(01-03-2024, 01:24 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Saw something on Twitter and my instinct was to dismiss it, but I think it's at least worth considering, especially since he really hasn't had a good game yet this season...

What about a three-way where Kyrie goes somewhere and Siakam (or Markannen, or any other big name available) comes here?

Any interest in that here? Do we think there's a team who'd want Kyrie badly enough to pitch in on that deal?

(01-03-2024, 01:24 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Saw something on Twitter and my instinct was to dismiss it, but I think it's at least worth considering, especially since he really hasn't had a good game yet this season...

What about a three-way where Kyrie goes somewhere and Siakam (or Markannen, or any other big name available) comes here?

Any interest in that here? Do we think there's a team who'd want Kyrie badly enough to pitch in on that deal?

(01-03-2024, 04:59 PM)RGP1981 Wrote: I'd be interested in that... but why would any team decide to help the Mavericks... when the Mavs FO have been so, so bad for so, so long... and if those teams have the assets to lure Luka away in his year 7?

I would seriously forget about Markkanen... because if I was Danny Ainge, rather than trading Markannen to the Mavs, I would be plotting to steal Luka away by showing him how shite his current team and FO are... and especially knowing that I have the picks it would need to trade for Luka if/when he decides he's had enough.

Modern NBA contracts are structured so a player can ask out after year 7, after getting a ton of $$.  AD asked out after his year 7. The Pelicans built better teams around AD than the Mavs have built around Luka. Luka's year 7 is coming up soon. Real soon.

I don't think the Mavs could ever build a better team around Luka than this one below...

G: Keyonte (secondary playmaker, 3-point shooter)
SG: Agbaji (3-point shooter and POA defender)
SF: Luka
PF: Markannen / Hendricks (floor-spacing PFs)
C: Kessler / Hendricks (Rim protector / Rim protector who can also defend the perimeter)

The Mavs only have Lively as an equivalent to Kessler... that too, after 5 years of having Luka, lol.

I would have to be stupid in the head to think about helping the Mavs, i.e., if I was the Jazz GM, when I could have Luka myself instead, and already have the perfect pieces in place.

Just trying to point out the obvious, is all. Oh, and Luka to Utah is better than Luka to LAL.

(01-03-2024, 04:59 PM)RGP1981 Wrote: because if I was Danny Ainge, rather than trading Markannen to the Mavs, I would be plotting to steal Luka away

(01-03-2024, 04:59 PM)RGP1981 Wrote: I'd be interested in that... but why would any team decide to help the Mavericks... when the Mavs FO have been so, so bad for so, so long... and if those teams have the assets to lure Luka away in his year 7?

I would seriously forget about Markkanen... because if I was Danny Ainge, rather than trading Markannen to the Mavs, I would be plotting to steal Luka away by showing him how shite his current team and FO are... and especially knowing that I have the picks it would need to trade for Luka if/when he decides he's had enough.

Modern NBA contracts are structured so a player can ask out after year 7, after getting a ton of $$.  AD asked out after his year 7. The Pelicans built better teams around AD than the Mavs have built around Luka. Luka's year 7 is coming up soon. Real soon.

I don't think the Mavs could ever build a better team around Luka than this one below...

G: Keyonte (secondary playmaker, 3-point shooter)
SG: Agbaji (3-point shooter and POA defender)
SF: Luka
PF: Markannen / Hendricks (floor-spacing PFs)
C: Kessler / Hendricks (Rim protector / Rim protector who can also defend the perimeter)

The Mavs only have Lively as an equivalent to Kessler... that too, after 5 years of having Luka, lol.

I would have to be stupid in the head to think about helping the Mavs, i.e., if I was the Jazz GM, when I could have Luka myself instead, and already have the perfect pieces in place.

Just trying to point out the obvious, is all. Oh, and Luka to Utah is better than Luka to LAL.

(01-03-2024, 05:55 PM)Jmaciscool Wrote: Utah is a bad city.

(01-03-2024, 05:55 PM)Jmaciscool Wrote: Utah is a bad city.

(01-03-2024, 05:44 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: You seem new to the NBA. Or, you're a Jazz fan. 

Big free agents plot and beg their way OUT of Utah, not IN. Luka will never be interested in playing there, and neither will any other player with guaranteed multiple max offers. Literally, not one. 

If Danny Ainge is approaching his job that way then he won't be very successful.

(01-03-2024, 06:14 PM)RGP1981 Wrote: https://ilovehistory.utah.gov/yugoslavian-american-communities/

The Slovenian National Home hosts yearly festivals celebrating Slovenian foods, dancing, music, and art.

(01-03-2024, 06:21 PM)SleepingHero Wrote:

(01-03-2024, 06:14 PM)RGP1981 Wrote: https://ilovehistory.utah.gov/yugoslavian-american-communities/

The Slovenian National Home, a lodge and community center, is located in Helper, Utah.  The Slovenian National Home hosts yearly festivals celebrating Slovenian foods, dancing, music, and art.

(01-03-2024, 06:14 PM)RGP1981 Wrote: https://ilovehistory.utah.gov/yugoslavian-american-communities/

The Slovenian National Home, a lodge and community center, is located in Helper, Utah.  The Slovenian National Home hosts yearly festivals celebrating Slovenian foods, dancing, music, and art.

(01-03-2024, 07:36 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Lol, this is getting sad. 

You know the kid has had a Porsche since he could drive and has been famous outside of his country since his early teens, right? That's like saying Tom Hardy would buy his US home in SLC because there's an authentic British pub he likes there. 

Luka probably has his eye on island somewhere...not freaking Utah.

(01-03-2024, 06:28 PM)RGP1981 Wrote: Mark Cuban is like Prince John, fat usurper of throne from King Richard. Luka is Slovenian Robin Hood. He takes Prince John's money until year 7... then boom! We gone!

(01-03-2024, 08:29 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Anyone else seeing this Wiggins to the Mavs rumor? Real, or made up? 

https://x.com/that1mavsfan/status/1742667662063476773?s=20

(01-03-2024, 08:38 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Jazz included?  Holmes to GS makes no sense with the centers they have unless one is moving to Utah.  Seems more likely Holmes/Hardy to Utah and THJ (or something else like GWill and Green) to GSW with Dallas getting Wiggins and Olynyk.

(01-03-2024, 08:38 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Jazz included?  Holmes to GS makes no sense with the centers they have unless one is moving to Utah.  Seems more likely Holmes/Hardy to Utah and THJ (or something else like GWill and Green) to GSW with Dallas getting Wiggins and Olynyk.