncic go.

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