With this trade, Nico Harrison made Jerry Jones look a heck of a lot more competent, lol.
The more I read, I believe this trade came about as a request from the NBA's administration. The league's viewership and ratings are reportedly at all-time lows. They want Luka on the Lakers to improve viewership and ratings.
Even if it is what the league wanted, a competent GM should have said HECK NO! Or demanded more picks and assets in return. Unless, he's trying to buy himself future leverage for his personal plans. And/or if the plan is to move the Mavericks franchise to Vegas, and agreeing to this was the way to get the league's agreement for that.
Besides, NBA's viewership and ratings have dropped for other reasons, such as:
1) The boring and lame "shoot-threes-or-die" style of play, which comes from lame rules.
2) Most NBA players are really lame, as personalities and people.
3) Coverage of the league in sports media (like ESPN/BSPN) has become very lame, and excessively panders to one community.
4) Lame and inconsistent refereeing.
In other words, the whole product has become trash-uhh! Sending Luka to the Lakers won't fix it, and is only a temporary bandage.
https://www.instagram.com/wnbagotgame/reel/DA1J0b6N8Ua/
(Where the "trash-uhh" reference comes from.
)
The more I read, I believe this trade came about as a request from the NBA's administration. The league's viewership and ratings are reportedly at all-time lows. They want Luka on the Lakers to improve viewership and ratings.
Even if it is what the league wanted, a competent GM should have said HECK NO! Or demanded more picks and assets in return. Unless, he's trying to buy himself future leverage for his personal plans. And/or if the plan is to move the Mavericks franchise to Vegas, and agreeing to this was the way to get the league's agreement for that.
Besides, NBA's viewership and ratings have dropped for other reasons, such as:
1) The boring and lame "shoot-threes-or-die" style of play, which comes from lame rules.
2) Most NBA players are really lame, as personalities and people.
3) Coverage of the league in sports media (like ESPN/BSPN) has become very lame, and excessively panders to one community.
4) Lame and inconsistent refereeing.
In other words, the whole product has become trash-uhh! Sending Luka to the Lakers won't fix it, and is only a temporary bandage.
https://www.instagram.com/wnbagotgame/reel/DA1J0b6N8Ua/
(Where the "trash-uhh" reference comes from.
)
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