I could see saying that they wanted to trade offense for defense IF THEY HADN'T MADE IT TO THE FINALS LAST YEAR.
And I can see having concerns over Luka's lack of dedication to staying in shape, but the player they're getting is injury-prone and we can tell them how that can work out for you.
Davis is a great player on both ends of the court so you can pretty much plug him into any team. With Luka you have probably send the second-most skilled offensive player in the league (after Jokic of course), but a weak defender. So they're going to have to emphasize surrounding him with strong defenders if they're serious about winning with him.
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Your boy DC Coldest is hyping up that Suns are on the verge of trading KD.
I hope they do after tonight. The KD experiment has failed.
They're spending a lot of money to win (maybe) 45 games this year.
I think it's time to clean house.
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Usually when an MVP-level player *who isn't a free agent* gets traded (Chamberlain, Jabbar, Erving, Barkley, Durant) you hear rumblings that they're unhappy or their team is in disarray and want to move on. That isn't the case for this trade.
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Some are calling it the Markieff Morris trade thinking he will be the stand out player when all is said and done. Poor Mavs sad sack fans. Just know it can be worse all. Did y'all know Mark Cuban was no longer the Mavs owner?