Doncic - Anthony Davis Trade

[Proximo]

I agree. Mavs should have taken all the Lakers picks. That’s called asset mis-management, not rigged. There are many poorly run front offices. Rigged is the lazy take. The ol’ woe is me.

Come on. Nobody in the nba knows about the trade till it happens.

The job of the GM is to improve the team to the best of your ability. Keeping this secret and not even getting all of the Lakers assets is beyond a fireable offense. - it is actually working against your teams interests.

Nobody who is hired as an NBA gm can possibly be that incompetent. The nba directed this to happen for obvious reasons. The fact that he has still not been fired proves they knew what he was doing, which means he was not some rogue guy that had a mental breakdown, so several people went against the franchises best interests.

There is only one reason to intentionally go against the franchises best interests, the nba promised to make it up to them.

 

[Proximo]

This is the dumbest trade I have ever seen by the Mavs....

Name a dumber trade in all of sports. Herschel walker deal?

 

[GatorAZ]

Name a dumber trade in all of sports. Herschel walker deal?

OKC trading Harden.

 

[Lorenzo]

Name a dumber trade in all of sports. Herschel walker deal?

at the time dallas fans hated that trade.

 

[Lorenzo]

Come on. Nobody in the nba knows about the trade till it happens.

The job of the GM is to improve the team to the best of your ability. Keeping this secret and not even getting all of the Lakers assets is beyond a fireable offense. - it is actually working against your teams interests.

Nobody who is hired as an NBA gm can possibly be that incompetent. The nba directed this to happen for obvious reasons. The fact that he has still not been fired proves they knew what he was doing, which means he was not some rogue guy that had a mental breakdown, so several people went against the franchises best interests.

There is only one reason to intentionally go against the franchises best interests, the nba promised to make it up to them.

wrong

 

[Goldfield]

They already did in the Durant trade.

Trading for Durant isn’t even close to the same realm as trading Luka for AD

 

[Yuma]

No it doesn’t make sense. Even if for some insane reason ad is your guy the least you can do is get all their picks and young players along with him.

One reason you don’t do that, it’s rigged.

Except you have to match salaries. Maybe it started getting weird them trading guys they may want to keep versus gaining players. They had worked on this for weeks according to the articles. Probably every angle was explored. This is what they ended up doing. Just the one first rounder is weird. They could have asked for that. Swapped picks, whatever.

 

[Yuma]

Maxi Kleber is injured.

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That really sucks for them.

 

[Lorenzo]

Trading for Durant isn’t even close to the same realm as trading Luka for AD

no because KD was old already and past his prime. KD whined about the Luka trade, but I think it is just a way for him to justify his decision to leave OKC and chase a ring with GS.

 

[Mainstreet]

That really sucks for them.

That's presumably why Kleber was included in the trade.

 

[Mainstreet]

Trading for Durant isn’t even close to the same realm as trading Luka for AD

The Suns certainly paid a steep price for Durant.

 

[Proximo]

The kings got more for fox than Dallas got for Luka and he was threatening to only sign with the spurs.

I seriously can’t believe people believe this wasn’t rigged.

 

[Mainstreet]

The kings got more for fox than Dallas got for Luka and he was threatening to only sign with the spurs.

I seriously can’t believe people believe this wasn’t rigged.

It depends on what you think the trade value of Anthony Davis was on the open market.

IMO, he was worth more than what the Kings received.

 

[Yuma]

Saw this meme on reddit:

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[Chris_Sanders]

I would have happily given up Booker or Durant for Luka. I know that is an incredibly unpopular take but you are getting a 5x all pro at 25.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I would have happily given up Booker or Durant for Luka. I know that is an incredibly unpopular take but you are getting a 5x all pro at 25.

Hell, I would have given up both!

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I have to think Durant is worth more than Anthony Davis.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I have to think Durant is worth more than Anthony Davis.

Nah. Too old. Doesn’t make as big of impact on both sides of the ball and is just as injury prone.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Wait tell Booker wants a new Max. This board of GM,s is going to explode

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

The weirdest part to me is that Cuban signed off on this. I wonder whether he's getting out. Seeing some of his fellow billionaires grow into political powers might have him thinking he needs to get into the game quickly.

Cuban only owns 27% now. He sold controlling interest. Word is he wasn’t involved.

 

[1tinsoldier]

Hell, I would have given up both!

i don't like Luka's defense, whining and ball dominance and still -- value-wise, to hunt a championship, I'd absolutely give up both Booker and KD. KD is a great talent. But he played with Kyrie and Harden, 2 other legit superstars, and they couldn't get it done. Durant got swept playing with a mere star and 6th man for us. Luka went to the finals with just an older Kyrie last year. And he spanked Booker the prior year after the Suns had their best regular season ever.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Suns fans saying what they would trade for Luka is ironic. Could have just drafted him originally instead of Deandre Ayton.

 

[Hoop Head]

Suns fans saying what they would trade for Luka is ironic. Could have just drafted him originally instead of Deandre Ayton.

And since the Suns didn't draft Luka there's been Luka envy for years, mainly because Ayton was a bust as the #1 pick in one of the best drafts in over a decade. Luka's success conjures up memories of Ayton's failures so it's frustrating since the Suns aren't in the driver seat often. The Suns are in control of their own future so rarely that there is still discussions about the inaugural coin flip with Milwaukee to draft Kareem.

Being a Suns fan is becoming accustomed to pain.

 

[Russ Smith]

Cuban only owns 27% now. He sold controlling interest. Word is he wasn’t involved.

Yep Miriam Adelson and her 2 sons are the owner now they own 73%.

The talk was Cuban was still running the front office but if he insists he wasn't involved in the trade that appears to be untrue now.

 

[Covert Rain]

Suns fans saying what they would trade for Luka is ironic. Could have just drafted him originally instead of Deandre Ayton.

Most teams would have drafted Ayton. I mean I watched a bunch of the national analysis on that draft and most had Ayton going #1. I do remember though many saying Luka was already "NBA ready".