Mavs spent seasons and seasons building the perfect ‘Luka centred’ team. Drafting lively, signing Klay, trading for PJ & Gafford. To lack the foresight to seemingly go all in on Luka, then trade him mid season after a finals run is wild to think
on paper their team got stronger this year i think. but what u cant just measure is greatness. luka one of the coldest players i have seen in the playoffs. they just unleashed a beast that could be a problem for a long time. this will haunt them
Davis is a 1st team all-defensive player who averages 25 PPG, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks a game (52% shooting, 6% points higher than Luka this year). He also has a ring. You can compare both of their finals performances to understand this is actually a pretty even trade: 2023 Donk: 29 PPG, 8 RPG, 5 APG, 47% shooting 2020 Davis: 25 PPG, 10 RPG, 3 APG, 57% shooting Luka's stats have dropped across the board (Drops of 5.8 PPG, 1 RPG, 2 APG, and 6 FG% points). He's out of shape. His team was in 8th place. With the NBA right now, realistically, there's no way that a guy this out of shape and with so many injuries is ever winning a ring. Mavs went with their gut here and saw a decline starting (and they're right) - why pay more to lose? Dump him and grab little old Anthony Davis, the guy who plays on both ends of the floor (when he's not in a wheelchair). Anyway, neither of these guys is winning a championship again but at least the Mavs cleared some room to bring in another superstar. All the Lakers did was get an out of shape crossroader who led his team to 8th place this year (3 spots below the Lakers lol). The Lakers done lost their mind over there. They passed up a real draft pick so Lebron could play footsies with Bronny, and now they've brought in a bloated one-end-of-the-floor tortoise who might sell tickets but won't ever bring them a championship. Just stupid. All they're worried about over there now is marketing and making internet headlines. Get ready Lakers fans. Much like you created the perfect super team the year you brought Mr. Triple Double to you, you're leaving out chemistry. Luka's defense is so bad that now Lebron will probably walk off the floor first game. Chemistry matters. Luka's slow, methodical one-on-one and ridiculous fling-ups will cancel out Lebron's power (what's left of it). But I guess Lakers fans can look at the names for now and pretend it's NBA Live and not reality. People acting like Luka is Jordan and wasn't declining all year this year leading an 8th place team who was only half a game away from missing the playoffs altogether. The Lakers are 3 places ahead of the Mavs right now. Davis isn't chopped liver.
He sounds like the complete idiot he is. The front office clearly had beef with Luka, or they've been handed millions of dollars under the table for this deal. Nobody believes any sane person would make this deal. If you just think of the money that Luka generates for the team, that alone is worth more than the entire Lakers roster.
@@pinobluevogel6458do you know what this was about? Money. Dallas was over the luxury pretty hard and after this trade they are under it (600k to be precise). The new owner was okay trading their future away to save a few million dollars. The GM even said "we would have to offer Luka a super max this summer". They are stingy and won't go anywhere because of it
depends on how you look at it. Lakers lost 2/4 of their defensive core and they have no center besides jaxon hayes and bunch of 2 way guys. we have no rim protection, we lost our best small guard defender in Max Christie…. this is purely a post lebron move. dallas will be much better off in the short term as they have a much more complete roster. Lakers roster now makes no sense whatsoever without a single competent big man. We are built like the small ball rockets with westbrook and harden… Rui now has a much smaller role, playing reaves, bron, and luka will be terrible on defense. I feel like JJ would have a big headache at least for this season. TLDR: mavs got much better in the short term trading away injured maxi, and luka… Lakers made a move for the future while essentially giving up this season unless they get a competent center
1979: Lakers draft an oversized Point Guard to help their Aging superstar to win 2025: Lakers trade for an oversize Point Guard to help their ageless superstar to win History truly is a cycle
@pedrojpeguero 100% agree. That's why Pelinka didn't tell anyone involved until after the trade was done. He's preparing for the Lakers after Lebron retires. Trading AD makes the Lakers worse in the short term, inconveniencing Lebron, but in the long term, this is a massive benefit for the Lakers. Once LBJ retires, they'll sign a free agent to fill the gaps the team has, and the next 2-3 years will be about coaching and supplementary pieces.
There are 2 possible reasons I can think of, maybe both are happening at the same time. Luka has a problem with the Dallas front office and/or people gave them a lot of money (or promised them a lot in the future) for this deal.
@@PoppaTheeGoat2 he wont get fired their new owner knew about this before it happened. Idk something fishy about this trade its just so stupid, maybe those cospiracies have a point about mavs new owner wanting to move the team to vegas and pissing of mavs fans on purpose to get them hate the team and not buying tickets and then moving that team to vegas or something idk
@@Askadaa14vi If any team was up and coming and increasing in value over the last few years and into the near future, it was the Dallas Mavericks. Sure, the Thunder have Shai and a spectacular winrate, a bunch of really cool young guys and a ton of draft capital, but they don't have Luka .. the most absurd wizard on the court that amazes people and has highlight plays every game. Moving your team to Vegas doesn't make sense if you've already built this amazing team here in Dallas that is only increasing in value.
Rob Palenka fleeced The Mavs GM big time here! He cooked him for 3 weeks and he ended up convincing him that trading Luka was worth it! This is diabolical manipulation at this point and Rob will go down as the goat manipulator GM in NBA history.
@ Rob smooth talked his ass! And Nico just confessed that in the press conference talking about having a coffee with Rob and Rob just asked him “can you imagine trading Luka?” and 3 weeks later he fill in that trap 😂 If this guy keeps his job it will be astonishing because this is malpractice at this point.
Honestly this year wise I dont think its good for the lakers at all. It keeps the mavs out of the luxury tax. Maybe Luka always wanting to play for his country has them worried and he doesnt "stay in shape". I remember seeing Luka had a beer and Nico took it out of his hand after they won the western conference finals. Nico had these concerns and Rob Palenka totally fleeced this dude convincing a 25 year old future hall of fame was being immature. Fucking Crazy.
Exactly. People keep saying how smooth and smart Rob Pelinka was, but that isn't the case. This is clearly the NBA stepping in and giving the Lakers a superstar to keep them relevant after LeBron.
Dallas gotta have secret intel that Luka's injury is Kawhi Leonard level bad and they are fleecing the Lakers. Cause ain't no other way this trade makes sense for Dallas.
Mavs owners are also owners of a chain of casinos. The plan is to move Mavericks to Nevada and make them Las Vegas Mavericks. Bring an nba team to a place where gambling is legal. The only way to do that is get rid of attached fans first. Make the club unlikable in their own town.
That press conference Nico Harrison had before the game only makes the whole situation weirder and weirder. Something personal had to be going on with him and Luka
Booger sugar was involved in this trade in some capacity… either Nico Harrison went on a booger sugar binge before making this decision… or The Mavs found out Luka was smuggling booger sugar across the border… either way, booger sugar is the only logical explanation
@gibby-4532 No he doesn't,Dallas now have an insanely deep front court where AD can now play the 4 where he's always preferred. And they still have Kyrie who can now play PG.
I talked to my wife how we assume things in life wont happen because it sounds stupid but then she told me "Stupid people are capable of things we cant comprehend"😅😅😅😅
The NBA needs to investigate this trade ASAP. Some of the things reported just don’t make sense, Like how Niko called the Lakers FIRST. Sam Presti or Danny Ainge probably woulda gave you 10-15 1st rd Picks for Luka. But only Lakers get a call? BS…
Danny Ainge isn't running Boston. Brad is. U know, the former head coach who was compared to Gregg Pop; Spurs of the East and all that while Marcus the Smart would become the only piece that got in the way of a chip.
Us Slovenians feel betrayed, betrayed by the Mavs (they don't exist for us anymore) and betrayed by the NBA (no loyalty, only business). Luka is probably losing another year where he could compete for the ring, thanks to Mavs front office...
I feel you from Norway. Luka finally had a good team, carried them to the finals on one leg. Then gdt traded next season with a even better team(when healthy)
Betrayal for sure. I started watching the Mavericks because of Luka Doncic. I was so happy when they got him Kyrie after failing to keep Jalen Brunson. Look at where we are now, I'm still happy with Kyrie, but the team without Luka will never be the same. And of all places, they chose the Lakers .. the absolute most annoying team in the NBA, that has barely anything on their roster to offer them. Any other team would have made sense, litterally any team can offer way more. LA will bring out the worst in Luka, he will do all the things we hate him doing, like being out of shape, complain even more to the referees, become an even worse freethrow merchant. They basically ruined his career and also denied him the supermax. LA will make Luka obnoxious and I really hate them for doing this.
@@pinobluevogel6458 im not so sure... knowing luka, he will take nico's words personally, he will want to improve, he will want to do everything in his power to be fully in control of his career, this man wants to win, maybe this is exactly what he needed in his career, a kick in the butt
Lakers for sure won the trade simply because once Bron retires they have Luka that can carry the team now. As for Bron and Luka working together I can see it working, Bron's career his best teammates are when someone can shoot the ball really well, his playmaking with Luka's shooting is gonna be insane. Biggest concern is a big man for the Lakers
i think they should be able to get a big man, they have so many small forward sized players. lebron luka rui knecht finney smith vanderbilt. They gotta make a decision but they should probably trade rui or knecht and a a future draft pick. They can get a good big man and will have lebron reaves and luka as three great ball handlers, smith and vando as defensive stoppers, either rui or knecht as another weapon on offense, and maybe a little bit more depending on what else they do. Also, when they got a good big man, that person will have so many opportunities to score since they would be playing with both lebron and luka, who both draw considerable attention away from the defenders.
Jaxson Hayes will thrive with alley oops. Think about the double teams on Luka, forcing him to pass to Bron, Bron drives to the basket and lobs it to Hayes. You’ll probably see this same play repeatedly
@@stefanotano4639 Meh. Hayes was getting bullied by the Knicks, taking him out and going small and exploiting the Knick’s trash perimeter defense is how LA blew them out last night. They’re going nowhere beyond a second round exit though this season without a real center. Can’t win four games against a playoff caliber team with their current construction.
I think either the club doctor knows something that people in LA don't, or Luka's strength training was hopeless and he was increasingly discouraging people working around him.
Not sure what Mavs GM was thinking. If i was him, i would have leaked the fact Luka was available & get as many teams involved as possible. Start a bidding war in order to maximize the return. He didn't do himself any favor by talking to just one team. I don't know, man. It's as if the Mavs GM was on the Lakers payroll 😂
So basically Nico got tired of Luka being out of shape and averaging 30 and 12 every night? Plus him being 25 (soon to be 26 wow he's really getting up there in age) not even in his prime years yet. Valid reasoning indeed. Understandable, though I do hope that you have 24/7 security cause the fans will never forgive you for this
I have one question about your take on Lebron's off ball movement . You've said its the first time you've seen Lebron moving off ball with that frequency and that can help Luka and the new offense a lot . I don't think i've missed a Lakers game this season and my eyes and also the numbers tell me that Lebron rarely moves in a possession by possession basis. Am I missing something here ?
@@izzyuupone thing about Bron, is if he plays with an elite guard he will get off the ball, he did it with wade especially during the back to back, he did it with Kyrie, he did it Lonzo in a smaller sense, but mainly with rondo during 2020, LeBron is only getting off the ball if he respect your iq and decision making. He also allowed d lo and reeves to handle the ball a lot during the 2023 post season
@ 33trib dub last night. if anything he’s doing less luka is handling the rock at all times. only time will tell let’s see what happened before trade deadline
Barring injury, I genuinely think this move could add 3-4 years to LeBron’s career, be old man Kareem with 3-level scoring ability to Luka’s Magic, showtime is back, crazy
No one asked any of them both for permission. Esp them both. When players and owners wanna that deal at first,MG's are here just to do it on official term. PERIOD.
Lebron is a career assists leader coach. He will be passing a ton to Luka who is a bit more of a natural scorer. That has to have more weight in your analysis.
It's a message to the player and fans. This is a management vs players thing. They want y'all to know they are in charge and they don't care what you think. This is an attempt to devalue NBA players as a whole. If you can devalue Luka, you can devalue anyone.
Mavs spent seasons and seasons building the perfect ‘Luka centred’ team.
Drafting lively, signing Klay, trading for PJ & Gafford.
To lack the foresight to seemingly go all in on Luka, then trade him mid season after a finals run is wild to think
its not when you consider that the NBA ratings and the NBA commisioner forces a trade like this through
@@FEDEXLuchs keep it real fam, Foolish owners have always existed. Adam Silver had as much to do with this trade as I did. 🤣🤣
on paper their team got stronger this year i think. but what u cant just measure is greatness. luka one of the coldest players i have seen in the playoffs. they just unleashed a beast that could be a problem for a long time. this will haunt them
for 4/5 seasons freaking Dwight Powell was getting 20-25 minutes as center...
and for injury prone Anthony Davis who's in his 30's
the Mavs traded Luka and you think you’re irreplaceable at work
Based
Trueeeee
Davis is a 1st team all-defensive player who averages 25 PPG, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks a game (52% shooting, 6% points higher than Luka this year). He also has a ring. You can compare both of their finals performances to understand this is actually a pretty even trade:
2023 Donk: 29 PPG, 8 RPG, 5 APG, 47% shooting
2020 Davis: 25 PPG, 10 RPG, 3 APG, 57% shooting
Luka's stats have dropped across the board (Drops of 5.8 PPG, 1 RPG, 2 APG, and 6 FG% points). He's out of shape. His team was in 8th place. With the NBA right now, realistically, there's no way that a guy this out of shape and with so many injuries is ever winning a ring. Mavs went with their gut here and saw a decline starting (and they're right) - why pay more to lose? Dump him and grab little old Anthony Davis, the guy who plays on both ends of the floor (when he's not in a wheelchair).
Anyway, neither of these guys is winning a championship again but at least the Mavs cleared some room to bring in another superstar. All the Lakers did was get an out of shape crossroader who led his team to 8th place this year (3 spots below the Lakers lol). The Lakers done lost their mind over there. They passed up a real draft pick so Lebron could play footsies with Bronny, and now they've brought in a bloated one-end-of-the-floor tortoise who might sell tickets but won't ever bring them a championship. Just stupid. All they're worried about over there now is marketing and making internet headlines.
Get ready Lakers fans. Much like you created the perfect super team the year you brought Mr. Triple Double to you, you're leaving out chemistry. Luka's defense is so bad that now Lebron will probably walk off the floor first game. Chemistry matters. Luka's slow, methodical one-on-one and ridiculous fling-ups will cancel out Lebron's power (what's left of it). But I guess Lakers fans can look at the names for now and pretend it's NBA Live and not reality.
People acting like Luka is Jordan and wasn't declining all year this year leading an 8th place team who was only half a game away from missing the playoffs altogether. The Lakers are 3 places ahead of the Mavs right now. Davis isn't chopped liver.
Y u talkin shit?
That part. My eyes became open when the company I worked for 6 years let go the man that hired me who had been there for 21.
"We had to keep it secret" or else another team would offer something substantial and we can't have that...
Lol 😂
He sounds like the complete idiot he is. The front office clearly had beef with Luka, or they've been handed millions of dollars under the table for this deal.
Nobody believes any sane person would make this deal. If you just think of the money that Luka generates for the team, that alone is worth more than the entire Lakers roster.
@@pinobluevogel6458do you know what this was about? Money. Dallas was over the luxury pretty hard and after this trade they are under it (600k to be precise). The new owner was okay trading their future away to save a few million dollars. The GM even said "we would have to offer Luka a super max this summer". They are stingy and won't go anywhere because of it
@@pinobluevogel6458if they had beef with Luka I don’t think they would’ve sent him to one of the most storied franchises
Art of Negotiation, lol
AD: We need a center
Pelinka: And I took that personally
traded him to american airlines center lol
He brought the center piece for sure.
AD: I want a center
Pelinka: what about Lively?
AD: that would be great!
Pelinka: Adios amigo
(Stole this)
Secret Base
Beef history: The Dallas Mavericks fans vs the GM vol 2
Lmao
Dude might actually get shot. What an absolute idiot.
really just dallas teams in general 😭
@@sway9427 don't get me started with the Cowboys especially and they Dallas stars so ⭐
What is the deal with Dallas sports teams and shooting their own feet
The happiest person of the trade is JJ Reddick. 😂
And OKC. They have open road to the finals now.
depends on how you look at it. Lakers lost 2/4 of their defensive core and they have no center besides jaxon hayes and bunch of 2 way guys. we have no rim protection, we lost our best small guard defender in Max Christie…. this is purely a post lebron move. dallas will be much better off in the short term as they have a much more complete roster. Lakers roster now makes no sense whatsoever without a single competent big man. We are built like the small ball rockets with westbrook and harden… Rui now has a much smaller role, playing reaves, bron, and luka will be terrible on defense. I feel like JJ would have a big headache at least for this season.
TLDR: mavs got much better in the short term trading away injured maxi, and luka… Lakers made a move for the future while essentially giving up this season unless they get a competent center
That's assuming Reddick will even be there for more than one or two more seasons.
@jjoe7078 lakers will probably make another move, they might trade LeBron or Reaves
@@laurencekevingarcia772 LeBron has a no-trade clause and has said he’ll be staying with the Lakers
1979: Lakers draft an oversized Point Guard to help their Aging superstar to win
2025: Lakers trade for an oversize Point Guard to help their ageless superstar to win
History truly is a cycle
Lakers ain't going anywhere with lebron
@@C-Money37 Unless they get a center. Not to mention, the NBA is a lot more competitive now than it was in the early 80s.
@@Roxas-ph3teI promise you they did not make this trade with this season in mind
@pedrojpeguero 100% agree. That's why Pelinka didn't tell anyone involved until after the trade was done. He's preparing for the Lakers after Lebron retires. Trading AD makes the Lakers worse in the short term, inconveniencing Lebron, but in the long term, this is a massive benefit for the Lakers. Once LBJ retires, they'll sign a free agent to fill the gaps the team has, and the next 2-3 years will be about coaching and supplementary pieces.
@@Roxas-ph3telakers won this trade short and long term
Jason Kidd looks pissed😂
His GM just killed the team and is now telling him that they're in a position to win NOW?? I'd be pissed too
Kidd should be furious. This trade is so spectacularly stupid I'm willing to think about conspiracy theories.
@@David-iv6jeyup this is conspiracy’ level type stuff because it doesn’t make sense
There are 2 possible reasons I can think of, maybe both are happening at the same time. Luka has a problem with the Dallas front office and/or people gave them a lot of money (or promised them a lot in the future) for this deal.
not really, kidd is on board
"Would you ever, uh would i" what an idiot LOL what does he get paid a year this is negligence
Can he be fired? If so he need to go this is just stupid
@@PoppaTheeGoat2 he wont get fired their new owner knew about this before it happened. Idk something fishy about this trade its just so stupid, maybe those cospiracies have a point about mavs new owner wanting to move the team to vegas and pissing of mavs fans on purpose to get them hate the team and not buying tickets and then moving that team to vegas or something idk
@@Askadaa14vi If any team was up and coming and increasing in value over the last few years and into the near future, it was the Dallas Mavericks. Sure, the Thunder have Shai and a spectacular winrate, a bunch of really cool young guys and a ton of draft capital, but they don't have Luka .. the most absurd wizard on the court that amazes people and has highlight plays every game.
Moving your team to Vegas doesn't make sense if you've already built this amazing team here in Dallas that is only increasing in value.
@@Askadaa14vithat doesn‘t sound like it makes any sense
I think he just wanted to look cool infront of the lakers gm for some ungodly reason.
I saw Zion on the treadmill at 6 am this morning at the YMCA. This explains why.
😂😂😂 I hope you're joking
Nico Harrison got bored of Luka averaging a pathetic 28.1, 8.3 and 7.8 I guess
Ball hogging with no defense who cares. Anybody can put up bunch of points and assists hogging the ball all game.
he wants to be talked about like the Cowboys, so he went the "become a failure at gm" route
@@youngnas15you and anyone that thinks like doesn’t know ball at all. Luka is a Top 3 player in the world.
@@youngnas15almost nobody can regardless of the possessions . Actually most can not handle that usage rate
Those are empty states my nigga is all in on offence but do nothing on defense and is center always bail him out anyway 😂
The Lakers really got a modern day magic Johnson, and have reinvigorated the showtime Lakers. Insane
Lakers fans are the most spoiled fans in all of sports lol
Luka way better than Magic Johnson.
@@Crossovahhyes we like it. we love being spoiled
They have the 2* modern Magic, Lebron is the most similar player to Magic, even more than Luka
@@Anthonydu01630Luka is better then both of them 💯
This is the most Nick Young meme moment in the history of the NBA
Rob Palenka fleeced The Mavs GM big time here! He cooked him for 3 weeks and he ended up convincing him that trading Luka was worth it! This is diabolical manipulation at this point and Rob will go down as the goat manipulator GM in NBA history.
I don't like this for the Lakers
@ Rob smooth talked his ass! And Nico just confessed that in the press conference talking about having a coffee with Rob and Rob just asked him “can you imagine trading Luka?” and 3 weeks later he fill in that trap 😂
If this guy keeps his job it will be astonishing because this is malpractice at this point.
Honestly this year wise I dont think its good for the lakers at all. It keeps the mavs out of the luxury tax. Maybe Luka always wanting to play for his country has them worried and he doesnt "stay in shape". I remember seeing Luka had a beer and Nico took it out of his hand after they won the western conference finals. Nico had these concerns and Rob Palenka totally fleeced this dude convincing a 25 year old future hall of fame was being immature. Fucking Crazy.
Rob was like ya bro keep it a secret, dont tell anyone or it wont work out (for him) lol
Rob probably has some " Interesting" pictures that he said not wanting to share, but will take Luka in a trade to burn them lol
Adam Silver saw that the ratings were down and made a few calls
Wait, I thought it was LeGM...
@@thesupremekai1980s lebron don't know anything about this trade, he was even shock lol.
@@thesupremekai1980s Yeah I don't think LeBron has this kind of power. This kind of trade ends franchises that's more of commission level move
@@thesupremekai1980s LeGM, LeAdam Silver doesnt matter same Lething
Exactly.
People keep saying how smooth and smart Rob Pelinka was, but that isn't the case. This is clearly the NBA stepping in and giving the Lakers a superstar to keep them relevant after LeBron.
Dallas gotta have secret intel that Luka's injury is Kawhi Leonard level bad and they are fleecing the Lakers. Cause ain't no other way this trade makes sense for Dallas.
Mavs owners are also owners of a chain of casinos. The plan is to move Mavericks to Nevada and make them Las Vegas Mavericks. Bring an nba team to a place where gambling is legal. The only way to do that is get rid of attached fans first. Make the club unlikable in their own town.
Same thing I was saying bro. Like when celtics traded Isiah Thomas for kyrie, after that Isiah injury. He was WASHED.
They have a solid team now
@@C-Money37they had a finals team already
@@kingbankssslol no comparing Thomas to Luka lol
That press conference Nico Harrison had before the game only makes the whole situation weirder and weirder. Something personal had to be going on with him and Luka
Booger sugar was involved in this trade in some capacity… either Nico Harrison went on a booger sugar binge before making this decision… or The Mavs found out Luka was smuggling booger sugar across the border… either way, booger sugar is the only logical explanation
agreed
This has meth written all over it
Crack is wack
nahhh apparently its about the ratings. big boss made the call
Mavs got better in the short term
Mavs traded a Ferrari for an old Chrysler 300 and a bag of chips lol.
You’re severely underestimating AD here
@@jegcahe is washed and injured constantly not a championship player or leader
@@jegcahe’s gonna have to be a number 1 option and I don’t see him being that on a championship for this year or the foreseeable future
@gibby-4532 No he doesn't,Dallas now have an insanely deep front court where AD can now play the 4 where he's always preferred. And they still have Kyrie who can now play PG.
@@jegca Yes, because when you say AD you immediately think of a franchise player.
Luka basically a God tier Reeves replacement. Great move.
They didn’t even trade reeves, lol
@ Give it time. Trade or bench piece? Austin is what he will be.
the Lebagless jocksniffing is off the charts
I talked to my wife how we assume things in life wont happen because it sounds stupid but then she told me "Stupid people are capable of things we cant comprehend"😅😅😅😅
The NBA needs to investigate this trade ASAP. Some of the things reported just don’t make sense, Like how Niko called the Lakers FIRST. Sam Presti or Danny Ainge probably woulda gave you 10-15 1st rd Picks for Luka. But only Lakers get a call? BS…
Lol cry about it
None of those other teams had AD
does danny ainge or presti have AD? lol
Mavs going to the Finals now with that team
Danny Ainge isn't running Boston. Brad is. U know, the former head coach who was compared to Gregg Pop; Spurs of the East and all that while Marcus the Smart would become the only piece that got in the way of a chip.
He is sitting next to Jason Kidd straight up saying “that’s right I didn’t tell my coach anything about this.” 😂
LUKA JUST SAVES JJ'S COACHING CAREER...
you don’t watch basketball
Didn’t JJ just crush a top three team in the east’s winning streak? Without AD? 🤔 He’s been doing fine, idk why it seems like people want him to fail
Thanks, coach!
Dallas made a huge mistake trading Luka
The sky is blue
Us Slovenians feel betrayed, betrayed by the Mavs (they don't exist for us anymore) and betrayed by the NBA (no loyalty, only business). Luka is probably losing another year where he could compete for the ring, thanks to Mavs front office...
Long time mavs fan and i feel the same way.
💯
I feel you from Norway. Luka finally had a good team, carried them to the finals on one leg. Then gdt traded next season with a even better team(when healthy)
Betrayal for sure. I started watching the Mavericks because of Luka Doncic. I was so happy when they got him Kyrie after failing to keep Jalen Brunson. Look at where we are now, I'm still happy with Kyrie, but the team without Luka will never be the same.
And of all places, they chose the Lakers .. the absolute most annoying team in the NBA, that has barely anything on their roster to offer them. Any other team would have made sense, litterally any team can offer way more.
LA will bring out the worst in Luka, he will do all the things we hate him doing, like being out of shape, complain even more to the referees, become an even worse freethrow merchant. They basically ruined his career and also denied him the supermax. LA will make Luka obnoxious and I really hate them for doing this.
@@pinobluevogel6458 im not so sure... knowing luka, he will take nico's words personally, he will want to improve, he will want to do everything in his power to be fully in control of his career, this man wants to win, maybe this is exactly what he needed in his career, a kick in the butt
J Kidd looked like he wanted to throw hands 😂 in that presser
Lakers for sure won the trade simply because once Bron retires they have Luka that can carry the team now. As for Bron and Luka working together I can see it working, Bron's career his best teammates are when someone can shoot the ball really well, his playmaking with Luka's shooting is gonna be insane. Biggest concern is a big man for the Lakers
i think they should be able to get a big man, they have so many small forward sized players. lebron luka rui knecht finney smith vanderbilt. They gotta make a decision but they should probably trade rui or knecht and a a future draft pick. They can get a good big man and will have lebron reaves and luka as three great ball handlers, smith and vando as defensive stoppers, either rui or knecht as another weapon on offense, and maybe a little bit more depending on what else they do. Also, when they got a good big man, that person will have so many opportunities to score since they would be playing with both lebron and luka, who both draw considerable attention away from the defenders.
Lakers will have the worst defense of all time.
The Lakers need a center. Any Role Player on the Lakers is not safe especially with the trade deadline coming up
Jaxson Hayes will thrive with alley oops. Think about the double teams on Luka, forcing him to pass to Bron, Bron drives to the basket and lobs it to Hayes. You’ll probably see this same play repeatedly
@@stefanotano4639a revolving door gives more defense than Hayes, they need at least one shot blocker or their games will look like 120-140 losses
@@stefanotano4639 Meh. Hayes was getting bullied by the Knicks, taking him out and going small and exploiting the Knick’s trash perimeter defense is how LA blew them out last night. They’re going nowhere beyond a second round exit though this season without a real center. Can’t win four games against a playoff caliber team with their current construction.
@@ClareAmel we’ll see about that 😉
I agree Lakers defense suck now but then again opposing teams will have nightmares guarding both Bron-Luka. They are just too smart and skilled
Now we gotta get Jokic
They were in talks for 3 weeks damn
I think either the club doctor knows something that people in LA don't, or Luka's strength training was hopeless and he was increasingly discouraging people working around him.
Oh nah Nick... The shock still hasn't worn off (Lakers fan)... Incredibly happy and shocked, all at the same time
Rob palinka put something in nikos coffee for sure
I’m waiting for the Mavericks breakdown. That one is far more interesting.
As a Mavs fan, I can't wait to see them crumble.
Not sure what Mavs GM was thinking. If i was him, i would have leaked the fact Luka was available & get as many teams involved as possible. Start a bidding war in order to maximize the return. He didn't do himself any favor by talking to just one team. I don't know, man. It's as if the Mavs GM was on the Lakers payroll 😂
So basically Nico got tired of Luka being out of shape and averaging 30 and 12 every night? Plus him being 25 (soon to be 26 wow he's really getting up there in age) not even in his prime years yet. Valid reasoning indeed. Understandable, though I do hope that you have 24/7 security cause the fans will never forgive you for this
I have one question about your take on Lebron's off ball movement . You've said its the first time you've seen Lebron moving off ball with that frequency and that can help Luka and the new offense a lot . I don't think i've missed a Lakers game this season and my eyes and also the numbers tell me that Lebron rarely moves in a possession by possession basis. Am I missing something here ?
I know what this type of comment is alluding to, but he'll definitely have to be moving more now.
he couldn’t really rely on anyone 100%.. now you add luka? have you seen brons statements about him? he trust luka 100%.
@@izzyuup I'm sorry but that's irrelevant. We're talking about a 40yo athlete
@@izzyuupone thing about Bron, is if he plays with an elite guard he will get off the ball, he did it with wade especially during the back to back, he did it with Kyrie, he did it Lonzo in a smaller sense, but mainly with rondo during 2020, LeBron is only getting off the ball if he respect your iq and decision making. He also allowed d lo and reeves to handle the ball a lot during the 2023 post season
@ 33trib dub last night. if anything he’s doing less luka is handling the rock at all times. only time will tell let’s see what happened before trade deadline
I’m not even ready for the video yet still processing the trade 😂
thanks Coach! I hope a video regarding ADs impact on the Mavs will follow soon.
Hey Coach Nick 🔥
This deal shows that any player at any time can be dealt. I wish both AD and Luka well on their new teams.
Beautiful work my guy!
00:39 - Jason Kidd looks like this Steve Buscemi's "Hello, fellow kids" - Meme
The hawks officially not part of the one of the worst trades ever
"We got ourselves another trade" lavine to kings fox to spurs
If I did this trade on GM mode, I'd complain the game was broken.
This Lakers roster would give up 120 a game. They better have a plan
I was going to say this. Defense will be an issue
i been waiting patiently for this to drop 😩😩
Dunker spot like a 90s PowerForward
The single dumbest move in sports history, this is something that 2 days later I still can’t fathom.
I'm still in shock from this trade man. Glad to have Luka but Laker nation will really miss AD💔
Have been looking for this video for couple days already …
WHAT ABOUT DEFENSE? 😂
Defense schmeefense
@@bballbreakdownHe gotchu there coach
Yell thats what i said.
Barring injury, I genuinely think this move could add 3-4 years to LeBron’s career, be old man Kareem with 3-level scoring ability to Luka’s Magic, showtime is back, crazy
Most u expected trade in nba history
Instead of just saying how crazy this trade is into ♾️... Coach gives us what it might look like after the trade goes down. 👍🏿
the intro is lit 🔥
Whoever the gm of the mavs has got to be the dumbest of them all and to Rob Pelinka u a fking genius
Look at Jason Kidd's face 😂😂😂
Showtime Lakers
No mention of what AD can do for the Mavs? I doubt the Luka Bron pairing will work for all yhe reasons in the vid
0:48 Jason Kidd looks pisssssed. Bro was thinking dark thoughts right there no doubt.
Here for it! 😤💪🏾🏆
9:07 Jb dunk was crazy 🤯🔥🔥
Adam Silver like his predecessor, gifting LeBalcovic with another superstar 😂😂😂😂
Can’t believe this real. Thanks for breakdown coach
No one asked any of them both for permission. Esp them both. When players and owners wanna that deal at first,MG's are here just to do it on official term. PERIOD.
great edit
I'm just over here wondering what Awful Coaching thinks of all this
They had difficulty beating Denver with Davis in the lineup. Now that you’ve traded him, it’s gotten even worse.
Seeing LeBron run off a screen to take a 3pt shot on a regular basis just seems wrong.
I kinda liked AR running the point. I hope his role is not reduced to the bench.
Lebron is a career assists leader coach. He will be passing a ton to Luka who is a bit more of a natural scorer. That has to have more weight in your analysis.
The owner of Mavs were promised a team in Las Vegas for Luca deal by Stern.
If I was a Dallas fan I would still be in throw-up mode.
Nico Harrison is the most hated man in Dallas right now. I'm a laker fan so I think Nico is great. 😂
Doubters should apologise to Rob Pelinka 😂
Luka’s never whining to the refs again with the Lakers/LeGM whistle. Gonna be prime harden Luka magic.
It's a message to the player and fans. This is a management vs players thing. They want y'all to know they are in charge and they don't care what you think. This is an attempt to devalue NBA players as a whole. If you can devalue Luka, you can devalue anyone.
In this sport, if you attack, you must also defend.
Luka is gonna turn into Jordan every time he steps foot in a mavs arena
They still have 2 defensive anchors in DFS and Vando…look at their last game vs Knicks.
"Would you ever? Would I?" Are you high????
Lebron is such a liar I bet he knew
Sounds like a Marvel Trailer at beginning 😆
Finally! With Luka, the Lakers can get their Banner 18 this year.
I made a 2k career right before the KAT trade and was stuck with Randle on the Knicks, now I just made a new player a couple weeks before this 🤦♂️
Pelinka suddenly became GM of the year
j kidd is a coward!!!! stand up for the man!!!!
You guys are going to be surprised at the fit. This shit gonna be immaculate.
Hopefully LeBron tells Luka no more burritos past 5pm so he can get in shape
Bron, Bronny, and Luka now that’s what I call a big 3
Two and a Half Men.
after the trade Dallas got blown out by The Cavs Kyrie did not play and Klay only got 2 points everyone is still in shock with this trade.
Something happened behind the scenes, had to. This just doesn’t make sense on the surface.
Dwight Howard till the end of the season best Free agent Center possible
Adam Silver should have veto this lopsided trade. This will bring the viewership even more chaotic.