@MavsStan41 This is the biggest mind f**k of it all. Why was the team so perfectly built for Luka if the plan was to get rid of him?? For now and the future is right. Everything in it's place.
So the coach didn’t talk, the fans booed the new team Governor, the former owner told fans to shut the f—- up, fans got tossed for signs saying Fire Nico and the team lost to Sacramento. This trade is going really well…
I can’t believe the new Mavs owner is trashing Luka. I’ve been watching the kid since he was 16 & know some of the behind the scenes stuff. Here is some perspective. Take it or leave it.
1. This comes from an all-time NBA evaluator: “Never ever, ever trade a young superstar. They are too hard to find.”
2. The guy killed himself playing year-round for two or three seasons, representing both the Mavericks and Slovenian National Team. Few superstars in league would do that.
3. Mavs treated Jalen Brunson like a second round pick right up until the time he signed with the Knicks.
4. You will learn that Dallas is first, last and always a @dallascowboys town. Dirk made it cool to be a Mavs fan. The people who pay for front row seats wouldn’t know a pick and roll from picking your nose but they came to games. Dirk gave us 20 years & Luka was about to give us 15 more.
5. Marc Stein had a great stat: The last time the Mavericks played a game without Dirk or Luka was April 1998
6. It may be a good trade in the short run if AD plays 70+ games the next three seasons & wins a title, but that’s doubtful.
7. Never underestimate ego as a decision-maker. There is now basically nobody left from the Donnie Nelson era.
A future Hall of Famer is gone and a potential future Hall of Famer is with the Knicks.
8. By the way, Lakers’s GM Rob Pelinka made this statement last Tuesday: “It’s a gift. We’re talking about a 25-year-old that is a top three player in the universe.”
We know.