Mavs Trade Luka to Lakers

[TheMarathonContinues]

Brandon Ingram is probably the best player the Lakers have drafted since I started following Basketball in 1991. D'Angelo Russell is probably #2
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Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel were ballers!! Very underrated.
Julius Randle is much better than DLo.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Wade gets it. League agenda.

Of course they wanted it but they didn’t make it happen lol. Tearing down the Mavs to make the Lakers who are already a powerhouse isn’t the smartest thing.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Several things are baffling about this deal beyond the actual trade itself
1) We seemingly only talked to the Lakers. That in itself is mind-boggling
2) Jason Kidd knew nothing about this trade until the last hour
3) Multiple GMs have already come out saying they would have given way more....with one saying he would've given literally everything

The NBA brass had to be involved in engineering this trade bc nobody is raising any red flags. They wanted this to happen. They are thrilled to het Luca to LA. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they paid off Nico to sell it to the new owner who obviously knows nothing about basketball. The NBA rating are in the toilet and nobody was talking NBA basketball until this trade. The trade also accomplishes the chore of putting a young superstar in the prized market of LA. It all starts to make sense when you look at through that lens.

Now turn the trade around....... sending Luka to Dallas from LA in the most clandestine way possible........ There is no way the NBA doesn't intervene and investigate.