OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: FEBRUARY 2025

he sold his majority stake and hasn’t had team control for over a year

 

Dang this Dallas deal is looking worse now with the Fox trade…3 firsts?

 

Who is the current owner(s)?

found the answer:
"Cuban, who bought the team in 2000, sold his majority stake in 2023.

The sale gave control of the franchise to the family of Miriam Adelson, who run the Las Vegas Sands casino company."

 

Vegas casino money

 

I kind of wondered when Irving sat out and the team got down by 40 in the first half. The players all knew Luka was their star and leader. I'm betting they end up missing the playoffs. Right now they're the 9th seed.

Worst trade in NBA history.

To gift Luka to the fucking Lakers??? Out of all the damn franchises that didn't deserve a gift.

 

Cuban sold the team and confirmed he had zero involvement on the decision to trade Luka.

Cuban previously said if he had to choose between his wife and Luka he's calling a divorce attorney.

 

Yeah - just an unbelievable shit job of a franchise.

I'd be livid if I was a Mavs fan.

 

Big trade for the Spurs getting Fox. Makes sense they send out four first round picks, thats normally the cost to add a star. The Spurs and Thunder are going to be amazing the next decade.

Even with the Lakers gifted Luka they might be a distant 3rd nearly all of those years. But he legit could be the best player of any of the teams, or really the best player in the whole NBA. So he and the Lakers will certainly have a very real chance.

The west is going to be damn hard for us and other teams to compete in the next decade.

 

The spurs didn’t give up Jack shit.

 

That was not the statement or question.

 

He actually said “Shottiest Possible Deal”.
You actually made my point. Minus the fact the guy recently lead a team to a championship.

 

When you put it that way? Wow!

 

“Put them in a box”

 

This made Zach Lowe interrupt his hiatus by tweeting a 17 minutes breakdown. I wish the Lowe Post would be back.

 

essentially it was 3 first's. The Charlotte 1st will not convey. The 2027 Spur's first will probably be in the 20's. Minny's 2031 is too far out to assess

the Chicago pick was top-10 protected and the Bulls are currently 9th in the lottery, a half game ahead of Portland. So that first is unlikely to convey considering they won't have LaVine. It was top-8 protected in the 26 & 27 drafts

The Spurs still have their own 1st this year, plus the unprotected Atlanta first. Wouldn't it be just like the fucking Spurs to jump from the back of the lottery to 1st in line...

so even after that trade, the Spurs are rich with draft picks. In 2026 they have the rights to an unprotected swap with Atlanta; in 2027 they have Atlanta's unprotected 1st; in 2028 they have the right to swap with Boston (probably won't be conveyed); In 2029 they have their own 1st; in 2030, they have the most favorable of a 3 way swap of first's between them, Minny, and Dallas; They have their own first in 2031; and over the next 7 years they have 21 second round picks

in other words, after technically trading 4 first round picks today, over the next 7 drafts they have 8 first round picks, a couple with a chance of being in the lottery not counting the possible 2 this season; and a bazillion 2nd round picks

 

Does Kyrie have any good history with Davis? Prior to Dallas Kyrie had been a mess in Brooklyn, Boston, and even the end of his time in Cleveland.

Honestly wouldn't be surprised to hear Kyrie is sitting out right now and demands a trade by Thursday.

Would be hilarious if he forces his way to the Lakers.

 

No way in hell. They just made sure that he can demand a max extension from Dallas - they can't say no to him. That's a great place to be for an older player like him. They basically built him the team NeO failed to build for Dame. Long, tough defenders everywhere, some shooting, and him as the primary ball handler / creator.