Grizz Posted February 26, 2025 Report Share Posted February 26, 2025 On 2/9/2025 at 2:33 PM, CaliTitan3518 said: If the age gap and prime years werent so far off the trade wouldnt be so lopsided. The Mavs are obviously predicting more issues with his work ethic and health through his prime years. You would just think they would call a few more teams to get the best offer possible. To me that is the biggest blunder. Here's the logic behind not shopping him--first, it shifts the leverage to Luka's camp. Given what was going on with Butler and what has gone on with other stars, and Nico's clear issue with Luka's level of power and influence, that was something they were trying to avoid. This is also a team that was in the Finals last season, so I think Nico went star chasing thinking Luka was plug and play--clearly that is bullshit, but here we are. I do believe he called about Giannis and Ant and got shot down. If Nico is also dead set on trading him, openly shopping Luka also meant doing it out in the open. Fan backlash, Cuban getting involved, all of that risks blowing up the trade and the owners choosing Luka over Nico. We saw how ugly it got---I think shopping here is not quite as easy as it seems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted February 27, 2025 Report Share Posted February 27, 2025 On 2/26/2025 at 9:50 AM, Grizz said: Here's the logic behind not shopping him--first, it shifts the leverage to Luka's camp. Given what was going on with Butler and what has gone on with other stars, and Nico's clear issue with Luka's level of power and influence, that was something they were trying to avoid. This is also a team that was in the Finals last season, so I think Nico went star chasing thinking Luka was plug and play--clearly that is bullshit, but here we are. I do believe he called about Giannis and Ant and got shot down. If Nico is also dead set on trading him, openly shopping Luka also meant doing it out in the open. Fan backlash, Cuban getting involved, all of that risks blowing up the trade and the owners choosing Luka over Nico. We saw how ugly it got---I think shopping here is not quite as easy as it seems. Not adding to this but noticed your name and avatar. Went to my first grizzlies game the other night and that is a fun arena. Definitely gonna go back Grizz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizz Posted February 27, 2025 Report Share Posted February 27, 2025 7 minutes ago, headhunter said: Not adding to this but noticed your name and avatar. Went to my first grizzlies game the other night and that is a fun arena. Definitely gonna go back Awesome. I am going to start a thread sometime soon and recruit people to follow the Grizzlies. I think it's a team Titans fans can get behind. Super young, with a lot of talent. For fans that are used to horrible drafting and later round picks never hitting, the Grizzlies are gold--they've drafted really well the past couple of years. It's a great time to jump on. I know the NBA product is polarizing, but eh--you might as well have a team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted February 27, 2025 Report Share Posted February 27, 2025 9 minutes ago, Grizz said: Awesome. I am going to start a thread sometime soon and recruit people to follow the Grizzlies. I think it's a team Titans fans can get behind. Super young, with a lot of talent. For fans that are used to horrible drafting and later round picks never hitting, the Grizzlies are gold--they've drafted really well the past couple of years. It's a great time to jump on. I know the NBA product is polarizing, but eh--you might as well have a team. You're right. I think it's ok to like a couple teams in the NBA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted May 1, 2025 Report Share Posted May 1, 2025 Looks like the trade didn’t help either team win a playoff series Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizz Posted May 2, 2025 Report Share Posted May 2, 2025 19 hours ago, OILERMAN said: Looks like the trade didn’t help either team win a playoff series The Lakers didn't have the juice this season but the series was closer than it looked on paper. This was obviously a future move and this season was not a consideration in making this trade at allbut I think things would have been really different had they facilitated the Mark Williams trade, as they got killed inside and ran out of gas. Still not good enough to get beyond OKC. Luka is all about the future. Jettisoning and aging and injured AD for Luka was incredible. When LeBron comes off the books they will have the flexibility to build the exact team around Luka that he wants. It's all fun and games until someone like Ant or SGA decides to team up with Luka in their primes and shit on the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rns90 Posted May 2, 2025 Report Share Posted May 2, 2025 21 hours ago, OILERMAN said: Looks like the trade didn’t help either team win a playoff series The GM may have been right on the Luka is a fatass who won’t age gracefully take and is a horrible defender. But that still doesn’t absolve him from getting an awful and shitty return. OILERMAN 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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