Things Have Gone Completely OFF THE RAILS...

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The NBA went completely off the rails in these last couple of days. We got Lebron beefing on Instagram over Luka Doncic, and possibly the most awkward situation of having to welcome back the players that you traded away just days ago.
But we gotta start with the Luka madness that still wouldn’t die down even a week after it happened. You got fans rioting in front of the arena…
All of a sudden Mavs GM Nico Harrison is getting death threats, forcing him to beef up his personal security. The backlash from the trade is massive. All of this provoked Patrick Dumont, the Mavs owner to speak on the matter. Doing that by indirectly attacking Doncic.
He said, “If you look at the greats in the league, the people you and I grew up with - Jordan, Bird, Kobe, Shaq - they worked really hard, everyday with a singular focus to win. And if you don’t have that, it doesn’t work… You shouldn’t be a part of the Dallas Mavericks.”
What does the author mean by that? That Luka lacks passion to win?
Does this look like a man without passion to you?
Doncic dragged his team to the finals posting ludacris numbers while playing the most minutes in the NBA, logging a total of 3,524 minutes across the regular season and playoffs. All of that while being plagued by injuries.
LeBron stood up for his new teammate by posting this cryptic message on Instagram after Dumont’s interview. When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus. Referring to Dumont taking over the decision making from Mark Cuban in 2023 when he bought the majority of the team stakes.
Cuban, who's well known for loving Luka, actually ran off to Harrison right after he heard the news to try and prevent the trade from happening, but only to find out it’s already done.
He recently cracked a joke with Bill Gates about this.
And that older version had a pretty spectacular first impression with the Mavericks, but also a very short one. After balling through the first 3 quarters with 26 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks, AD fell down with a non-contact injury, and as Shams reported he will likely miss multiple weeks, if not month, with a left adductor strain. Mark Stein, an ESPN reporter focused on the Mavs tweat-ed that Davis might be out for an indefinite period of time. Wow..
And I gotta say, this comment got me crying. Nico and company believed that Anthony Davis had the shoulders to "carry this load" meaning that he would make the fans forget about Doncic in no time. But, he just fueled the chaos to greater heights.
And the Lakers found themselves in an awkward position as well, after having to fail Mark Williams on his physical exam resulting in the trade being rescinded. Now, they have to welcome back Dalton Knecht and Cam Reddish and act like it’s all love between them.
The Hornets even wrote a welcome back letter for Mark Williams, stating how thrilled they are to see him rejoining the roster, and that they’ve never wanted to trade him in the first place but they cracked under the Lakers aggressive pressure. This is hilarious.
But things get even crazier. Charlotte might have another trade rescinded after everyone included in the Cody Martin - Jusuf Nurkic trade were being listed out due to “trade-pending” even 3 days after the news. Wait, what? The reason is unclear, but speculation points to Cody Martin's incomplete physical exam with the Suns. Geez, The Hornets traded away half the team and now they might have to welcome everyone back? That’s bizarre.
Golden State do not have those issues as it all appears to be fun and games at the beginning of their journey with Jimmy Butler.
And Steph had nothing but praises for the new addition, so if he thinks it’s gonna be good, then I’m excited for it.
Anyway, this left me and all Philly fans in shambles.
What? Wasn’t he on a strict injury management plan till now? He had a surgery this time last year, missed a lot of time, returned briefly for the playoffs, and against all odds played in the Olympics, just to find out 7 months later that his knee is not healed enough? This is devastating for him and the entire Sixers franchise.
Another superstar that won’t be making an All-Star appearance is Giannis. The Bucks announced that Antetokounmpo will miss the next 2 games and the All-Star weekend as well because of a left calf injury. That will weaken Chuck’s international squad a lot, as the fans finally got what they wanted after Shaq and Barkley created a team USA against the World scenario, with Kenny being cornered into choosing as he said “young and… young” roster before drafting Jaren Jackson Jr. ahead of all these names.