02-02-2025, 08:33 AM
this team knows more about luka's health than any other team does, not to say the media and fans, and it's not just body weight imho. Jokic is fat too and he has won MVP thrice. luka is a great player and he will (hopefully, even if he's not a mav any more) live up to people's expectations, but I don't think he's figured out the right way to lead a team to glories, not as much as the true greats (like Jokic) do tbh.
mavs could certainly have got more from such a deal given luka's market value, but I don't think it is too bad for us either. it doesn't weaken our team on paper, and it even makes our roster more balanced. it may hurt in the long run but at least we didn't let him walk free (like Jalen and tc). and if we indeed gave him a lucrative extension and he turned injury prone we we would be seriously fucked. nonetheless, we're facing a dilemma - should we play hard for the rest of season, or tank this season for better odds in the lottery which however would mean one of the remaining prime years of Davis and Kyrie being wasted?
mavs could certainly have got more from such a deal given luka's market value, but I don't think it is too bad for us either. it doesn't weaken our team on paper, and it even makes our roster more balanced. it may hurt in the long run but at least we didn't let him walk free (like Jalen and tc). and if we indeed gave him a lucrative extension and he turned injury prone we we would be seriously fucked. nonetheless, we're facing a dilemma - should we play hard for the rest of season, or tank this season for better odds in the lottery which however would mean one of the remaining prime years of Davis and Kyrie being wasted?