Is Something Fishy Happening in the NBA?
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Evan Roberts & Tiki Barber make sense of the Luka Dončić trade to the Lakers for Anthony Davis.
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This is a wink wink deal between Silver and the Adelsons. Their goal is to bring gambling to Texas but it’s looking to be an uphill battle. So this is their insurance policy to get the commissioner and one of the more influential franchise owners in their back pocket to help move the Mavs to Vegas if Texas gambling doesn’t work out.
Boom - this. People think this is some crazy conspiracy theory - it’s not. Also the league does NOT want LeBum James as an owner cause he abused the league so much. That’s why he isn’t getting that Vegas team and he is threatening to start a league to compete with the NBA.
This is how the NBA does business and why it’s become total WWE and the fans can tell. Look at the calls the Lakers get 🤣🤣🤣
Rigged in plain sight for the Lakers
NBA is fixed simple as that. No wonder why the NBA ratings was declining
Apparently the NFL is fixed too but their ratings are fine. Are you a flat earther, too?
Tim Duncan is one of if not the greatest power forwards in NBA history. Because he played for the Spurs, he will fade into the record books never to be brought up in convos except by sports nerds. A superstar in LA achieves another level in generational notoriety. Much like being a superstar for the Yankees.
Greatest. Not even a question.
THANK YOU, Evan!!!! No solution in sight to low NBA ratings and all of a sudden this news has overshadowed the freakin’ Super Bowl. Allegedly orchestrated behind the scenes in my opinion.
The Ratings are in the tank. No fun personalities or rivalries. This was a hail marry shot to spark interest
Couldn’t agree more with Evan.
It’s smells like Adam silver and LeBron James
Get Lebron out of your brain
You don’t know anything if you think this is a lebron move, this is a move for the lakers future. Their chance of winning a chip this year is way less now
@ I know more than you think squirt
I think this is the league telling Lebron to retire, I also think this is the Lakers telling Lebron goodbye. Bronny also lol
🤡
Adam silver needs to be replaced , bron needs to retire and espn needs to be gone .
Yes!
N The Lakers Will still be ….Da Lakers
Not one person on these ESPN “panels” can even bring up what every fan knows is Silvers shot at the rejuvenated NBA using LA and hoping for a LA vs Celtics finals. But nope
Agree 100% with the host. Mavs could have gotten AD and seven 1st round picks, if they wanted AD. The trade should be disallowed by the NBA due to massive incompetence.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
5:32 yall sound dumb .. AD hasn’t been hurt really at all for the last 2 years
AD is uninspiring period. Sits out games with stomach cramps. He's been healthier last 2 yrs but still missing games for tricky tac injuries. We were used to kb24 playing through everything. AD soft like DH12
@danielleon-uu7kp Not to mention he also suffers from low motor quite often.
Things will slowly leak out about this trade.
You'll be waiting in your tinfoil hat.
There are reasons for this trade, we just don’t know the truth yet. Why do you trade your best player secretly and get almost nothing in return? Why? Follow the money.
This is why I hate shows like this. No one that watches the NBA, would open their mouth and say Anthony Davis rarely plays or hasn't been relevant for a long time. The dude has been all NBA first defensive team the last two years and has played a minimum of 70 regular season games the last two years. I hate these shows where people who don't watch basketball just open their mouth and give lazy, ignorant basketball opinions.
Tiki is such a casual
Casual jerk😢😢😢
Yes, many people that have watched Dallas will now support the Lakers.
Dallas contacted Milwaukee for a Giannis Luka swap, Milwaukee said we’re good thanks 😂😂 and they pivoted to the Lakers 🙄🙄
That's what I think, either him or Embiid.
Why dont they just name it the Elitist NBA and stack all the superstar on big market teams ?
Thats like trading Burrow to Rams for Stafford and a 3rd without shoping him
I see Kiki is in protest and not shaving his beard until the Mets sign Alonso good for you. I support you.! I’m starting to dislike Lakers and Dodgers as a New Yorker Lakers won’t go far without a center!
True, but they are the Lakers, so I bet the perfect center lands in their lap at some point. History shows it
AD played in 76 games last season, btw.
You'd think Jerry Jones was the owner of the Dallas Mavericks with this trade
😂 🙄 🤫
The dude discovered double bacon cheeseburgers and 24-7 IHOP breakfasts. LOL.
Pau Gasol and Luka trades? Yeh the fix is in for the Lakers
So... what? Nico is a secret Laker agent? Adam Silver ordered billionaire owners to make this trade and they just went right along with it? And nobody said a word about it? How was the fix put in? Pray tell...
This is about moving to Las Vegas scratch my back. I’ll scratch yours from the NBA.
I think they want to out and expansion team there. They should not be allowed to move.
You people have lost your minds. So Adam Silver strong armed two billionaire owners into trading their best players to each other. And they just went ahead and did it. And nobody said a word about it to anybody.
No, seriously, you people need get back on your meds.
You must be a Laker fan
@ the theory is not the nba strong arming the mavs. The legit theory is that the Mavs new ownership want to legalize gambling in TX in order to build there new arena with casinos and motels next door. You can't threaten to move a great team with a superstar and loving fan base. And in order to legalize gambling the mavs have become the carrot. If you don't legalize gambling we'll move the mavs to vegas. Last year this thought would be a joke now after the trade, a reality. Plus Luka got sent to the Lakers so now the league owes the new owners a favor by allowing them to move. ITS ALL ABOUT $$$
Most plausible theory is that they want to tank Mavs so they can move them to Las Vegas. This was a self destruction move. "DeFeNcE wInS cHaMpIoNsHiPs" (Nico "The Retard" Harrison), yeah, but you still need to score.
Mavs traded a 25 year old face of the team for a washed up injury proned Anthony Davis....and you don't find this head scratching...
CIA tried to blow up a jetliner and blame it on Cuba that’s declassified. This is just basketball it’s a possibility. U really think the world is as transparent. You think k they tell you the truth all the time ? We lie to our families
Dallas native . Mavs fan since the Carter days . I appreciated wfan and yall so much. For speaking truth. The adelsons and silver have spent hundreds of thousands on bots, shills. Talking heads propaganda. Thank yall and I hope brunson gets one for yall
The NBA is just one huge Diddy party. 😂
Whut?
This is the 2nd pod that mentions Stern vetoing the CP3 trade to LA. The NBA were the governors (temp owners) of the Pelicans. So he could veto the trade. Silver has no leg to stand on to veto this trade.
It is fishy 🐟
Absolutely rigged... as is the lottery....the Mavs GM admitted he didn't talk to any other team J Kidd didn't even know....
Right. There was a grand conspiracy to get Wemby to... San Antonio? This comments section is certifiable lol
How the nba doesn’t veto this is crazy, shit like this is why the NFL will always rule
I think the Mavericks current plan is to tank the current season and try to get lucky in the Draft Lottery for a chance to draft Cooper Flagg.
I can see Adam Silver giving them the #1 pick after this situation 😂
It was a three team trade , when the last time a N
Y. Team won a basketball title (1973)
Funny how no one brings up the Celtics when KG was basically gift wrapped and shipped to them for nothing and then they got to get rid of him later for a kings ransom.
🚬🤌My other NBA conspiracy 🤨is that why the DC Wizards and the Charlotte Hornets are putrid year and year out⁉Why are they so bad 😫and draft in the top 5 postition every year and still can't seem to win even 15 games in a 81 games season⁉
I know the trade is huge, but even before it, none of the media was/is talking about the new betting scandal……….
There’s also since been a report that the Mavs reached out to 1 other team awhile ago few wks then moved on to targeting AD/Lakers that was supposedly at least half heartedly discussed for awhile before went down out of nowhere
Not defending the trade but the NBA season is so long, missing 25 games is nothing. It’s kind of hard to not make the playoffs.
Cluth sports and Silver gave lebum what he wants once again
Evan knows what time it is
There is definitely things about this trade we don’t fully know yet.
The sixers woulda traded Embiid for Luka . AD or Embiid it’s least worth a phone call. This trade smells of insider trading
What does that even mean? Nico and Pelinka made this trade with the blessing of their owners. What does your imagination tell you could have possibly happened outside of that?
This fool said Embiid. 😅😅😅
Owner said he wanted AD 🤷🏾♂️
100% Silver gifted Luka to the Lakers. Definitely fixed lesgue
Net fans lmao😂
It’s a testament to how good Luka is that everyone is treating AD like he’s a trash player 😅
Lakers GM asked the Mavs GM if he was joking. 😅😅😅
There is a reason that everyone thought it was phone hacking when the news broke and it wasn’t because AD was being traded.
This is what legal sports gambling has done to sports, all of them except maybe hockey. Congress should make it illegal again, at the least they should investigate this. This is shady AF.
It’s common knowledge what happened. The Mavs GM has been covering DAVIS for several years. They’ve approached the Lakers multiple times asking about DAVIS’s availability. This time Luca was available and the Lakers instantly said yes as they should have. There’s no conspiracy here. There’s nothing that was done to favor the Lakers. Those two general managers happen to be close and if they know what they want then no need to complicate the process.
Do you want the league to exist or do you want it to be fair? Luka on the Lakers will bring eyes to the NBA, right or wrong it helps the NBA as a whole.
That’s a sound and reasonable comment.
I think we can all agree Lakers #1
If it was the Nets, you wouldn’t be complaining! 😆 wfan 🤦♂️
If they try bring up the rating it will work short term. If they trying fix rating by doing this they really haven’t solved the problem
AD plays way more than Kawhi and Embid and Zion
I despise Lakers enough,but this trade is ridiculous. Evan maybe Doncic will resign with Knicks.
That trade was in consultation with Lj. The LAL's Mngt didn't want Lj take the way out next year without a possible NBA championship. So, they needed an alibi to make Lj happy... Also, Lebron is runing part of the show in LAL's organization...
The fix is for Dallas to win They had to give up so monumental in order for them to get their arena and casino
Leflop and Bronny needed more help
LeBron wants to play with AD=Lebron declining player option and signs with Dallas with kyrie
Lakers / Dodgers
And da Jankees lose da Jankees lose I 💕 it when da Jankees lose man 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 big papi style 😝
There are doing this to make LeBron the face in LA. They’re trying there hardest for LeBron to win a chip this year and have bronny get his first ring. So espn can talk bout all day the first and father and son duo to win a ring. So that makes you think Kobe death was an inside job to give LeBron the key to LA.
You're delusional. If they wanted to win now wouldn't of traded AD. The roster does not have a adequate big man to compete now.
@ not really it’s my opinion and that’s how I feel
But if Luka get traded to one of the New York teams its not fixed?
That the meanest trade ever such greedy meanie ppl lakers I despise you
The Mavs could have gotten tons of better trades back. It makes no sense. Shame on the Mavs.
They know that China James is going away for a long time when those Diddy tapes drop. So they need someone to be the new star ..
Everybody spouting crap. Until we know what the Mavs know about Luka, it’s all idle speculation.
The Lakers are worst than they were before.....they need a center. Long term Great move
People Dont get the Mavs Owner/ Gm Was Dumb
NBA ratings down need to do something quick oh yes help the Lakers
Do we really think a billiion dollar industry would leave their profits up to chance?
Oklahoma is going to run them out of the court .. book it !!!
If the nfl was fixed, wouldn't the cowboys have made a sb in the last 32 yrs. ?
There's Nothing wrong with a McDonald's diet fyi
The truth will come out about this deal
Its simple. People don’t realize how massive a 5 year 345 mil contract is. Thats $69 mil a year for a player in Dallas. That market is not built for that and the ownership didnt want anything to do with that
Soo you think the Mavericks make more money WITHOUT Luka?
Makes sense....
But they still could have gotten way more of a return
@@Knyghtrida they survived before he was drafted
Maybe the Mavs felt like he was going to be another Zion....i have no clue, its extremely sketchy lol.
How about Kyrie, Durant and James Harden Clowns, for the nets😢😢😢
How much did Adam sliver get paid under the table ?
It's about money as always
Only dollar for dollar trade for Luka wouldve been Tatum. Otherwise there would be an over or under pay. With that being said this one hundred percent setup and rigged no question
The Gm doing what the new mavs owners want so they the ones who need the backlash not the Gm
The whole fkn bunch.
Nav’s to Vegas
Evan lol.... come on man. Everyone gave you decent reasons of why it's not some weird conspiracy. The fact they didn't shop around might have to do with thinking his value would go down if they knew he was available. Sounds like money vs them just not liking Doncic
The rule came in last year clowns😢
Its not sports , Legally its entertainment......just like wrestling.....
I'm surprised more people don't realize this. But then again, we're here on WFAN right? Professional sports are nothing but WWE. But at least with the WWE, everyone is in on the joke. Maybe 6-8 year olds think it's real. These sad, sack fans think it's real!
Sports are entertainment period! Sorry Dallas, sorry Milwaukee you are small market teams and if you are a not a socialist this is how things work in a capitalist society. The rich get richer always and the poor suffer. In a socialist society every team would have a fair shot but you chose capitalism, this is on you.
@@wlbrarguetaDallas is a top 5 market
This is something fishy it doesn't make sense where is a smoke there is a fire
David sterns would have never silva is a chump
If the NBA was rigged the Knicks would be better. Also Luka is an injury risk who they didn’t want to pay 350 million
When in the history of the mba did a team trade their best player after going to the mba finals for an aging player who can’t stay healthy?? Davis has played with LeBron and they couldn’t get to the finals. Doncic doesn’t have anywhere near that talent and goes to the finals. If anything Dallas should be trying to grab another great player to put them over the top. The NBA had been a rigged product since the 90’s and it just gets worse. I’m not watching another NBA game. It’s obvious where this will go. 👎
The nba has been u watchable since the Spurs and Pistons were going to the finals every year and the nets were loosing to the west every damn year. Between the predictability and the softness and the 3s and fouls and fkn bs, the NBA is complete dog 💩. The NFL is right there now. In 5 years the nfl is going to be where the nba is today. No one will care. Thank god baseball is almost back. It’s all that’s left. And even MLB has a million issues. Sports just aren’t the same anymore. For kids growing up and watching now, yall missed out.
So its a conspiracy for the NBA but not NFL? Yeah ok Evan. Anything to fit your narrative.
the NBA trying to help LeBron James win another championship which is rigged
This New NBA is horrible and not must watch TV anymore
They are not a top 4 team in the West
Sorry... Follow the money. Where did the Addelsons make their money? Casino owners. If Dallas doesn't make gambling laws more lax AND build a new arena, they're gonna up and leave to Las Vegas like the raiders did, the As are lined up to and now need an NBA.
That and the the NBA owned the hornets at the time of the NBA cp3 trade. If that trade went through, (like it should have) team owners would have had fits.
How about Juan Soto
Top 5 scorer but he can't play defense
Tiki: Maybe it was a win now trade
Evan: Luka Doncic is gonna play til he’s 38
Evan is the epitome of a smooth brain
La wins again
KD TO NEW YORK! BRIDGES AND JOSH TO THE SUNS!
Lakers are not top 4 in the west. They got worse
I use to love the wfan now it’s a snooze fest tiki is horrible