February 2Feb 2 3 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said: and he learned that from watching Steinfeld last night. It’s Juan Roshington
February 2Feb 2 1 hour ago, aggie08 said: AD is currently playing and averaging 26 and 12 and is one of the best defenders in the league. I get your general point, but no need to go crazy. He’s 32 with the body of a 40 yo. This trade was absolute shit and totally stinks of collusion. The other owners should veto it and open it up to bidding before the trade deadline
February 2Feb 2 6 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said: It’s Ron, and it’s how baseball go. "Sometimez seengul....sometimez dawble " --Juando "Thousands, consequently millions" --Prime We've been blessed with some good quips in DFW sports history over the years Edited February 2Feb 2 by jdhorn92
February 2Feb 2 3 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said: He doesn’t present well. I recall an interview the Ticket had about the whole Haralabob bullshit. But Nico is no dummy, or wasn’t until purportedly 3 weeks ago. Every move he’s made had been excellent. That’s what makes me think this is Adelson-influenced, heavily. I don't get it otherwise. I don't really get it regardless, but even if you come to the decision to move away from Luka (however dumb that may be considered), not getting more for him is complete incompetence. If it's the Adelson's they just tanked his GM career post Mavs. Maybe he negotiated a nice golden parachute out of this.
February 2Feb 2 39 minutes ago, Horn of Gabriel said: Is this going to be one of those trades where both teams end up worse? Who plays defense on the Lakers now? Who runs offense for the Mavs? LA needs him to get healthy and resign. As long as that happens then it's a no brainer and helps them reload post LeBron. For the rest of the season it likely makes the Lakers worse. They are up shit creek now until Luka gets back and it typically takes guys some time to gel - esp. with a mid-season trade. They need Luka to come back in a hurry, play the rest of the season and hope that LeBron doesn't miss any time. I have no idea what the Mavs are going to look like. They don't have a point guard. Both teams might not be done making moves, though.
February 2Feb 2 26 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said: Not mad enough to comment originally. Just negged you and I rarely neg. It was a stupid comment. The one above is better. Tons of people care about the Mavs and Rangers. Tons. Do more people care about and follow the Lakers and Cowboys? Absolutely. But your original comment was idiotic. Don’t defend it. outside of north texas and their respective fan bases no one cares about the mavs or rangers at least the stars get hate in minnesota the mavs had a rivalry with the rockets during the twin towers era the rangers and royals didn't like each other in the old AL west that's about it
February 2Feb 2 3 hours ago, d2o said: Yep, it may be a bad decision but its the only realistic conclusion. All the conspiracy stuff is over the top. The only real question is why didnt they shop him? I think you answered your own question. Why didn’t they shop him for a haul? If the Adelsons didn’t want to pay Luka and wanted to move on, so be it. It’s a mind-numbingly stupid decision, but it’s a choice. The Cowboys traded their far and away best player in Herschel Walker once upon a time. It happens. BUT, they got an absolute haul that essentially netted 3 Super Bowls. Why didn’t Nico put feelers out to the entire NBA and let the bidding start? Why did he go to one team and one team only, which happens to be the singular glamor franchise of the NBA? With all due respect to the Celtics, the Lakers carry the banner for the NBA. And why did Nico settle for 32 year old AD, a guy named Max that I know nothing about, and 1 fucking first round pick. There has to be more to the story. Because this is simply not a fair trade. The team with the monster trade chip got absolutely hosed. It makes no sense. Until we learn the true reason it made sense.
February 2Feb 2 When the Mavs hired Nico I thought it was the dumbest decision I’d ever seen, because his background was in a completely different business. He knew nothing about running a basketball franchise. And then when he traded for Kyrie, it reinforced that belief because of the overlap with Luka and his current status in the league. But then that move was great, in retrospect, and everyother move he made was great too, and I assumed he must know a lot more than what his position would imply. This move throws all of it out the window. There has to be more to the story, or he was incredibly lucky with his previous moves that looked bad working out great.
February 2Feb 2 I don’t think any GM in the history of sports would shop a talent like Luka to only one team if there wasn’t pressure from above to do it. nico’s name is on this trade because he is the GM but I’m putting 99% of the blame on the Adelson’s.
February 2Feb 2 Say Luka is one double meat double cheese from a heart attack and the Mavs are 100% sure of it. You still don’t do this deal. They got 1/10 the value they should have gotten for him under any scenario where he passes the other team’s physical. This is collusion plain and simple. If the league allows it it’s just the WWE
February 2Feb 2 1 minute ago, Firemans4Horn said: I don’t think any GM in the history of sports would shop a talent like Luka to only one team if there wasn’t pressure from above to do it. nico’s name is on this trade because he is the GM but I’m putting 99% of the blame on the Adelson’s. His career as a GM post Mavs is now over. Hopefully he negotiated a pay day for himself if he was forced into this.
February 2Feb 2 1 hour ago, Firemans4Horn said: That's a direct order from the owners to trade with their friends at the Lakers. I don't see how it could be anything other than that. Nico needs to provide detailed in-depth reasoning on why no other team was contacted to maximize the trade. This fanbase deserves that at a minimum.
February 2Feb 2 2 minutes ago, AbeFroman said: That's a direct order from the owners to trade with their friends at the Lakers. I don't see how it could be anything other than that. Nico needs to provide detailed in-depth reasoning on why no other team was contacted to maximize the trade. This fanbase deserves that at a minimum. He will just say Anthony Davis is the only person they wanted, and that’s all they could get for Luka from the Lakers.
February 2Feb 2 Here's some of Luka right before he went down with the injury. You tell me if he looks out of shape and not productive. And tell me why in a month, when he's back in the flow, he wouldn't be in the same shape making plays again? Someone explain this
February 2Feb 2 1 hour ago, d2o said: Hell no they wouldnt. They wouldnt consider trading Luka for Giannis. Not at all. Agree to disagree. I think they're at least a little worried that Giannis asks out after another year of Doc and Dame.
February 2Feb 2 Just now, Dbeasy said: He will just say Anthony Davis is the only person they wanted, and that’s all they could get for Luka from the Lakers. Right now he only has a job in basketball if it’s with the Mavs. No other team is hiring him after this. Fans aren’t going to get anything other than the company line from him or he’s going back to Footlocker.
February 2Feb 2 And also Luka normally plays around 230, maybe a little more. So you're fucking telling me he has gained 40 pounds in 6 weeks. I want to see the fucking scale.
February 2Feb 2 I just listened to Harrison talk for five minutes. He spent the better part of a month trying to trade Luka to LA. He also does not sound like someone who should be a shift manager at McDonald’s, much less a General Manager of an NBA team not based in Charlotte.
February 2Feb 2 1 minute ago, AbeFroman said: And also Luka normally plays around 230, maybe a little more. So you're fucking telling me he has gained 40 pounds in 6 weeks. I want to see the fucking scale. Luka hasnt seensouth of 240 since his rookie season. Played last season at 260. Mavs said he was over 270 in preseason
February 2Feb 2 I’m sure AD is pumped up to join a Dallas team with no chance. And I’m sure he’s also pumped to be the guy some idiot traded for a generational player- bet he’s looking forward to making his home debut. Fuck man. We traded a top 3 player for a dude who has the nickname “street clothes”.
February 2Feb 2 11 minutes ago, aggie08 said: Agree to disagree. I think they're at least a little worried that Giannis asks out after another year of Doc and Dame. Agreed. Denver and San Antonio are the only teams that hang up if offered to swap their star for Luka. MIL and OKC at least listen and have a conversation.
February 2Feb 2 1 minute ago, Reynolds Woodcock said: Agreed. Denver and San Antonio are the only teams that hang up if offered to swap their star for Luka. MIL and OKC at least listen and have a conversation. SA wouldn’t trade their star but I bet they would have traded multiple first round draft choices.
February 2Feb 2 2 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said: Luka hasnt seensouth of 240 since his rookie season. Played last season at 260. Mavs said he was over 270 in preseason I want to see the scale on all this shit. I want to see detailed reports on his weight written and signed starting from his rookie year from you and from fucking Nico. If this is what you all are standing on, this city deserves to see every last fucking detail. And then write a paper for review correlating his weight directly to the reason why we didn't beat the Celtics.
February 2Feb 2 1 hour ago, statsman said: Shaq spent most of his later career with the Lakers. Shaq never signed an extension with the Orlando Magic after they drafted him. He left as a free agent to the Lakers. He spent most of his later career with the Miami Heat. And then a couple small blips on Cavs and maybe one or two outer teams.
February 2Feb 2 3 minutes ago, AbeFroman said: I want to see the scale on all this shit. I want to see detailed reports on his weight written and signed starting from his rookie year from you and from fucking Nico. If this is what you all are standing on, this city deserves to see every last fucking detail. And then write a paper for review correlating his weight directly to the reason why we didn't beat the Celtics.
February 2Feb 2 2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said: I'm numb. I feel nothing. Ive been a fan of this team for 44 years and nothing comes close to how low this moment feels. We need to normalize switching professional-franchise loyalty. I did it when Cuban sold the team and reverted back to my childhood Spurs loyalty. You can, too. You don’t owe the Mavs shit. And if they’re going to decide to be shitty (and probably be shitty in Vegas), who stick with them?
February 2Feb 2 5 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said: Agreed. Denver and San Antonio are the only teams that hang up if offered to swap their star for Luka. MIL and OKC at least listen and have a conversation. 20 minutes ago, aggie08 said: Agree to disagree. I think they're at least a little worried that Giannis asks out after another year of Doc and Dame. MIL doesnt. No chance. They have a guy who has proven over and over to be committed to being in incredible shape, not missing games, and playing harder than just about anyone in the league every single game. He's also shown his loyalty over and over. They would burn Doc at the stake and trade Dame for a box of chips if that is what Giannis wanted before trading him away.
February 2Feb 2 3 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said: We need to normalize switching professional-franchise loyalty. I did it when Cuban sold the team and reverted back to my childhood Spurs loyalty. You can, too. You don’t owe the Mavs shit. And if they’re going to decide to be shitty (and probably be shitty in Vegas), who stick with them? I jumped ship in the cowboys
February 2Feb 2 5 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said: Dallas down 91-46 at the half Proves Dallas right about needing ADs defense. He'd single-handedly keep that lead to single digits.
February 2Feb 2 5 minutes ago, Frank Hammer said: Something named Olivier Maxense Prosper is -35 in 12 minutes.
February 2Feb 2 4 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said: Why don’t you just open your eyes. 230 is laughable. 230 is KD not Luka
February 2Feb 2 1 hour ago, D_Goose said: Listening to Nico in their press-conference, I’m wondering if he’s like Verbal from Usual Suspects. Room temp IQ, bumbling, stuttering about whatever bullshit only to throw everyone off the scent of some supervillain Keyser Soze master plan. Because there has to be more to this, right? Or is the motherfucker just that dumb? He sounds like someone you would never put in a decision-making position. This is his presentation demeanor? How did he get through all these high-level jobs sounding like this? We have been fucking hoodwinked.
February 2Feb 2 6 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said: I’m 6’3.5” and I have to work really hard to keep my weight down to 215. It fluctuates between 215 and 225 with no real noticeable difference. Luka is thicker than me and has 3.5” on me. No way he plays at 230 or anything less than 260. I'm 6'6 and over 50, and I'm fucking clinging to 295 for dear life, don't want to break 300. I'd kill to see 260 again.
February 2Feb 2 18 minutes ago, ATXbronco said: Shaq never signed an extension with the Orlando Magic after they drafted him. He left as a free agent to the Lakers. He spent most of his later career with the Miami Heat. And then a couple small blips on Cavs and maybe one or two outer teams. My larger point stands. This league is just fine with generational talent finding its way to the Lakers.
February 2Feb 2 3 hours ago, aggie08 said: I like AD, but god damn, there are only two teams (Denver and San Antonio) in the league that wouldn't entertain a superstar swap for Luka. Celtics would laugh so fucking hard if that call came their way.
February 2Feb 2 Lmao at random message board posters comparing their bodies to professional athletes.
February 2Feb 2 40 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said: Dallas down 91-46 at the half AD would’ve been good enough to keep it within 35 at the half.
February 2Feb 2 44 minutes ago, d2o said: MIL doesnt. No chance. They have a guy who has proven over and over to be committed to being in incredible shape, not missing games, and playing harder than just about anyone in the league every single game. He's also shown his loyalty over and over. They would burn Doc at the stake and trade Dame for a box of chips if that is what Giannis wanted before trading him away. OKC wouldn't either. The top 2 this season hasn't been close and SGA is one of them and he hasn't missed over half the season. And he has two more years on his deal after this season.
February 2Feb 2 I mean the only way this makes sense is two things... 1) They think Luka is the new Zion Williamson and will never regain previous form 2) That AD can help them win it all either this year or next They really need both of those things to pan out to not have this in the head scratcher hall of fame but if both don't happen this goes into the head scratcher Mt Rushmore likely as #1 My guess is LeBron will step forward and start kicking his ass into shape so not sure the first one will manifest but TBD also I think the Mavs are further than just AD away from the title so.....
February 2Feb 2 2 minutes ago, Pimphand said: I mean the only way this makes sense is two things... 1) They think Luka is the new Zion Williamson and will never regain previous form 2) That AD can help them win it all either this year or next They really need both of those things to pan out to not have this in the head scratcher hall of fame but if both don't happen this goes into the head scratcher Mt Rushmore likely as #1 My guess is LeBron will step forward and start kicking his ass into shape so not sure the first one will manifest but TBD also I think the Mavs are further than just AD away from the title so..... Frankly, even #2 wouldn't make it make sense because they're going to be so bad in 2-3 years. If we don't get a Watson story or some sort of personal scandal then this is simply the worst trade in modern NBA history..... and they're have been some really bad ones in the past.
February 2Feb 2 Just now, Patrick Bateman said: Frankly, even #2 wouldn't make it make sense because they're going to be so bad in 2-3 years. If we don't get a Watson story or some sort of personal scandal then this is simply the worst trade in modern NBA history..... and they're have been some really bad ones in the past. I'm grasping at straws lol
February 2Feb 2 48 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said: We need to normalize switching professional-franchise loyalty. I did it when Cuban sold the team and reverted back to my childhood Spurs loyalty. You can, too. You don’t owe the Mavs shit. And if they’re going to decide to be shitty (and probably be shitty in Vegas), who stick with them? I wish they would move to Vegas tomorrow.
February 2Feb 2 1 minute ago, Bozo_Casanova said: I wish they would move to Vegas tomorrow. Free Luigi
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