OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: FEBRUARY 2025

they better hope they can draw FA’s because they don’t have shit for trade capital or future draft picks.

 

all kinds of shelters and loopholes for investment income; not a lot of shelters and loopholes for salary and wages

 

I suppose that's one way to look at it. It appears like he probably sold high at least.

 

Nobody saw this trade coming…… NOBODY

 

I’m out FAMS!
http://www.sportstwo.com/forums/denver-nuggets.119/

 

Man, talk about overpaying.

 

It's only the home games Luka is taxed in California so it's half of his contract. The much bigger loss is Luka isn't supermax eligible now so his deal will be much smaller.

 

Maybe that's your opinion but the betting consensus is clearly the Mavs odds are much worse and the Lakers odds are much better.

That's just this season. In a few years when Luka hasn't even hit his peak this will be much more lopsided.

Who is the Mavs best wing today - A 36year old Klay who can't move defensively? 3 of the Mavs 4 best players are centers. Center is by far the easiest position to fill. This makes no sense to them winning now or winning long term.

Luka legit was a top4 MVP candidate every year in his mid 20s. I've never heard of a player like that being traded.

LeBron and Shaq walked in free agency. It's just unheard of for a player like this that can legit lead a team to a title being moved. This makes zero sense from Dallas end. Not to mention they get ONE pick while Bridges got 5. Worst trade I've ever heard of in NBA history.

And to the fucking Lakers. How does that franchise get so damn lucky every decade with this crap.

The west had now become absolutely brutal the next decade. Spurs and Thunder have amazing futures. Now we have to put the Lakers close to them. Not to mention the best player in the NBA in Jokic is in the west.

 

Harrison sleeping with the enemy. The guys have been friends/close for 20 years. When Rob becomes President and Jeanie focuses on CEO duties, I wonder who will get the next GM job of the Lakers?

 

Misrepresent much? AD said just last week that the Lakers need to bring in a center because he plays best as a 4.

 

I can understand Harrison being a crappy GM.

Buy how does Mavs ownership approve this?

They bought a franchise for what 3 billion? Probably lost over a billion of worth in one day with this trade.

 

Klay isn't even a starting level player.

Kyrie was asking that he could be the 2nd or 3rd best player on the Mavs. We saw him as the lead creator in Boston and elsewhere it not a title winning player at all.

Davis is very good on both ends.

None of these guys are leading the Mavs to a playoff series win though. This trade is a joke.

 

New Dallas GM Nico Harrison and Rob Pelinka are ... - Reddit

 

Yeah Davis is soft like LaMarcus was. He never won anything playing PF.

How is the spacing going to work with Lively and Davis clanking jumpers?

Mavs aren't going to win a single playoff series now - if they even make the playoffs that is.

 

Also- why didn’t Dallas ask for Dalton Knecht too? And another pick? And maybe Reaves? I don’t get it.

 

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2025/02/inside-the-stunning-luka-doncic-anthony-davis-trade.html

In a fascinating interview with Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News, Harrison said he approached Lakers head of basketball operations Rob Pelinka more than a month ago to have “basketball” conversations.

Harrison noted that the two have known each other for a couple of decades from their previous jobs, when Harrison was a Nike executive and Pelinka was a player agent...

Doncic will no longer be eligible for an extension worth 35% of the salary cap this summer after being moved; the most he can make now is 30%.

“We really feel like we got ahead of what was going to be a tumultuous summer, him being eligible for the super-max and also a year away from him being able to opt out of any contract,” Harrison said.

 

AD has played like a top 5 player in the NBA this season. Look up the numbers. But he is definitely too old to give up Luka for.