The Official 2024/5 NBA Week 18-20 Thread - Luka Doncic traded for Anthony Davis

[peternorth]

Discussion pertaining to the NBA mega trade involving Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis. The Mavericks going for a win now and need move with effectively no centres available on their roster.

Furthermore, with this move, the Mavs escape the supermax extension Donc was eligible for. Given President Trumps threats and introduction of tariffs, expectations of costs to be passed onto American consumers will lead to higher costs of living. The Mavs are fiscally wise.

 

[backtozero]

Well, this ****ing sucks. Essentially I've had the sport taken away from me, because I cannot support this trade and I will not be supporting LA.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

kings fans are the real winners out of this trade. The kings now only have the 2nd biggest Luka fumble in the NBA

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Absolutely crazy

Guess they didn't have faith in themselves to be able to put the necessary pieces around Luka without much assets nor.cap room

If you are going to sell him surely you try and get 7 first round picks back rather than a two season window of Kyrie and AD

Hawks might win the Luka/Trae trade afterall

I mean they arguably had the pieces around him. They made the finals last year and when fit this year still had a good record

 

[Callums_Guns]

Lakers now no big men / or defence

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

More to this I think. Luka likely told him he would go into free agency and Dallas threw him out. For Lakers this was probably always the plan for when he hit free agency but went early trying to get LeBron to stay on next season

LeBron will have to be more of a facilitator while Vanderbilt/Hayes gotta move to C and do a job. Lakers won the trade easily but maybe not as big a win as people think

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

I mean they arguably had the pieces around him. They made the finals last year and when fit this year still had a good record

They got Klay in to be that final piece. They had a title contending team

 

[Sonny Hayes]

More to this I think. Luka likely told him he would go into free agency and Dallas threw him out. For Lakers this was probably always the plan for when he hit free agency but went early trying to get LeBron to stay on next season

LeBron will have to be more of a facilitator while Vanderbilt/Hayes gotta move to C and do a job. Lakers won the trade easily but maybe not as big a win as people think

He is contracted for 2 more years still anyway so the threat would mean little yet. And if so the GM surely comes out and admits it to Dave face?

Still doesn’t justify settling for that pathetic package.

 

[fidstar]

Absolutely crazy

Guess they didn't have faith in themselves to be able to put the necessary pieces around Luka without much assets nor.cap room

If you are going to sell him surely you try and get 7 first round picks back rather than a two season window of Kyrie and AD

Hawks might win the Luka/Trae trade afterall

Looks like the Lakers won the Luka/Trae trade.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

LeBron clearly got a spring in his step tonight knowing of this trade, dropping a 30 point triple double in a win over the Knicks

 

[stewie griffen]

I miss David stem.... he would veto this for the laughs

 

[fidstar]

Even if Luka said he wasn't going to resign. You could get all the draft picks. Like all of them for him.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

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Lakers now no big men / or defence

140 to 130 is still a win

 

[Snarls Barkley]

I mean they arguably had the pieces around him. They made the finals last year and when fit this year still had a good record

That's fair. I'm not convinced they are a better chance in the short term and they are definitely not a better chance in the long term

 

[Warsaw]

Happy for the Lakers. Nothing good ever happens to them.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Even if Luka said he wasn't going to resign. You could get all the draft picks. Like all of them for him.

They want to compete now still. Even with Davis they are still title contenders

 

[Sonny Hayes]

They want to compete now still. Even with Davis they are still title contenders

They traded the future of the franchise to be like the 4th or 5th best team in the league at best and be old with limited picks going forward. The GM should be fired and black listed from the NBA

 

[Chadwiko]

 

[bigblueboy]

They traded the future of the franchise to be like the 4th or 5th best team in the league at best and be old with limited picks going forward. The GM should be fired and black listed from the NBA

This. Luka is lazy but he’s one of the most valuable pawns in the NBA.
Dallas won’t win anything now or in the foreseeable future.

 

[Chadwiko]

 

[fidstar]

Yeah I like Davis, but Luka is all time.

 

[scaryness]

Lakers just lost a shit ton of defence

They’ll trade for Rob Williams

 

[Richard Cranium]

Jimmy Butler saga now pretty much irrelevant.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

They traded the future of the franchise to be like the 4th or 5th best team in the league at best and be old with limited picks going forward. The GM should be fired and black listed from the NBA

I think they are dumb enough to think this improves their chances this season is all.

Can’t tank with Kyrie and Klay eating so much salary to be honest.

For Mavs they now probably have to move on PJ Washington for a SF. I suspect Davis plays PF and he is the odd man out.

 

[Memphis]

Err, what?

What the actual **** hahahahahhaha.

Surely Mavs see something in luka that wheels are about to fall off for them to do this.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

They’ll trade for Rob Williams

Yeah true.