Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 8. (Read 923739 times)

I wouldn’t be too optimistic about Luka with the Lakers just yet. The first thing to consider is chemistry. Even though Luka and LeBron are both great players, if they don’t mesh well, the Lakers will struggle. 

This would be a big gamble for them because they’d have to start building chemistry from scratch, especially since Luka would be a starter. The biggest challenge is figuring out how to make Luka and LeBron effective together, considering both of them love having the ball in their hands.

Lakers looked good tonight with Luka watching from the bench for the first time. LeBron had a great game and nearly got a triple double in the blowout win. Bronny also got himself a few minutes and hit his first NBA 3 pointer to the delight of the fans. If the Lakers are playing this well without Luka, the possibilities of what could be…

I think teams like Trail Blazers are not diving in any game and really doesn't want to lose. It's just because the teams doesn't have great players that's why they keep on losing. And with that kind of mindset, maybe they treat like every game as their last and so they really try to give everything they got. And amongst they've lost, there are games that are really very close. So let's see how far or what kind of mindset they will have up to the end of this regular season. And then just look forward to next year, just like when Detroit had 28 losing games last season if I'm not mistaken. But now look at the end, so much improvement and forget what had happen to them. Hopefully, the same with Wizards, there are trade rumors surrounding Kyle Kuzma. If that materialized then we might see a different team next year.

Yes, they don't want to pay Luka the max contract, simply as that. However, when he was acquired by Dallas when Cuban was still the majority owner, we have seen the Luka will play his entire career with them, just like Dirk and probably they are waiting for another championship under Luka.

He did bring them to the finals last year, but obviously, as for their GM, defense win games and so Luka didn't have any defense  that time against the Celtics and constantly complaining about the referees. And so outside, we look at it that everything looks good, but inside, GM and Luka has issues and it cost Luka $100 million

Speaking of Dallas, I also saw from one Facebook post that Nico Harrison is also thinking of getting KD in the future to build a big 3 on Dallas. This is for me one of the worst things that will happen in Dallas Mavericks history if that happens. We all know that forming a big 3 nowadays doesn't lead to championship anymore. Brooklyn did it and failed miserably. Now Phoenix has it, and we know how it is going right now.

I hope that Nico Harrison will stop here and will focus on his current players because they already have enough pieces I believe to compete for the title. What they might lack now is a playmaker since they traded Luka, but in terms of defense, on paper they're one of the best. Speaking of Grimes-Martin trade, it wasn't a big trade, but Grimes is on an expiring contract as well and they believe he will not resign on Dallas that's why instead of losing him, just trade him to get another player. Martin is now a mediocre player in the Sixers.

He will be healthy as he was last season I believe. He was way healthier already compared to his first years in LA when he's a fragile big.
As for his position, PF is his most comfortable position so going back to play on PF would be a good thing for him as well since the Mavs already have 2 bigs to play with.

Maybe the statement of defense for LUKA is one thing for the decision he made. But! the gem you have now from the draft pick is really something.
Luka can be much better than what he is now and can give more for the franchise. On this move, one of the best side to get is Luka, im sure he will get new and more endorsement in LA.
The super max contract is a price top pay when you hit a gem.

I hope AD will be healthy for the Dallas. This time he will get the PF position where he really should play.

I think it was purely a financial decision. They didn’t want to pony up the money to pay a supermax contract and they did the best move to give them the best chance of winning this year as possible. Luka is only going to get bigger and slower. They just decided to cut ties now before they’re paying more to a declining player. Most teams would’ve paid the max. We’ll see in another couple years if that was the right move or not.

Yeah i mean klay is past his prime and both kyrie and ad are sliding on the wrong side of their prime.  They have to win this year or next or its a wrap.  Luka being 25 and letting him go is just crazy to me.  How do the lakers always seem to step in a pile every decade.  Its like silver had something to do with it, cant have the lakers be insignificant and bron being 40 now they have theor next superstar for the next 10 years.  Wild.

Looks like he's cleaning their backyard and trying to start over. They still got Klay and Kyrie and I think AD has expressed it long time ago that he wants to play with Kyrie so this could be a good roster for them with these contributors that the Dallas has got now. And with what Nico said, time will prove him that he's correct with all the decisions that he has made now. I hope that he does but most of the disappointed fans would like to see him that he did a mistake of letting go Luka.

What nico isnt accounted for is kyrie.  Him amd luka were boys. When kyrie goes off the mental rails its a wrap, i womder what he is going to do now.  There must habe been much more than injuries or something. If they truely just didnt want to pay him why wouldnt you call every gm up amd tell them highest bidder.  I really think nico thinks AD is the missing piece it wasnt luka.

I think this is the main reason though, they do not want to give Luka a max contract, and so they traded him before it's too late. And only secondary reasons about this attitude, being overweight and a primadonna.

Nico Harris knows the deal and so he had to initiate it and pull this crazy trades and didn't inform anyone about this trade until it exploded. And now, with this trade, Luka is -$100 million less because if I'm not mistaken, he will not be eligible for a super-max contract now. So it seems that it was a well orchestrated plan by Nico himself, however, it didn't sit well with the fans and if you look at Jason Kidd during the press conference, I have a feeling that he didn't like this trade at all.

It's actually turning into the Bulls and many have noticed that. I'm a fan of Spurs and have always been betting on them but sometimes, losing is necessary and they're a lackluster. This is a good trade for them and Popo is trying to build the team around Wemby and I hope that he won't be the same as Luka. Being looked as their main stay but then will be traded but I don't think it'll be the same since he's very good with his stats and it's not wise if they'll allow that to happen, and not just that he's their round 1 pick. They always keep their RD1 pick.

Mark Cuban is already out of decision making here. He's got minority of the stake of the Dallas Mavericks after selling his shares so, he's still part of it but he's got no more thing to say for any trades.

I feel bad for looking if it's about the legitimacy of him having a max contract of around $350M+ and then he just bought a $15M house last week in Texas, is that even true?

Now dallas just shipped out quentin grimes and a second round pick for caleb martin.  I dont kmow what is goijg on in dallas but if im a gm im picking up the phone amd asking whats the price on everyone else.  Looks like nico is just cleaning house and starting over lol.  As a kmicks fan (and grimes fan) it hurts to see him in philly.  Expiring contract hopefully knicks scoop him back up.  Dude is a good player off the bench.

Missing out on the supermax has got to hurt if you’re Luka, but I’m sure he’ll make up the lost money in endorsements living in Los Angeles now. He also just bought a $15,000,000 house in Dallas…

What bums me out is that I was hoping to see Lula play in a Lakers uniform today but it appears he’s going to be out another week.

4th winning streak. I didn't expect that too. I put the Trail Blazers in my worst teams this year including the Wizards. But truly, they had been surprisingly winning their games.
When I saw Avdija's name in their roster I though why they are winning games. That dude is phenomenal and he can do everything. From rebounds to assists and some points. He plays like Sengun but because he is on a team that relies on isolation he cannot manifest his skills.
If I am to make a team, I will definitely added Avdija in my team. Not selfish and better for teams who plays a passing game.

I am surprised to see Portland has won 8 out of last 10 games. If in the Eastern conference they could easily make a playoff spot. 

It was a carefully planned move by the Mavericks' GM as even Mark Cuban wasn’t aware. But the rumors suggest that the main reason behind it is money. The Mavs reportedly don’t want to commit to a massive extension for Luka, which could end up being the biggest contract in NBA history. 

And now, this is the news making the rounds.

Luka Doncic Is Losing More Than $100 Million After Getting Traded

But it’s done now. It was a strategic move, even though many aren’t happy about it. So, let’s just wait and see which team truly benefits from this shocking trade.

The trade itself isn't the shock, I mean sure that's a big shock, but it wouldn't have been, if it wasn't handled this way. I mean the thing is that we could have seen this coming if Doncic was shopped around, like if Dallas was putting Doncic on the trade block, we would say it's a mistake, but we would also say lets see who they will get for him, it could have been done some decent way. Even if they want a quick return, they could have done something different.

The real shocker came from the fact that absolutely nobody knew that this was going on, Doncic himself didn't know, AD didn't know, Lebron didn't know, people didn't know, other GM's even didn't know Doncic was available, like literally nobody knew that this was going on. That part is the thing that makes this the most shocking trade of all time. I have seen plenty of moves, but nothing this shocking, this could be the biggest shocker of all time.

Can you share this specific video? I’m interested on what his basis for his speculation since this trade is really wild considering that it was almost a straight trade 1 is to 1 for star player.

No one will ever imagine that Mavs will toss Luka since Luka is just recently purchased his house on Dallas which means this trade is just happened without his consent
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However, there’s always a content creator that creates unique exaggerated video for the views.