I remember one guy complaining resignedly, "The Lakers are so lucky." It was after they got either Jabbar or Magic. I think it was Jabbar. I think of that every time it repeats. It's been going at least since the Chamberlain trade, and probably before. Back then, the league office was trying to expand into the West, so there were probably manipulations by them.
As I recall Kareem gave the Bucks two choices. NY or LA. He said Milwaukee lacked enough "culture" for him to stay.
Good catch!! I forgot about that. Doncic can't get a super-max from the Lakers so his 5-year/345M deal in a state with no income tax drops down to about a 5-year/290M deal in a state with a 13.3% tax rate for those in a multi-millionaires bracket. When Doncic hops on the plane for LA he could be hopping with 85M less in future compensation he'll have to hustle the endorsements hard to make up for it. Start with Pillsbury.
Yep. The Knicks had nothing to offer. The Lakers had a draft pick stockpile unusual for them. This made me laugh!
Too be fair, he's not wrong. (a) he's from New York, and (b) he was a Black Nationalist Muslim Intellectual in cow country.
Phoenix can at least trade Booker and get a big haul of picks. They can probably get a couple nice pieces for Durant too. Dallas somehow in one move went from a roster with a long term future of top5 in the west to bottom 5. This is the worst trade a team has made in NBA history.
I can't help but think that the Mavs have a good reason to get Luka off the books and away from their future...he's not in game shape and who knows what else is going on with him. They probably do. Lakers have nothing to lose to try and motivate him. Money usually works. As far as anybody knows, Luka could be a raging alcoholic or whatever but we'll see if talent alone gets him the bag in LA. Read he'd ballooned in weight after they asked him to lose some. It's usually Kyrie that gets traded for being batshit crazy but maybe Luka has out crazed the flat earther dude. Since it's the Lakers I hope he implodes and ruins the franchise!
… Letting the days go by, let the Lakers hold me down Letting the days go by, Lakers trading stars around Into the blue again, after the money's gone Once every season, Lakers trading stars around … Same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was, same as it ever was barfo
