Their reasoning behind it makes no sense whatsoever either. They have concerns about his conditioning, so they trade him for Mr. Street Clothes Anthony Day-to-Davis himself?Ring_Wanted wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:03 amPoor guys. Their names are going to be forever associated with this idiocy. Even if you want to but their reasoning (defense, size, conditioning, etc.), how can they come to the conclusion that Anthony Davis is the answer? Doncic is 25yo and you just reached the finals last year. It's like the Suns losing to MIL and thinking 'I need to trade Booker for OG Anunoby'. And you send the perennial MVP candidate to the Lakers, no less. Truly insane.
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Yeah, I can only imagine the gut punch Mavs fans must be feeling right now. Closest thing in my Suns fandom must be when we traded Marion for Shaq.SunsShine wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:08 amTheir reasoning behind it makes no sense whatsoever either. They have concerns about his conditioning, so they trade him for Mr. Street Clothes Anthony Day-to-Davis himself?Ring_Wanted wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:03 amPoor guys. Their names are going to be forever associated with this idiocy. Even if you want to but their reasoning (defense, size, conditioning, etc.), how can they come to the conclusion that Anthony Davis is the answer? Doncic is 25yo and you just reached the finals last year. It's like the Suns losing to MIL and thinking 'I need to trade Booker for OG Anunoby'. And you send the perennial MVP candidate to the Lakers, no less. Truly insane.
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So excited for another 10 years of the Lakers having a generational talent they didnt draft or develop, so cool.
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Wilt
Kareem
Kobe
Shaq
Gasol
Dwight
AD
Luka
The list is endless.
Synchronicity and all that jazz, man.
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They are the Real Madrid of basketball. At this point it is a continuous circle because of their history and glory. They can be mediocre, even bad, but they will always be this close to getting themselves another shot. Their pull has no parallel.
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Any other trade that goes down prior to the deadline is sure as hell going to pale in comparison to this one. Do the Lakers really trot out Luka and LeBron for the remainder of the season? They’re gonna be surrendering about 150 PPG.
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They will have $40M in expiring crap next summer. $55M if you count DFS. And Reeves, Knecht and even some draft picks remaining to build a roster. Honestly if I were them I just would not care about this season. Even see what's out there in a trade for LeBron. Start planning for next year and beyond.
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Luka is a top five talent in this league. I still can't believe the Mavericks would even entertain the thought of trading him let alone actually doing it.
Doncic was there everything. They just got to then be finals last season. The Mavericks organization didn't even give themselves a chance to try and run it back. Shams was saying that the Mavericks organization is upset with his lack of conditioning. Dude, whatever. He's one of the best players in the league. Again, top five talent and only 25 years old.
Dallas is going to regret this down the line.
Doncic was there everything. They just got to then be finals last season. The Mavericks organization didn't even give themselves a chance to try and run it back. Shams was saying that the Mavericks organization is upset with his lack of conditioning. Dude, whatever. He's one of the best players in the league. Again, top five talent and only 25 years old.
Dallas is going to regret this down the line.
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Imagine how many foul calls Luka is going to get as a Laker 
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Like tomorrow?
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Whether we like the deal or not…. We’ve been working for weeks on this and lakers just swoop in like nothing and do a deal.SunsShine wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2025 11:07 pmI hear the Lakers are working on trading LeBron for Giannis next. I know LeBron has a NTC, but they’re gonna waive it for him.
In all seriousness, the Lakers are the only team in the league that has the ability to make deals with the trade override turned on.
Still can’t believe the Mavs were that stupid… just horrible.
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Two of the most insufferable, whinny, flopping bastards on the same team? Joy.
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Doubt this trade goes down if Cuban is majority owner. Says a lot about what the Mavs thought of Luka.
The Suns video of them seeing the trade makes me sick. Everything that's wrong with the team. Even Bud is distracted and taken away from the game. Shows how serious all these guys are.
The Suns video of them seeing the trade makes me sick. Everything that's wrong with the team. Even Bud is distracted and taken away from the game. Shows how serious all these guys are.
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I think the most shocking thing is how this was never leaked or was even rumored. Just crazy.
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Absolutely stunned by that trade. Wow 
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Why the fuck are they on their phones in the middle of the game.ShelC wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 4:37 amDoubt this trade goes down if Cuban is majority owner. Says a lot about what the Mavs thought of Luka.
The Suns video of them seeing the trade makes me sick. Everything that's wrong with the team. Even Bud is distracted and taken away from the game. Shows how serious all these guys are.
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Did Trump call the Mavs and order this trade to happen so the NBA ratings can rise again with Lakers Boston rivalry?
I cannot rationalize this trade whatsoever, so I am left with stupid conspiracies.
I cannot rationalize this trade whatsoever, so I am left with stupid conspiracies.
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